Advice from carers nurses etc.

Old Perry

Ive an interview for a position soon enough caring for people with challanging behaviours. Any advice would be great. Ive been reading up on bsp's and icmp's. What other sort of things might help.

That_Guy

Hopefully this isn't too late for you.

Just finished my social care degree so while it's fresh in my mind, I'd say read up on the companies policies with regards to challenging behaviour first.

TCI (Therapeutic Crisis Intervention) is increasingly popular within the social care sector and many places offer this training or have it as part of crucial job requirements. http://www.tci.ie/ for more info.

No doubt you'll be asked about how you'd go about dealing with challenging behaviours if they should present themselves.

From experience and vital learning it's important to stay calm in that type of situation whether you're working with mainstream kids/teens/adults or individuals with an intellectual/physical disability.

This is to ensure that nothing gets needlessly escalated and causes more problems for yourself/staff members/other service users.

Challenging behaviours manifest in differing ways. From physical to manipulation. You'll surely be given an opportunity to read up on their policies and individual support plans for when such behaviours arise. But all the literature in the world may not prepare you for what happens and it's ok. You're only human. You're not superman.

Challenging behaviours require serious learning and experience to effectively deal with things and what may have worked before is not always guaranteed to work all the time.

I know I'm rambling here but it's such a tricky question/potential scenario to give a definitive answer to.

BSP's and ICMP's with TCI should see you right.

Best of luck with the interview.

Old Perry

That_Guy wrote: »

Hopefully this isn't too late for you.

Just finished my social care degree so while it's fresh in my mind, I'd say read up on the companies policies with regards to challenging behaviour first.

TCI (Therapeutic Crisis Intervention) is increasingly popular within the social care sector and many places offer this training or have it as part of crucial job requirements. http://www.tci.ie/ for more info.

No doubt you'll be asked about how you'd go about dealing with challenging behaviours if they should present themselves.

From experience and vital learning it's important to stay calm in that type of situation whether you're working with mainstream kids/teens/adults or individuals with an intellectual/physical disability.

This is to ensure that nothing gets needlessly escalated and causes more problems for yourself/staff members/other service users.

Challenging behaviours manifest in differing ways. From physical to manipulation. You'll surely be given an opportunity to read up on their policies and individual support plans for when such behaviours arise. But all the literature in the world may not prepare you for what happens and it's ok. You're only human. You're not superman.

Challenging behaviours require serious learning and experience to effectively deal with things and what may have worked before is not always guaranteed to work all the time.

I know I'm rambling here but it's such a tricky question/potential scenario to give a definitive answer to.

BSP's and ICMP's with TCI should see you right.

Best of luck with the interview.

Youre star. Not to late. Ive a second round interview coming up.
Incredibly tricky, but quite interesting. My knowledge of such behaviour is confined to blaggards in the pub and acedemic material so i wasnt entirely confident. Thanks for that.

That_Guy

Old Perry wrote: »

Youre star. Not to late. Ive a second round interview coming up.
Incredibly tricky, but quite interesting. My knowledge of such behaviour is confined to blaggards in the pub and acedemic material so i wasnt entirely confident. Thanks for that.

Challenging behaviour may be more of a doddle than a few drunken loons in a pub.

Best of luck with the interview.