Postive Options - Consultancy :: Training

The Act came into force in November 2006 and heralds very significant changes in the way that people who work with children or vulnerable adults are vetted. The reforms are so substantial that at publication the Government announced that the changes would be phased-in over two years so that they will be fully in place during 2008.

Royal College of Psychiatrists, British Psychological Society and Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (2007)

Challenging Behaviour: A Unified Approach. Clinical and Service Guidelines for Supporting People with Learning Disabilities who are at Risk of Receiving Abusive or Restrictive Practices

Scandanavian Journal of Caring (2007; 21; 84-90)

Prevalence of Violence and its Relation to Caregivers' Demographics and Emotional Reactions - An Explorative Study of Caregivers Working in Group Homes for Persons with Learning Disabilities

Smallridge, P. and Williamson, A. (2008)

Independent Review of Restraint in Juvenile Secure Settings

University of Manchester: Centre for Suicide Prevention (2006)

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with a Mental Illness (summary report)

University of Manchester: Centre for Suicide Prevention (2006)

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with a Mental Illness (full report)

Welsh Assembly Government (2005)

Framework for Restrictive Physical Intervention Policy and Practice

Product Accreditation for

MAPA® Physical Interventions

This training Organisation

operates within the standards of the

BILD Code of Practice for the

Use of Physical Interventions (2006)

and is accredited within the

BILD Physical Interventions

Accreditation Scheme

Positive Options was most recently

re-accredited in January 2008 until the

period ending 31 January 2011

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Business and

Professional Practices

Quality Mark

Positive Options was awarded the

Investors in Excellence Standard in

October 2009

The Standard is awarded to organisations that

demonstrate competence against key areas

of business and professional practice

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