Webinar Recording: Getting the Balance Right Between Minimising Restrictive Practices and Keeping Everyone Safe

In this webinar, we’re joined by a panel of experts from the social services and education sectors in Australia and New Zealand. We explore different ways to minimise restrictive practices while keeping staff and the individuals in our care safe.

We discuss:

• How to protect both our service users’ and staff members’ social, emotional and physical wellbeing
• Meeting legal and ethical obligations as employers to keep employees safe and which appropriate safeguards to have in place
• Change management, to achieve a positive organisational culture, and the impacts of a holistic, positive environment
• Balancing training in de-escalation and training in restrictive practices

We’re joined by Team Teach Learning & Development Leads, Nancy Hooper and Cale Begley, and the following guests:

• Bridget Scott – Manager, Allied Health and Training Development, Microboards Australia
• Tristan Evans – Director, Karma Abilities Respite Enrichment, SE Queensland
• Susan Coull – Director, SCoull Education, Melbourne, Victoria
• Chrizinda Cole – Intermediate Teacher and Team Teach Trainer, Wairau Valley Special School, New Zealand