Essential Care Nursing Services deliver training in The Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression, Breakaway, Conflict management, Basic Life Support, Manual Handling and all other Mandatory Training some of which will be available online. 

Our courses are delivered at the highest level by competent trained Instructors who have experience in working in the different setting of healthcare organisation. Delegates are monitored and their training needs are met at all times in order to master their skills.

PMVA

Essential care provides bespoke PMVA training that is GSA accredited mainly in Kent a localised place for individual delegates and to different healthcare organisation at their addresses if there is suitable training room.

PMVA Training will be delivered within a day to 5 days depending on the needs of the delegates and the organisation. Essential care services will follow the principles of the current NICE guidelines 2015 in the delivery of  training based on a person-centred approach to conflict and difficult behaviour using the Able 6-Stage Target Model of proactive and responsive service delivery and emphasising the use of physical intervention and restraint as a last resort. The training meets NHS protect standards in conflict resolution and physical intervention.

The one day will be comprised of breakaway and one day refresher. The 2-day course will be tailored to delegates needs covering breakaway and physical restraints including floor restraints which is suitable to low level challenging behaviour

The three to five-day advanced course that is aimed at high risk environments which require staff to step past the lower risk techniques due to the level of aggression or situation.

This course explores the six stages of managing aggression and challenging behaviour, from understanding the causes of and reducing challenging behaviour, de-escalating aggressive behaviour, physical and non-physical defensive strategies, guiding techniques and control & restraint /safer-holding techniques

PMVA three-day course

Over the first two days the course explores the causes of challenging behaviour within the required setting and pro-active strategies for reducing behaviours, de-escalation strategies for managing a situation once it has escalated, dynamic risk assessment principles to help staff recognise the appropriate course of action and then the law regarding physical intervention. There is a theory aspect to the course.

It then teaches delegates physical techniques including disengagement, defence techniques, basic guiding and holding/restraint techniques for varying risk levels and situations.

On day three, advanced techniques that are taught include relocating from the floor, floor holds and higher risk standing restraints.

PMVA four to five-day courses – recommended for high risk environments

The course content is as above but we include a full day of conflict management, managing challenging behaviour and de-escalation training before we progress to the physical skills. This will include floor restraints, administration of intramuscular injection for a client in restraint and escorting of client through narrow spaces including use of seclusion and disengagement in the seclusion.

The physical intervention techniques taught on the course have been independently medically risk assessed by the Institute of Conflict Management and incorporates techniques that are taught within the guidelines of:

• NHS Protect
• BILD (British Institute of Learning Disabilities)
• Department of Education
• Department of Health

and meet:

• Standards of other commercially driven training systems that teach control & restraint and physical intervention techniques
• Skills for Health
• Skills for Care

Practical skills will be taught within the context of the dynamic risk assessment and the focus of the techniques taught will vary on the organisational needs (e.g. primary school setting will be different to adult mental health).

Basic life Support and first Aid

The course will be delivered by both theory and practical mimicking the real life situations.

• List actions to be taken in the event of an emergency occurring at their place of work
• Use cardiopulmonary resuscitation methods, including use of an AED
• Provide first aid to an unconscious casualty
• Provide first aid to a choking casualty
• Describe the correct actions to take with regard to control of wounds and bleeding
• Describe the correct actions to take with regard to a range of other first aid situations.    

Manual Handling   

Manual handling will be both delivered via theory and practical.

• A look at regulation underpinning manual handling.
• A look at the human body, looking at the correct posture and what could go wrong.
• Discussion of some of the banned moves with an aid of a video
• Looking at the Hoist and other manual handling tools.
• And the practical use of manual handling looking.
• A profile bed will be available to replicate the real-life scenario delegates will meet at work.

Kalebu Matutu

Approved GSA Tutor and Mandatory Trainer.

I have worked in the healthcare industry since 2001 as support worker, and as an RMN from 2004 working in NHS, prison service as well as private organisation. Throughout my journey in the health sector I was able to identify my strengths and weaknesses which enabled me to go on to the next level of my career. 

I have GSA approved PMVA (Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression) tutor which is the required training to work in NHS hospitals as well as private hospitals. I also have Edexcel BTEC Level 3 in Teaching Qualification (PTTLS). I also deliver training in Basic life support, Manual handling and all the mandatory training.

The experience I gained in working in a forensic environment, Prisons as well as private organisation has been valuable in enhancing my knowledge and skills in order to adapt to any challenging situations. I have worked with clients with a variety of mental health needs such as Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Personality Disorder, Alcohol and Drugs induced psychosis, Asperger’s syndrome, Huntington disease, Child and Adolescent Services, Eating Disorder Unit, Community Psychiatric Nursing, Alcohol and Drug clinic and within the Assessment & Treatment team. 

I have an insight of how conflict management and resolution can prevent a greater impact without going into physical interventions which is a last resort in a challenging situation.  Together let us deliver a safe practice in order to create a safer