Andrew is a clinical psychologist who has published extensively in the area of staff training and physical interventions. He is the Director of Studio3 Training Systems, and been actively advocating for the abolition of prone restraint holds for nearly 20 years. He is an active advocate of the rights of service users and passionately believes in the abolition of specific physical interventions.
Marion has been headteacher of three special schools, worked with adults with learning difficulties and in 1988 established Loddon School for children with severely challenging behaviour. In 1995 Liaise was set up to provide residential services in the community for adults. Marion developed the BILD accredited PROACT-SCIPr-UK® programme and is committed to positive and non- aversive approaches.
Janet is committed to promoting Positive Behaviour Supports and a 'least restrictive' approach to individuals who challenge our services. She has a Masters Degree in Training and Development and is a Social Worker registered with the General Social Care Council. Her role as Master Trainer for PROACT-SCIPr-UK® enables her to promote good practice through the delivery of a course for which she and her team gained accreditation against the BILD Code of Practice (British Institute of Learning Disabilities). She has many years experience in working with both adults and children with severe learning disabilities and associated challenging behaviour. She is a member of The Senior Management Team at The Loddon School, from where she manages the external training services it provides to other organisations.
Kevin Bond is Director of mental health services in North East Lincolnshire. He is a mental health nurse by background and has worked in many different areas including learning disabilities, with adolescents and in secure settings. He has also been involved in several psychiatric hospital reprovisions, closing old facilities and opening community based alternatives in mental health.
He has been involved in recent years with research into the area of violence and more specifically the study of victims, to ascertain possible reductions in incidents. He has been teaching and campaigning on the subject of aggression for many years and is a fervent critic of prone restraint, the use of pain to control and other interventions which risk dehumanising people and inflaming situations further. In his spare time he enjoys family pursuits, computers, walking, snooker and general socialising. He used to play rugby, but is now too old and tired and so watches it from a safe distance.
David is a Director of Studio3 Training Systems. He specialises in working with younger people and is a major advocate of non confrontational approaches. David believes passionately that the 'ends do not always justify the means'.
I came into nursing at the age of eighteen in 1975,Working in the same authority in Hampshire for 27 years, and have worked in Grimsby for the last 3 years. Since taking up my post in Grimsby, I have been involved with the most exciting and challenging work of my career.
The introduction of PROACT SCIPr UK into a new organisation, would have been challenge enough but to include Service Users directly in the way the programme was to be delivered and also include service users in the actual course itself without this appearing to be tokenistic, I thought would put this task beyond my capabilities, however with the support and hard work of colleagues and our Independent Service User group, this has been achieved, and will continue to grow with more and more people realising at last that service users have a voice and this voice has to be heard.The success of service users and staff working in partnership is testament to the way forward.