• We strive to promote human wellbeing and create positive and safer outcomes

    Mental Health

    Maybo sets the benchmark for conflict management, physical intervention and risk reduction training for health providers, including government and community-based service providers. We have played a leading role in the development in the UK national guidance, qualifications and training for conflict management and risk reduction skills.

    Proven experience and expertise

    Maybo provides staff with the skills to de-escalate and manage challenging behaviours that may be exhibited by people receiving treatment at mental health related services in a hospital or community setting.

    By building staff’s confidence and competence in how to prevent and defuse challenging behaviours, we believe that a person’s quality of life can be greatly improved supporting their journey to recovery.

    Our training includes a balance of:

    • Proactive strategies that teach staff how to identify and respond to an individual’s physiological and emotional needs, recognising different and neurodiverse ways of communicating, and improving their environment and engage them in ways that reduce behaviours that may challenge
    • Reactive strategies to safely manage any emotive and risky situations

    Our physical skills are gentle and low arousal when required as a last resort and aim to reduce the need for restrictive practices.

    We have a specialist mental health team, led by a qualified and experienced mental health practitioner who can help to develop recovery-oriented behaviour management strategies.

    Maybo Training Programmes

    De-escalation programme

    Specification

    Delivery: In-person / Trainer-led

    Duration: Maximum 6 hours

    Max. Group Size: 12

    Blended Learning Option: Yes

    Virtual Delivery Option: Yes

    Train-the-Trainer: Yes

    This programme has been specifically designed for mental health workers who may encounter distressing situations.


    With a focus on preventative approach built around positive relationships, mental health workers will be equipped with comprehensive positive strategies, communication skills and de-escalation. On completion of this programme, staff will:

    • Understand risks, rights and responsibilities in the workplace
    • Know how different factors influence behaviour
    • Know the importance of positive interactions and choices
    • Be able to use dynamic risk assessment to inform decision making
    • Be able to use safer de-escalation approaches
    • Be able to maintain personal safety and follow post-incident procedures
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    De-escalation and personal safety programme

    Specification

    Delivery: In-person / Trainer-led

    Duration: Maximum 8 hours

    Max. Group Size: 12

    Blended Learning Option: Yes

    Virtual Delivery Option: No

    Train-the-Trainer: Yes

    This programme has been specifically designed for mental health workers who may encounter difficult situations and may need to use low arousal physical intervention to manage risks.

     

    With a focus on preventative approach built around positive relationships, mental health workers will be equipped with comprehensive positive strategies, communication skills and de-escalation. On completion of this programme, staff will:

    • Understand risks, rights and responsibilities in the workplace
    • Know how different factors influence behaviour
    • Know the importance of positive interactions and choices
    • Be able to use dynamic risk assessment to inform decision making
    • Be able to use safer de-escalation approaches
    • Be able to maintain personal safety and follow post-incident procedures
    • Understand the considerations for the use of non-restrictive physical skills
    • Be able to use defensive skills to avoid assault
    • Be able to use defensive skills to disengage or reduce risk from grips
    • Be able to use physical intervention to guide and redirect a person
    Find out more

    Maybo Training Programmes

    Explore the range of training modules in our mental health curriculum below

    • All

    • eLearning

    • Classroom

    • Virtual Classroom

    • Train the Trainer

    eLearning

    Maybo's eLearning programmes utilise the latest learning technologies, realistic scenarios and interactive exercises to offer an engaging self-study learning experience.

    eLearning can play a valuable role within a blended learning strategy, underpinning the knowledge and reducing staff abstraction time, or in some instances as a complete solution. It also works well for induction and refresher training.

    To find out more or for volume purchases contact our team or visit our eLearning store for individual purchases.

    eLearning is also known as self-directed learning. It often precedes Classroom or Virtual Classroom training to provide a foundation of knowledge in advance - this is known as a blended approach.

    Classroom

    Maybo designs and delivers training to meet your requirements and can deliver direct to your staff wherever you need it. We take time to understand your training needs and the unique challenges and scenarios your colleagues face, to ensure our Classroom courses are highly relevant. Learners receive superb resources and certificates with a range of accreditation and qualification options.

    Classroom training can be combined with eLearning to form a blended learning strategy, underpinning the knowledge and reducing staff abstraction time.

    Classroom training is delivered by a trainer at an agreed venue. It is also sometimes called face-to-face or in-person training.

    Virtual Classroom

    Maybo designs and delivers Virtual Classroom training to meet your requirements.

    Virtual Classroom training enables staff to benefit from engaging team training with high-levels of participation delivered remotely by a skilled facilitator over video conferencing software including Zoom and MS Teams.

    Virtual Classroom training can also be combined powerfully with eLearning to form a blended learning strategy, with eLearning underpinning the knowledge and reducing staff abstraction time.

    Virtual Classroom training is live, participatory training delivered remotely by a trainer with video conferencing software.

    Train the Trainer

    Maybo offers a Train the Trainer model that equips experienced trainers to deliver Maybo's accredited training curricula within their own organisation.

    We run regular courses on a variety of subjects that include supporting people with complex needs, positive behaviour support, preventing conflict and behaviours of concern, safer approaches to de-escalation and conflict resolution, personal safety, assault avoidance and low arousal handling skills.

    To find out more contact our team.

    Trainers receive access to Maybo's online resource centre where they can find everything they need to deliver and certify Maybo training in-house.

    Mental Health – All

    • Understanding Trauma and Trauma‑Informed Approaches

      Trauma can affect anyone. When a person lives with trauma their brain works differently and their behaviour changes, yet we as a society often respond in unhelpful ways.

      This comprehensive eLearning course seeks to bridge the gap between identifying and understanding trauma, and, responding with intelligence and compassion in a way that opens the door for recovery and a better way forward.

      Designed for people providing care and support to someone affected by trauma, four engaging and informative eLearning modules explore the fundamental concepts of trauma and how it affects the minds, emotions, lives and behaviours of people who experience it and those close to them.

      This comprehensive course provides a great starting point for those embarking on training and qualifications in trauma-informed approaches. It also provides a pragmatic, engaging and practical way for organisations to provide trauma-awareness training to their whole workforce.

      • Psychological trauma and its potential impact. 
      • Individual factors that can create resilience to trauma and the possible signs and symptoms of trauma.
      • Physiological and psychological effects of trauma.
      • Adopting a trauma-informed approach.

      Delivery methods:

      • eLearning eLearning

    • Positive Approaches to Behaviour

      Risks, Rights and Responsibilities

      • Behaviours of concern
      • Rights and responsibilities
      • Planning to reduce risks and vulnerabilities 

      Factors That Influence Behaviour

      • Common functions of behaviours of concern
      • Instinctive reactions to emotional or threatening situations
      • Potential triggers in self and others
      • Levels of escalation

      Positive Interactions and Choices

      • People's needs and expectations
      • Influencing positive outcomes
      • Overcoming barriers to communication

        This module is RRN Approved when part of a BILD ACT Certified Curriculum.

      Delivery methods:

      • eLearning eLearning
      • Classroom Classroom
      • Virtual Classroom Virtual Classroom
      • Train the Trainer Train the Trainer

    • Safer De‑escalation

      This module covers de-escalation strategies to alleviate a situation and achieve a positive and safer outcome.

      Dynamic Risk Assessment

      • Maybo SAFER model
      • Risk identification
      • Informed decision-making

      De-escalation Skills

      • Positive, non-aggressive approaches
      • Safer positioning and teamworking skills
      • Strategies to defuse, calm and resolve

      Personal Safety and Post-incident

      • Confronting behaviour
      • Heightened risk indicators
      • Exit strategies in higher-risk situations
      • Post-event impact and responsibilities

      Delivery methods:

      • eLearning eLearning
      • Classroom Classroom
      • Virtual Classroom Virtual Classroom
      • Train the Trainer Train the Trainer

    • Personal Safety and Disengagement

      This module provides additional practical strategies for disengaging and reducing the risk of assault.

      It is relevant for employees whose roles require them to engage with people whose behaviour can be unpredictable.

      Risks, Rights and Responsibilities

      • Defining defensive skills and interventions
      • Risks of using physical skills
      • Authority for the use of physical skills
      • Individual and team responsibilities 
      • The importance of secondary strategies to reduce the need for physical skills

      Defensive Personal Safety Skills to Avoid Assault and Disengage

      • Training and operational risks associated with the use of Maybo physical skills
      • Low arousal positioning and defensive skills to avoid assault and reduce risk
      • Low arousal skills to release from wrist and clothing grips
      • Contextual applications of Maybo disengagement skills

       This module is RRN Approved when part of a BILD ACT Certified Curriculum.

      Delivery methods:

      • Classroom Classroom
      • Train the Trainer Train the Trainer

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