5. Reflecting and learning from interventions
Physical interventions can be traumatic for both young people and residential workers. It is important for all those involved in physical restraint to be given the opportunity to receive support about the incident and be offered time for reflection.
All involved should be given time to:
- express difficult emotions
- reflect on what happened
- find the learning points for the future
Your discussions can include the areas on the right. We have also included these in the form of a checklist that you can download from the Extra resources section and use in your debriefing sessions.
1. Express difficult emotions?
What were you both doing? How were you both behaving? How did you both feel?2. Reflect on what happened?
What have you learned about the young person, yourself and your colleagues? What do you think the young person's view is about what happened? What appeared to work now or in the past? What did not work well? What could you do differently?3. Find the learning points for the future?
How can you make sure everyone knows about, and follows, the amended behaviour management plan? How can you share your learning with the young person? What training or staff development implications are there?