Published on: 27th August 2024
Our Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA) Team is delighted to announce that the team have successfully achieved re-certification by the Bild Association of Certified Training as complying with the Restraint Reduction Network Training Standards.
The certification is valid for the next three years and in the meantime, the team will continue to develop the service in order to ensure best practice.
The British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD) are an independent UKAS accredited certification body licensed to certify training which meets Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) training standards. The Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act Statutory Guidance mandates that training providers must be certified as complying with the RRN Training standards and in addition, the CQC expect regulated services such as LPFT to use certified training.
The RRN Training Standards are designed to:
- Protect people’s fundamental human rights and promote person centred best interest and therapeutic approaches to supporting people when they are distressed.
- Improve the quality of life of those being restrained and those supporting them.
- Reduce reliance on restrictive practices by promoting positive culture and practice that focuses on prevention, de-escalation and reflective practice.
- Increase the understanding of the root causes of behaviour and recognition that many behaviours are the result of distress due to unmet needs.
- Where required, focus on the safest and most dignified use of restrictive interventions including physical restraint. The scheme includes training needs analysis to ensure training is proportional to the needs of the population and setting. There is also increased scrutiny of curricula, senior trainers and affiliated organisations.
