I was speaking to one of my clients the other day and he was telling me that he has seen a massive increase in referrals being made for young people ‘at risk of self-harm through ligatures’ and that his organisation is having to invest time and money into getting staff trained up to deal with ligature emergencies.
Clearly, anxiety amongst staff un-trained to deal with ligature emergencies on how to deal with them means that training is often an urgent request putting a burden on L&D departments to organise anti-ligature training. Never mind getting all the staff together at the same time, geography and budgets playing a part in making this a challenge.
Fortunately, there are several options available that when used in the correct mix can help make the task of getting ligature training easier for organisations.
Obviously, there is the preferred option of classroom anti-ligature training like the type provided below:
https://www.meducatetraining.co.uk/training-courses/anti-ligature-training-essex/
Did you know there are also 2 other options for getting your ligature training done?
Ligature training is now available in e-learning format where you can gain the knowledge about how to deal with ligature emergencies (obviously you won’t be able to practice) and this could be used a short-term fix for urgent ligature training requests or as an annual refresher option. Some examples of anti-ligature e-learning is below:
https://www.mwonlinetraining.uk/course?courseid=ligature-rescue
https://www.mwonlinetraining.uk/course?courseid=anti-ligature-policy-and-risk-assessment-tool
For an organisation that can train some of its own staff to deliver anti-ligature courses back in their workplaces there are train-the-trainer options available. This type of training can be delivered via an online webinar or as a classroom course.
An example of each type is below:
https://www.markwigley.online/product/antiligaturetrainthetrainercpdwebinar
https://www.markwigley.online/page/trainthetrainerspecialevent
Clearly you can see that there are many options available to get your ligature training sorted and get your staff trained and confident in dealing with ligature emergencies!
