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Guided Incident Response Training (G.I.R.T.) 2 day

This course aims to assist staff and carers develop the skills and awareness required to
prevent and manage incidents in a safe and informed way. Participants will receive a
training manual, and undertake a mixture of tutorials, workbook tasks, scenario
exercises, and the practice of physical management techniques.

Guided Incident Response Training can support individuals and staff teams to develop
the ability to manage incidents in a manner that helps minimise risk, and provides better
outcomes for staff, agencies, and clients.

Topics include:

• Introduction to Guided Incident Response
• Being prepared and ready
• Profiling – What you need to know.
• When the whole day feels like an incident
• Preventing incidents
• Minimising risk
• Incident Response Plans
• Incident Reporting & Follow up
• Legal and Ethical Considerations
• Physical Management Strategies

Key subject areas covered: see above

Benefits for participant or participant’s organisation in attending the course: Increases awareness, reduces incidents in the workplace, increases worker confidence

The target group for this course is:
Direct workers who work with clients who may have unpredictable behaviour
(all age groups)