Adult Social Care in house training - Find a freedom of information request

The following questions relate to the Adult Social Care Sector - those services under the purview of the Director of Adult Social Care Services and considered the remit of ADASS.

How is the training that includes restrictive practices provided within the following services - is it provided by an 'In House' Service or by a Commercial Training Provider?

Please tick relevant line.

Commercial Training Provider 'In House'

Reablement Services

Personal Care / Domiciliary Care Day Care Services

Respite Care Care Homes

Nursing Homes

1.Where an 'In House' provider delivers the training, does your organisation develop, design and delivered the training? Please circle YES NO

2.Is the training certified as complying with the Restraint Reduction Network Training Standards (RRNTS)?

3.What were the titles of these training courses offered in the last 12 months?

4.If commercial organisation(s) provide the training directly to your staff, then Are these organisations certified as complying with the RRNTS? YES No Don't Know

5.Which organisations did you contract with in the financial year 2018-2019, 2019-2020 for the direct provision of training that included restrictive practices? Please list the top 5 by cost.

6.How much was spent with each provider for the provision of training in restrictive practices in 2018-2019 and 2019-2020? Please list the top 5 sums.

7.What were the titles of these training courses?

8.Are commercial organisation(s) providing train the trainer programmes?

9.Are these organisations certified?

10.Are Council staff a certified as Associate trainers of training that includes restrictive practices? Yes No Don't Know

11.Which organisations did you contract within the financial year 2018-2019 and 2019- 20 for the provision of train the trainer training that included restrictive practices?

12.How much was spent with each provider for the provision of training in restrictive practices for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020?

13.What were the titles of these training courses?

14. In relation to Restraint since 1st April 2018 has the Council carried out any survey or research to establish the views / qualitative experience of Service Users, their families or carer in relation to restraint?

15.Has the Council produced reports or policies since 1st April 2018 for discussion at management or service development fora in relation to Restraint including incidence, reduction, training or impact? Please provide copies of these.

16.Has the Council contracted for the provision of training that includes restrictive practices?

a). What are the start and end dates of that contract (s)?

b). What is the total value of that contract (s)?

17.Please provide a copy of the specification of that service (s).

18.Please provide contact details of those with lead responsibility for Securing training that includes restrictive practices /Policy development in respect of restraint and restrictive practices. 

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

The only service that Lincolnshire County Council provides in house training for is some Day Care locations.

There is no training related to restrictive practices or restraint delivered to staff in these Day Centres.

All other listed services are delivered through contracted providers.

It is the responsibility of the provider to source and pay for appropriate training. The Council do not mandate what training is required, and do not record details of training delivered.