The member of staff will bend their knees slightly ensuring they are side on and balanced, making their neck rigid. At the same time they will place both their hands, one on top of the other (palm on top of knuckles, thumb to thumb) on top of the perpetrator’s hand and apply downward pressure. The member of staff will then turn in towards the perpetrator and as they do so place their thumbs around the perpetrator’s wrist to keep the hand fixed to the member of staff’s head. As the member of staff turns, they should keep themselves as upright as possible and keep the perpetrator’s elbow high. The member of staff will then straighten up and push the perpetrator away