Breakaway Training

Carers and their clients sometimes come into conflict...

What value do you place on the safety of your staff, your clients and your organisation's good name? If you think that they are very valuable indeed, then you need to invest now in Protectics Breakaway products or training.

Physical injury and psychological trauma to both carers and clients needs to be avoided. However it is not enough to simply have a policy statement regarding physical intervention, your organisation must train all 'client facing staff' in the Protectics system of Breakaway Training.

Like it says 'on the label' Breakaway Training teaches your staff how to avoid or how to 'break away' from an assault. The important thing is to try and ensure that neither the carer nor the client is hurt and that whenever possible, mutual respect is also maintained. Breakaway skills training also improves staff confidence and this confidence often results in a reduction of aggression and aggressive behaviour towards staff.

Training is carefully designed to let staff maintain their personal safety whilst also protecting your clients. To find out more, call 01452 751 276 or email info@breakaway-training.co.uk When you contact us -- without obligation -- we will be happy to give you more information regarding our on-site training programs and to discuss your specific requirements.

Protectics Limited have been developing and delivering products and training courses to deal with the management of Anger, Aggression and Violence since 1991. You can benefit from this experience by obtaining information, products and training that will help keep you, your organisation, your staff and your clients safe.

Breakaway products:
	Breakaway training 2 DVD course

Breakaway training courses:
Training course for organisations including Care homes, Schools, Hospitals, Residential homes, Charities, etc...
	Trainer training course for a freelance trainer
	Trainer training course for an organisation's trainers
Breakaway details:
What is Breakaway Training? A system based on sound physical and psychological principles that is used when a 'client' poses challenging behaviour. Behaviour could be a grab or a pinch or a punch or a kick or a variety of other 'challenges'. The key factor that differentiates Breakaway Training from other interventions is that the safety of both the carer and the client is considered. Breakaway training is NOT a martial art (although some principles and techniques may also be found in some martial arts). A martial art is aimed at defeating an opponent. This is NOT the case with Breakaway Training. There is NOT an opponent, instead there is a client whom you wish to safeguard. Martial arts require (without exception) years and years of rigorous and dedicated training in order to achieve a high level of proficiency. Breakaway Training is based on a few simple and naturally intuitive movements that can be learnt within one day.
Is Breakaway Training safe? The answer that most training organisations give is that Breakaway Training is the safest available response to challenging behaviour. Where Protectics differs is that we unequivocally state that "No physical intervention, even so called 'safe-holding' can ever be completely safe." That is why proper and effective training that stresses the ways in which interventions can be avoided or minimized is so important. No training or insufficient training (or even training that is too 'Gung-Ho') puts both carers and clients at risk. Breakaway training is focused on the following two premises ONE: The skills must be functional and properly learnt. TWO: The skills should rarely if ever need to be used.
Who provides the training? Training is delivered by Robert Agar-Hutton. Robert is the founder of the Protectics® system and has personally designed all the products and courses that you are reading about. For a full biography, please click here.

The benefits of Breakaway Training:
	Safeguard your staff from physical danger.
	Safeguard your clients from negligent injury caused by an inappropriate response.
	Safeguard your organisation from the threat of litigation by injured staff or injured clients or from other sources such as the Health and Safety Executive.
	Improve staff retention, happy and safe staff will stay longer.
	Improve staff attendance - even small injuries or worrying about physical threats can cause an increase in sickness leave.
	Professionalism pays! In every aspect of your operation the better trained and more professional your staff are the better your organisations operates.
	Recruitment advantages. A good training program will help you to recruit the best staff.
	For commercial organisations like care homes and private schools you can show prospective clients (or families of clients) that you are committed to their safety.
Get the best products and training available. Call 01452 751 276. or email info@breakaway-training.co.uk now.

Do YOUR STAFF need Breakaway Training?

Here is an alphabetical list of just some of the occupations that can benefit from Breakaway Training:

Aid Workers; Ambulance Crew; Care Staff; Charity Workers; Childcare Staff; College Staff; Council Staff; Dentists; Doctors; First Aiders; Hospital Staff; Medical Receptionists; Nurses; Paediatricians; Paramedics; School Admin Staff; School Security Staff; Social Workers; Teachers; Teaching Assistants; University Staff; Veterinarians.

If, like most of the above occupations, your staff have a 'duty of care' towards their clients then Breakaway Training is obviously of use. However it may be that your organisation deals with people who can exhibit challenging physical behaviour without there being a 'duty of care'. What should you do?

An example would be a shop worker being assaulted by an angry customer. In such a case you might want to teach your staff Self Preservation techniques (Such as covered by the Protectics Dealing with Physical Aggression course) or you might still want them to use Breakaway Techniques as this helps ensure the customers safety above and beyond the legal requirements.

Also since by definition Breakaway training teaches your staff how to 'break away' from a dangerous situation it also gives them an increased confidence that will often show itself in a better attitude towards customer care.

Breakaway training is also useful for staff (medical, security, police or otherwise) who will be dealing with violence and will be receiving training in personal safety or control and restraint techniques. There are many situations where restraint is not actually necessary or desirable and the ability to break away is of benefit to all parties involved.

Get the best products and training available. Call 01452 751 276
or email info@breakaway-training.co.uk now.

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