Why The RRN Standards Are Unworkable

RRN Standards

The transcript that follows this brief introduction is from a talk given by Nicola Lochery that we recorded on our last refresher about the RRN (Restraint Reduction Network) standards.  Nicola has done a lot of work mapping her training over to the RRN standards. She has also been looking at how some NHS trusts are only going to get a … Read more

Read This If You Are Interested in Becoming a Conflict Management and/or Physical Intervention Trainer

Conflict management and physical intervention

Read This If You Are Interested in Becoming a Conflict Management and/or Physical Intervention Trainer BTEC Level 3 Physical Restraint Instructor Award Course: 2nd – 6th November For the first time in thirty years we are running an additional BTEC Level 3 Physical Restraint Instructor Award Course. It is taking place at the Yarnfield Park Training & Conference Centre, Yarnfield, … Read more

New Level 3 Understanding Reasonable Force Course

NEW Level 3 Understanding Reasonable Force Course Launching on Friday 26th at 3pm.⁣ ⁣ We’re Going To Launch at 3pm on Friday 26th!⁣ ⁣  We’ve decided on a date for the course and we are now going to launch the course on Friday 26th (that’s this coming Friday) at 3pm, but if you are on our prior notification list you … Read more

The Reason I Didn’t Go For Mark Dawes is Because He Speaks His Mind

I was told today by a very reliable source that I know, that a former Headteacher 🎓(who was looking at training for their staff) when considering the issue of risk assessments and what the staff’s legal rights are, allegedly said: “The reason I didn’t go for Mark Dawes is because he speaks his mind.”  This person is now (allegedly) an Ofsted … Read more

Has The New PI Accreditation Been Put Back to 2021 [Video]

As many of you will know NHS England have made it a condition of contract that anyone providing training to a NHS Trust with a Mental Health Unit in England must have the new PI certification by April 2020.

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Compensation for Breach of Article 13 of The European Convention on Human Rights [Video]

In the case of RK and AK v the United Kingdom (38000/05) the European Court of Human Rights has awarded compensation to a couple from Oldham after it found that the UK had infringed their Article 13 rights after a child had been taken into care.

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