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MVA Management of Violence and Aggression

This course explores the six stages of managing aggression and challenging behaviour including physical and non-physical defence strategies suitable to the NHS.

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Following the principles of the current NICE guidelines 2015 our training is based on a person centred approach to conflict and difficult behaviour using the Able 6-Stage Target Model of proactive and responsive service delivery and emphasising the use of physical intervention and restraint as a last resort.

This is a two or three day course that explores the six stages of managing aggression and challenging behaviour from understanding the causes of and reducing challenging behaviour, de-escalating aggressive behaviour, physical and non-physical defensive strategies, guiding techniques and control & restraint/safer-holding techniques.

What does MVA Management of Violence and Aggression cover?

MVA two day course

This course explores the causes of challenging behaviour within the required setting and pro-active strategies for reducing behaviours, de-escalation strategies for managing a situation once it has escalated, dynamic risk assessment principles to help staff recognise the appropriate course of action and then the law regarding physical intervention.

It then teaches staff physical techniques including disengagement, defence techniques, basic guiding and holding/restraint techniques for varying risk levels and situations.

MVA three day course

The content covered follows the same outline as the two day course but each day is focused on the separate course modules. Day 1 is managing challenging behaviour and de-escalation, day two explores the law relating to physical intervention and teaches staff disengagement and restraint techniques, and day three explores scenarios and situations and gives staff more time to practice and absorb the techniques taught.

The physical intervention techniques taught on the course have been independently medically risk assessed by the Institute of Conflict Management and incorporates techniques that are taught within the guidelines of:

NHS Protect
BILD (British Institute of Learning Disabilities)
Department of Education
Department of Health

and meet:

Standards of other commercially driven training systems that teach control & restraint and physical intervention techniques
Skills for Health
Skills for Care

Who is our MVA Management of Violence and Aggression for?

This is a two to three day course that is aimed at medium risk environments which require staff to step past the lower risk techniques due to the level of aggression or situation.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…

List the possible causes of challenging behaviour.
Demonstrate de-escalation principles in the event of aggression.
Define the term ‘reasonable force’ and apply its principles
Understand the law relating to Self Defence and Physical Intervention.
Perform a dynamic risk assessment.
Identify the importance of recording and debriefing.
Demonstrate effective defensive physical techniques including- wrist, hair, throat and clothing grabs, punches, kicks, third part.y assistance and escorting/guiding techniques.
Demonstrate effective 1 – 3 person restraint techniques in standing, walking and sitting positions (can include bed)
Practice and reflect the importance of ‘Letting Go’ safely.
Practice effective escalation and de-escalation of techniques.

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost?

Our prices are personalised to the company, including how many delegates, and location. Please make an enquiry to get a personalised quote with no hidden costs.

Where do you cover?

We cover the whole of the UK.

Do you offer virtual training?

Many of our courses can be adapted for both classroom settings or virtual platforms like zoom. Some courses that include a practical aspect can only be delivered in a classroom setting.

Are your courses certified/accredited?

All learners will receive a certificate for any course they complete. Some of our courses are in-house certified, some of our courses are regulated by Ofqual and others are accredited by other awarding bodies.

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From real students

I can say with all truth that this service is class A1. We have used there Breakaway Restraint/conflict management & also E-learning courses services for many years now & everything has been delivered professionally and extremely clearly with no problems.

I have been on several training courses run by this company over the last. Each time the trainer have been really good at making the course contact interesting and interactive. This certainly helps me to remember everything. Would recommend them.

I absolutely love attending training with Able Training. The courses are professionally prepared and delivered and the trainers are of a very high standard and are very engaging and knowledgeable. Awesome!

Fantastic training , I have participated in a number of courses over the last 12 months , each course has been very interesting and helpful to my role as a foster Carer , the information is presented in a interesting way and gets each point across effectively, I would highly recommend them ! I am looking forward to more in the near future .

Able training delivered Conflict management to our staff and they all found it extremely useful, feedback included; 'I really enjoyed this course, I found the facilitator very enthusiastic and passionate about the subject. The course was highly informative and I would recommend it. Thank you Able training!

Great 'Restraint training' course at Earlham Primary School in North London. Very professional and would highly recommend to other schools. Friendly, to the point, and tailored to our requirements. Thank you.

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We work with specialists including doctors, nurses, dietitians and psychologists to keep our courses up to date and relevant.

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courses

Our courses can be personalised to the individual setting to meet the unique needs of your company.

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UK

Training can be delivered at a venue of your choice or at one of our training locations across the UK.

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Whether you’re an established enterprise or a growing startup, we’ve got your training needs covered. Trusted by companies of all sizes including:
Alzheimer’s Society, Mind, Foster Care Associates, Nursing Midwifery Council and the Scouts.