Key Info
1 Day Course
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Where and When
Delivered at a venue of your choice throughout the UK or by tutor led remote online delivery, contact us for availability.
Accredited Course
The course content are accredited by the Open College Network (OCN) Credit4Learning as a Level 3 course.
Course Overview
Incident debriefing is an important part of supporting people who work in professions where the risk of incident or challenging situations may be higher, such as children’s services, education or emergency services.
A structured incident debriefing is a discussion which is facilitated by a trained debriefing facilitator to establish the outcome and impact of incidents and to set actions and support ideas.
This training course defines the meaning of the term ‘incident’, defines 'post incident support' and 'post incident learning', evaluates links between incident debriefing, mental health and mental ill health and describes the purpose of facilitating incident debriefing sessions.
This training course describes reasons why incident debriefing is important from a moral, organisation and legal perspective and confirms the meaning of a ‘whole organisational approach’ towards debriefing.
This training course describe factors which may indicate that a person is finding the challenge of an incident situation difficult from a physical, psychological and behavioural perspective and explains the impact which incidents can have on people.
This training course describe core skills required to be an effective incident debriefing facilitator, the meaning and importance of active listening, questioning techniques which can be used as part of a debriefing session and ways to approach and support difficult conversations.
This training course describes the importance of confirming record keeping and data protection, the importance of confirming confidentiality requirements and clarity of when confidentiality may need to be broken. This training course also explains preparation requirements for facilitating a structured debriefing including environmental considerations and resources.
This training course explains the structure of a debriefing session, providing templates for optional use following training and considers the use of SMART objectives as a way of setting actions for support. This is an accredited course.
Course Learning Outcomes
Below are the main topics covered in this course, expand each one to see the criteria.
- 1.1Define the meaning of the term ‘incident’
- 1.2Confirm the meaning of both ‘post incident support’ and ‘post incident learning’
- 1.3Describe the purpose of facilitating incident debriefing sessions
- 1.4Evaluate links between incident debriefing, mental health and mental ill health
- 1.5Identify ways of debriefing in addition to a planned structured debriefing session
- 1.6Describe reasons why incident debriefing is important from a moral, organisation and legal perspective
- 1.7State reasons why a certain individual may not be suitable to facilitate some debriefing sessions
- 1.8State the needs for a ‘whole organisational approach’ towards incident debriefing
- 2.1Describe different ways which people can become involved in incident situations
- 2.2Explain the impact which incidents can have on people
- 2.3Evaluate how people react to stress in different ways
- 2.4Describe factors which may indicate that a person is finding the challenge of an incident situation difficult from a physical, psychological and behavioural perspective
- 3.1Describe core skills required to be an effective incident debriefing facilitator
- 3.2Describe the meaning and importance of active listening as a core skill
- 3.3Describe different questioning techniques and when these could be used as part of a structured incident debriefing
- 3.4Identify ways to support people during difficult conversations
- 3.5Describe the importance of confirming record keeping and data protection
- 3.6Describe the importance of confirming confidentiality requirements and clarity of when confidentiality may need to be broken
- 3.7Explain preparation requirements for facilitating a structured debriefing including environmental considerations and resources
- 3.8Explain the structure of a debriefing session
- 4.1Explain the structure of a debriefing session
- 4.2Describe the use of SMART objectives as a way of setting actions for support
- 4.3Know where to access additional support as required
- 4.4Describe reasons why it is important to document occasions when people refuse or feel unable to access support being offered to them
- 4.5Analyse the importance of supporting your own mental health as a structured debriefing facilitator
Accreditation
The course content are accredited by the Open College Network (OCN) Credit4Learning as a Level 3 course.
Certification
Each learner completing this course will receive an accredited Level 3 certificate of learning.
Additional Information
Training course duration
1 Day (please contact us if you require training which runs to a different timescale).Availability of this training course
This Incident Debriefing Facilitator Training course is available as in-house training at a venue of your own choice throughout the UK. Alternatively, also available remotely via a tutor led course over Zoom or TeamsAudience for this course
This Incident Debriefing Facilitator Training course is designed for professionals who work with vulnerable children and young people and need to provide incident debriefing sessions to colleagues following challenging situations, including supporters, team leaders, managers, education providers, social workers and foster carer agencies.QCF Units
This Incident Debriefing Facilitator Training course is designed to meet the standards outlined in the new Children's Homes (England) Regulations which were introduced on 1st April 2015 and can contribute to outcomes of QCF units including the National Diploma for the Children and Young People's Workforce and the National Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults).Other courses you might be interested in
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