Our mental health
training
e-Learning and reflection programmes
Introduction to relational security
The Introduction to Relational Security programme provides staff with everything they need to satisfy a robust induction into the core elements of relational security. It’s a cost effective and clinically assured method of providing staff with consistently delivered essential knowledge.
Users have well-presented information about relational security through videos and interactive learning pages, questions and scenarios to reflect on, perspectives from other experts, and instant feedback on how their views compare with their peers via social polling.
Leaders will have access to management information providing insight to how relational security feels in the service, and what the priorities are looking forward.
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The three elements of security (Physical, Procedural & Relational)
Thinking about risk
Harm to patients
Harm from patients
Potential impact of a serious incident
Who in the team contributes to relational security?
Who outside the team contributes to relational security?
What relational security is
What relational security isn’t
The model of relational security
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45 minutes (average)
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£50 per user per year
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For more information about the e-learning including what participants thought to their learning experience and to watch a short demonstration video visit: https://www.frontfoot.net/training
For more detail about how the e-learning works, how to access the course, management information, governance, licences, and purchase visit: https://www.frontfoot.net/elearning-information
Boundaries
Although most staff talk about boundaries, most haven’t had the opportunity of much specialised learning. And yet, staff tell us boundaries is the primary issue of concern to them.
Our Boundaries programme helps staff develop therapeutic maturity when considering the application of rules in a mental health service. We reflect on restrictive practice, trauma, therapeutic approach, professionalism, trust, consistency, negotiation, and communication.
Leaders will have access to insights we’ve never had previously about relational security. This helps inform how we continue to demonstrate improvement in this important area.
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Boundaries the basics
Trauma
Trauma & boundaries
Boundary styles
How do patients feel about boundaries?
What are your boundaries?
Negotiable or not?
Boundaries and consistency
Talking to patients about boundaries
Talking to each other about boundaries.
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90 minutes (average)
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£50 per user per year
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For more information about the e-learning including what participants thought to their learning experience and to watch a short demonstration video visit: https://www.frontfoot.net/training
For more detail about how the e-learning works, how to access the course, management information, governance, licences, and purchase visit: https://www.frontfoot.net/elearning-information
Facilitated programmes
Relational security facilitator programme
The role of the Relational Security Facilitator is to support staff develop specialist skills and knowledge in relational security.
For services who want to ensure training and development is sustained into the future, and can identify staff who have the right competencies for the role, the relational security facilitator programme is an ideal approach. For more information on the five day programme visit our Facilitator page.
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Support to identify and enlist suitable internal candidates for the role of facilitator
Face to face facilitator development programme
Further facilitator support, development, and mentorship
Permanent access to the relational security facilitator guidance web page for participants.
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5 consecutive days in person plus 2 days virtual mentorship, support, and programme planning.
Relational security for full ward teams
This is a two day relational security developmental workshop. We tested this approach for the first time at East London Foundation Trust in 2016 and immediately developed a preference for it as the best way of developing sustained knowledge and commitment to change in multi-disciplinary teams. Over two days, the full care team meet together to work on issues of relational security.
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Full team means everyone: responsible clinician, psychology, social work, OT, education, qualified and support nursing, plus anyone else who regularly participates with your patients such as administrators, bank staff, housekeeping, or support services.
Sessions follow the core material but are also driven by issues specific to the team’s patient population, diagnostic group, staff capability and experience, and any recent events.
Each session will be developed by our facilitator in partnership with the clinical lead for the service to design and focus the sessions specifically for the team’s needs. That might include using recent case examples or clinical case studies.
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2 consecutive days or separated by a few weeks depending on the service needs.
Care planning workshop
This one day development workshop can be delivered to any number of delegates. It’s ideal for anyone who has a role in planning, delivering, and reviewing patient care.
The emphasis of this session is on developing a solid understanding of what good care planning can look like, being clinically effective in care planning, and writing meaningful health outcomes.
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What is a care pathway?
Who are our care plans for and what should they look like?
Meaningful patient engagement in care planning and review.
What are health outcomes, and how do you write one?
How therapies connect clearly with health outcomes.
Care plans that are comprehensive and clinically effective.
Sessions follow the core material but are also driven by issues specific to the team’s patient population, diagnostic group, staff capability and experience, and any recent events.
Each session will be developed by our facilitator in partnership with the clinical lead for the service to design and focus the sessions specifically for the team’s needs.
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2 days
Relational security for leaders
Aimed at service directors and managers this programme builds an understanding of relational security and how it applies at a strategic level. Leaders will be able to understand how the relational security model connects to and supports the delivery of wider strategic goals, the specific responsibilities of leaders in achieving relational security, and how leaders should support staff to improve relational security at a ward or service level.
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What is relational security?
How relational security connects with and supports the delivery of wider strategic objectives
Clinical effectiveness and eliminating unnecessary processes as an approach to improving safety and care
The relational security model in the context of leadership (Boundaries, Therapy, Patient mix, Patient dynamic, Inside world, Physical environment, Visitors and Outside contact)
The key responsibilities of and challenges for effective leaders in relational security
Resources and methods for managers to improve relational security.
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2 days
Boundaries workshop
The management of boundaries and rules in our services can often be at the root of incidents and complaints.
In this programme staff develop a mature understanding of the therapeutic management of boundaries in a mental health setting taking account of how this fits with restrictive practice, trauma, trust, professionalism, personal accountability, and team dynamics.
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Boundaries the basics
Trauma & boundaries
Boundary styles
Negotiable or not?
Boundaries and consistency
Communicating about boundaries.
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1 day
Core relational security workshop
This one day development workshop is ideal for anyone who has regular contact with patients, including non-clinical support staff.
The emphasis of this session is on developing a core understanding of what relational security is, the different factors that influence relational security, the key risks to be aware of, communicating as a team, speaking up, and having the confidence to act.
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What is relational security?
Managing the balance between clinical excellence, effectiveness and security
The relational security model explained (Boundaries, Therapy, Patient mix, Patient dynamic, Inside world, Physical environment, Visitors and Outward connections).
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1 day