Sherwood Training Reviews

Informative and engaging

Very helpful day - learnt lots. The part about people’s baselines and how they change and people’s cues was interesting. I’ll remember to start with “what’s wrong” in the future. The only negative is being sat down the whole day - but I think this is just a personal thing and being on my feet for hours

Good training and trainer

Well done

Enjoyed the course ,tutors all great and helpful,would come again

Very understanding and listened to point of view/open to discussion. Days are quite long.

I feel this is effective. I am happy to use these skills within my own practice and rely on these when it is needed.

Kirstie demonstrated great passion, and the delivery was engaging throughout the course. However, during the first two days, I would have appreciated the opportunity to read through parts of the trainer’s manual independently and incorporate more of our own experiences into the teaching process, rather than going through the entire manual in detail. This would have made the sessions more interactive and allowed for greater practical application. Throughout the theory and assessments Kirstie was reassuring and thorough as was Rachel’s input and support. Feedback following the assessments was reassuring when I was feeling very nervous.

All brilliant but will never give full stars as there is always room for improvement.

I felt the trainer provided a very enthusiastic and energetic presence to the course which always makes it much more engaging, Amy was also able to answer our questions well to the best of her ability and was happy to discuss scenarios. The training as a whole I don't believe to be best suited to the needs of our job roles/ the homes we work in. The course provides us with the basic skills/moves to use however, I believe this course should be undertaken within individual home environments while considering individual risks of young people/common behaviours they may display. During the course today many discussions were held about situations we have been in within our home whereby the holds simply wouldn't have been able to keep the young person and staff free from harm and therefor these holds would need to be adapted to keep the young person safe in the moment. A empty large room which is where we do this course does not replicate or prepare staff for real life situations, for example performing a seated PI on three upright chairs is likely to never occur within the home. A more likely situation would be a seated hold on a sofa with bouncy cushions falling off or a bed with a mattress moving. I would suggest as a minimum sofas to be used within this training. Happy to discuss this further.