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Maybo, BIIAB and Skills for Security offer a unique physical intervention programme that provides employers and their staff, insurers and customers, with confidence in this area of significant risk, by teaching trainers how to deliver Physical Intervention training to staff who may find themselves having to escort people from premises.
The programme provides trainers with the means of delivering training in key knowledge and safer methods of intervention for risk situations. Employers and training providers can then deliver the new programme under license through their qualified internal trainers.
The training increases staff knowledge of the law, key medical risks and safer methods for common activities such as ejection. It helps staff to assess situations and use alternatives to physical intervention whenever possible. Feedback shows that staff trained in the Maybo model are more confident as a result of the training and are now using physical intervention less often and with less force. Major organisations such as HMV, Showsec, Rock Steady and VSG have already adopted this programme.
Bill Fox, of Maybo said: “The SIA and ACPO-endorsed guidance publication on physical intervention and case law, demonstrates that where physical intervention is foreseeable staff need to be taught legitimate and safe methods. The dilemma for employers has been where to source credible, accredited training in an area of significant risk”.
Steve Dennis, Head of Business Development for BIIAB added: “The diversity of the organisations which have taken on this training clearly demonstrates the challenges faced by those working in security and enforcement roles. We are delighted to be able to support Maybo and Skills for Security in continuing to maintain and improve standards in this crucial area.”
The programme is offered at two levels: disengagement with guiding skills and holding skills. Many security guarding functions do not require physical skills and some need just the lower level skills for avoiding assault. Higher risk roles, where there may be a need to restrain, need the full programme; examples are response teams, door supervisors and certain retail and hospital roles.
In-house courses can be arranged for groups of five or more trainers, otherwise trainers attend an open course, where they are trained to deliver the programme by one of Maybo’s specialist physical intervention tutor trainers. The next courses are being held in July and October in Worcester.
David Greer, Chief Executive, Skills for Security, “Only training programmes which meet exacting standards are eligible for inclusion in our course accreditation scheme, allowing us to recommend them to our employers. We are pleased to endorse this programme from Maybo that responds to a key area of need within security.”
For further information about the programme and to book your place, please contact the Skills for Security customer service team on 08450 750 111 or e-mail info@skillsforsecurity.org.uk |
