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ACT Office Christmas Closure

Please take note of our Christmas Office Hours below

The ACT office will close on Friday 20th December, reopening on Thursday 2nd January. We wish you all an enjoyable festive season and look forward to seeing you in 2025!

 

New Guidance from the Scottish Government

08/11/2024

The Scottish Government has today published new guidance on use of restraint in Scottish schools.

The guidance states an expectation that:

“where restraint is a foreseeable possibility, schools should use restraint training that is certified as complying with Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) training standards. This will ensure:

  • training is human rights-focused;
  • that staff also receive training in preventative approaches;
  • that trainers have the appropriate expertise to train in schools;
  • that training in techniques is safe and proportional to school requirements and is appropriate for use on children and young people;
  • that training includes hearing from people who have been restrained; and · that training is accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service as meeting the ISO standards for certification.”

Bild ACT is the sole certification body currently accredited by UKAS as meeting the ISO 17065:2012 standards for certification.

Bild ACT supports the reduction of restrictive practice by improving the quality of training available. We are an independent certification body licensed to certify training which meets the RRN Training Standards.

School leaders can find certified training service providers listed on the Bild ACT website at https://bildact.org.uk/certified-organisations/

Training providers seeking to find out more about the certification process can visit https://bildact.org.uk/certification-process/

 

New Address

08/11/2024

Bild Association of Certified Training (ACT) has a new address

Our new registered office is:

Bild ACT
c/o Respond
Brick Yard
28 - 30 Charles Square
London
N1 6HT

 

Important Update

03/05/2024

Please note from 01/06/2024 some certification annual fees will be increasing by approximately 5.5%.

Please see the table below for a full list of all our fees effective from June 2024.

For existing affiliate organisations, the uplift in affiliate fees will apply from the next annual statement.

The Customer Handbook will be updated in due course.

Please direct any queries to [email protected]

 

NHSE Statement on Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) Certified Training for Agencies supplying staff into Mental Health Units

30/04/2024

The following statement was made by NHSE in a recent Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism bulletin:

Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) Certified Training for Agencies supplying staff into Mental Health Units

Following the publication of the statutory guidelines that support the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018, Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 - Statutory guidance for NHS organisations in England, and police forces in England and Wales (publishing.service.gov.uk) we were made aware that staffing agencies and training providers who work with them struggled to ensure all agency staff received RRN certified training. Therefore, a ‘catch-up’ period was agreed which enabled agencies to ensure all staff are trained in RRN compliant training, thus achieving compliance with duties under the Use of Force Act.
It was agreed that from April 1st 2023, to March 31st 2024 agencies would be working towards certification for their staff. Staffing from agencies should meet the standards from 1st April 2024.

The Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act requires that staff working in Mental Health Units have completed training which has been formally certified against the RRN Training Standards. It is recognised that this will include staff who are supplied to work in Mental Health Units via agencies.
The RRN worked with Health Education England to produce a set of training standards that protect safety, human rights and support the minimisation of restrictive practice.
Bild [ACT] have been working to ensure service providers and specialist training providers have had an opportunity to certify their training against the RRN Training Standards. Catch up guidance was supported by Director of Nursing colleagues and CQC with clear deadlines and expectations around compliance. The guidance covered the period April 1st, 2023, to March 31st, 2024.

From 1st April 2024 onwards we expect Trusts to utilise agency staff only where the agency can evidence staff conform with RRN compliant training, to ensure compliance with duties under the Use of Force Act and consistency of approach.

 

Launch of New Certification Logos

06/04/2023

This week Bild ACT are pleased to launch a new suite of certification logos for the use of certified training services, affiliate organisations, and organisations who are working towards certification.  These will be emailed directly depending on the organisations progression on their Certification journey.  Please see more information here

 

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