(UK) S. Gloucestershire: Special needs children "wrongly" restrained

May 18, 2018, (UK) Bristol Live: Children wrongly restrained and pinned to the ground by staff at South Gloucestershire care home https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/children-wrongly-restrained-pinned-ground-1580532 Vulnerable children in care were wrongly restrained and pinned to the ground by staff at a children’s home in South Gloucestershire. Ofsted inspectors who visited the home, which cannot be named to protect the identity of the children, found staff had not followed procedures when it restrained its residents. The home is run by Greenfields Adolescent Development Limited, which is linked to a school in Newport, Wales. It is for children who may have emotional or behavioural difficulties ... Inspectors who visited the home on two occasions in March found children had been inappropriately restrained…. The report read: “The inspector identified that not all staff members have received the training they require to meet the children’s needs.” A safeguarding concern about a member of staff was also not properly investigated, the inspectors found….