Teach Safer RRN-Approved PMVA Course

The Teach Safer RRN-Approved Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA) programme has been developed to support health, social care, and educational organisations in reducing restrictive practices, managing behaviours that challenge whilst upholding the rights, dignity, and wellbeing of people in their care. Following the standards set by the Restraint Reduction Network (RRN), this […]

The Teach Safer RRN-Approved Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA) programme has been developed to support health, social care, and educational organisations in reducing restrictive practices, managing behaviours that challenge whilst upholding the rights, dignity, and wellbeing of people in their care.

Following the standards set by the Restraint Reduction Network (RRN), this training empowers staff with the knowledge, practical skills, and confidence to detect, prevent, de-escalate, and respond to challenging situations using Teach Safer’s least restrictive approaches possible, the course is flexible via a joint training needs analysis to ensure the curriculum meets your organisation’s specific needs and operational requirements

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Benefits of Teach Safer over other providers

RRN-Certified Alignment

Fully complies with national training standards, ensuring rigorous ethical, legal, and professional compliance.

Medically Risk-Assessed Physical Techniques

Physical intervention skills deigned within the NHS that are safe, proportionate, and designed to protect both staff and service users.

Proactive Focus

Behavioural detection and recognition of triggers, communication, and preventative strategies to minimise 
the need for physical intervention.

Person-Centred & 
Trauma-Informed

Built around positive behaviour support, empathy, and respect for 
human rights.

Who Is This Programme For?

Essential for staff working in public-facing, clinical, or care environments where behavioral escalation or physical aggression may occur:

Health Services

Mental health wards, learning disability services, and acute healthcare settings.

Social Care

Residential care homes, community care teams, supported living facilities

Education & Youth Services

Special Educational Needs (SEN) schools, mainstream schools, colleges, and children’s residential services.

Public-Facing & Security Roles

Organisations requiring conflict management and personal safety strategies.

Programme Aims & Learning Outcomes

By the completion of the Teach Safer RRN PMVA course, learners will be able to:
  • Understand the laws and legislation, ethical, and human rights frameworks governing restrictive practices.
  • Identify triggers, and warning signs of escalation.
  • Integrate Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) principles into everyday interaction
  • Demonstrate least-restrictive physical interventions safely
  • Understand post incident procedures, including debriefing and organisational reflective learning.
  • Recognise and prepare for the physiological and psychological risks associated with restraint and restrictive interventions.
  • Demonstrate least-restrictive physical interventions safely
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Core Refresher Curriculum

Essential for staff working in public-facing, clinical, or care environments where behavioral escalation or physical aggression may occur:

1

Legal & Ethical Frameworks

Understanding human rights legislation, duty of care, and the and application of physical intervention

2

Defining Behaviour

Exploring the root causes of behaviours that challenge, learning trauma-informed care models, and analysing environmental triggers.

3

Communication & De-escalation

Learn why verbal and non-verbal communication strategies are important, investigate the myths behind the tone and body language models, use space management to diffuse tension safely.

4

Personal Safety

Learn effective physical defensive techniques to disengage safely

5

Physical Interventions

Instruction in safe holding from its creators to escort and minimise risk whilst protecting dignity.

Why Choose Teach Safer?

"Teaching Safety, Delivering Excellence"

Partnering with Teach Safer ensures your team receives appropriate, compliant training delivered by those who created many of the physical intervention programmes currently in us in the UK instructors, we help organisations develop fit for purpose training based on dignity, human rights and reducing reliance on restraint, therefore promoting the safety of both staff and those in their care.

Flexible Delivery

Tailored scheduling options built around your workforce requirements.

Auditable Competence

Full documentation provided to support CQC, education, and sector-specific regulatory inspections.