Offering certification for training services that include a restrictive physical intervention
Bild Association of Certified Training (ACT) are licensed by the Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) to certify training services as complying with the RRN Training Standards.
Who should apply?
There are over 130 organisations already certified against the RRN Training Standards. Training providers should apply where their training:
- has a restrictive intervention component,
- is delivered either in-house (e.g. within an NHS Trust) and/or delivered commercially, to healthcare, social care or education settings in the UK.
The Statutory Guidance that has been launched to support the implementation of the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 across England, requires ‘Mental Health Units’ [as defined by the Act] to implement training that has been certified against the RRN Training Standards by a UKAS accredited certification body.
In Scotland, guidance on 'Included, engaged and involved part 3: A relationships and rights-based approach to physical intervention in schools' states that "where restraint is a foreseeable possibility, schools should use restraint training that is certified as complying with Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) training standards". Schools may therefore wish to adopt certified training as an exemplar of good practice.
Further to this the CQC and service commissioners may request the implementation of such training. In these instances, this is because RRN Certified Training is considered to represent good if not best practice.
