CPI Essential Care and Support™   

Equip health and social care staff with the knowledge and physical skills to implement planned interventions, ensuring the essential care and treatment provided are safe and person-centred.  

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Training Outline

Key Features of the Training

Our training programme is designed to improve safety for everyone and empower staff to provide the best quality of care, especially to those who may resist necessary assistance.

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Support Essential Care Staff

Provide staff with practical de-escalation skills that maximise safety during personal care activities.

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Promote Independence and Dignity

Create environments that enable individuals to be involved in their own care and make choices that reflect their personal preferences and needs.  

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Structured Continuum of Support

Provide staff with a clear framework of how to safely increase levels of care, ensuring the least intrusive methods are used first.  

Application of Skills

Dressing & Undressing
Learn techniques for dressing and undressing individuals, whether seated or on a bed, ensuring comfort and dignity in all care practices.
Turning and Lower Leg Care
Gain proficiency in techniques for turning and lower leg care safely for both patient and staff.
Personal Hygiene
Confidently provide support with personal hygiene, day-to-day challenges, and unforeseen events.

How it Works

Our Training Approach

Once you have registered with us, our team trains your staff and equip them with the necessary tools to effectively teach your organisation. This is our training framework — train-the-trainer — that turns employees into in-house behaviour leads.

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Training for Every Risk Level

Most Popular Training Programmes

Our training helps staff prepare for and reduce conflicts, creating a safer workplace.

Verbal Intervention

This programme focuses on prevention using verbal de-escalation skills.

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Trauma-informed training.
Prevention and verbal de-escalation skills.

Safety Intervention Foundation

Formerly known as MAPA, this training teaches staff de-escalation skills, non-restrictive and restrictive interventions.

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Trauma-informed training.
Prevention and verbal de-escalation skills.
Disengagement safety techniques.
Risk assessment framework.
Physical intervention techniques.

Safety Intervention Advanced/Advanced & Emergency

Formerly known as MAPA, the programme focuses on more complex or extreme risk behaviours.

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Trauma-informed training.
Prevention and verbal de-escalation skills.
Additional non-restrictive and restrictive interventions for risk behaviour.
Explicit focus on safety intervention for extreme risk behaviour (including floor holding and other emergency interventions).
Disengagement safety techniques.
Risk assessment framework.
Physical intervention techniques.
Expanded decision-making skills.
Introduces the Brøset Violence Checklist.

Full Training Suites by Sector

Discover our training programmes relevant for your sector.

Health Care
Training programmes for health care professionals and support staff to create safe and trauma-informed environments.
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Social Services
Training programmes designed to empower all staff, from carers to social workers, to create safe and trauma-informed environments.
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Education
Training programmes for schools to create safe and positive environments.
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Other Service Industries
Training programmes for service-oriented professionals to manage and de-escalate disruptive situations and reduce conflicts.
Other Service Industries Programmes

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