Tom McCulloch

Tom McCulloch in characteristic good humour 

Those of you who frequented the Carers Friday lunches will be saddened to hear of the death of Tom McCulloch. Tom was a very competitive quiz doer and joined in enthusiastically with conferences and meetings. He was always very warm and welcoming with less confident or new carers helping them to join in and passing on helpful advice.
Tom had not been in the best of health recently but his death was unexpected. He died in early January and his funeral took place on Monday 17th. Fife Carers Centre and carers from Fife were represented at the ceremony by Centre Manager Mary Stewart and Carer Support Worker Grant Kidd. A collection was taken up at the end of the ceremony and Tom's family have very generously split the money taken between Fife Carers Centre and Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland. We thank them for the donation and will use it to good purpose, continuing to offer support to other carers in Fife.

Challenging Behaviour Management for Parents and Carers

OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME

Provides techniques to the carer to use ensuring the best care, safety, and security for the person they care for even in violent moments. This programme has been designed to provide the same care, safety and security to the carer as they learn the techniques and skills taught during the training, and develop an emergency response plan if appropriate. The principles and techniques taught in the challenging behaviour training have repeatedly been proven effective in resolving potentially violent situations. By participating in this programme carers will gain more confidence necessary to handle crisis situations with minimal anxiety and maximum security. The training will help carers intervene more safely when behaviour becomes dangerous and most importantly maintain the bond between the carer and the individual they care for.

BACKGROUND:

Since 1980 more than 5 million professionals worldwide have been trained using the Non-violent Crisis intervention programme in order to help them provide the very best Care, Welfare, Safety and Security of everyone involved in a crisis situation.  Participants include professionals from a variety of specialist services including healthcare, education, social services, residential services, police, security and prisons.

The principles and techniques taught in the Non-violent Crisis Intervention programme have repeatedly proven effective in resolving potentially violent situations.  By participating in this programme, individuals gain confidence to handle crisis situations with minimal anxiety and maximum security.  The training will help individuals recognise behaviour triggers and assist with early intervention de-escalating techniques, or to intervene more safely when behaviour becomes dangerous.

ENABLE Scotland have a bank of certified instructors registered with the Crisis Prevention Institute and have undertaken an extensive training programme within the organisation to provide staff with the techniques required to manage challenging behaviour.  During the delivery of these programme it was recognised that Parents/Carers  should be included in this programme as we are all aware it is the parents and carers who are the experts with regard to supporting their own child.  ENABLE Scotland discussed at length with the Crisis Prevention Institute the benefits of delivering this programme to Parents/Carers.  The outcome of the discussion was that provided ENABLE Scotland had the appropriate insurance and were committed to provide refresher training to Parents/Carers there was no reason why this programme should not be delivered.  To this end ENABLE Scotland submitted a funding application to NHS Fife Carer Information Strategy funding to which we were successful in securing, which has enabled us to provide two training programmes to Parents/Carers in Fife.

In order to access this training Parents/Carers will be required to join ENABLE Scotland as a member and commit to attend refresher training every year.

Two one-day training courses are available on

 Thursday 10th of March at 9.15am – 3.30pm and Saturday 12th of March at 9.30am – 3.30pm
Venue:  Rothes Halls, Glenrothes.
Refreshments will be provided
For further details or to book a place, please contact:

Naheed Akhtar

Tel:01592 659295