28 July 2023

The Reducing Restrictive Practices Team – formerly the Safe Practice Team – has successfully achieved accreditation and certification through the Bild Act Certification process.

It has also been named as an approved organisation with Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) and United Kingdom Accreditation Service.

The Use of Force Act 2021 – also known as ‘Seni’s Law’ – states that ‘training providers must be certified as complying with the RRN standards' when delivering training that contains restrictive intervention.

Melanie Jaguar Short, Reducing Restrictive Practices Advanced Lived Experience Educator, hailed team’s effort in earning this status.

She said: “The Reducing Restrictive Practices Team has worked very hard together and has successfully achieved accreditation through the Bild Act Certification process.

“The RRN Training Standards apply to all training that has a restrictive intervention component and they provide a national and international benchmark for training in supporting people who are distressed in education, health and social care settings.

“This means that our training curriculum is built in line with the Bild Standards, which adds invaluable credibility to the training we provide and further develops our staff’s skillset and confidence.”

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So, what are the benefits of being certified?

  • Refresher training, phasing towards yearly, which will support staff feeling more confident.
  • The training curriculum is built in line with the Bild Standards, adding invaluable credibility to the training we provide.
  • It enables us as a Trust to hold ourselves to account, by ensuring we maintain the training standards.
  • Helps our staff provide a therapeutic environment, based on communication, being trauma-informed and recovery focussed.

Further Information:

The Bild and RRN Standards aim to facilitate culture change, not just technical competence.

They 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 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 and surveillance of curricula, senior trainers and affiliated organisations.