The Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) Training Standards mean a whole organisation change. Here’s what you, as Certified Instructors, and your employers need to think about next.

In 2019 The Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) published the Restraint Reduction Network Training Standards. Bild Association of Certified Training (ACT) is the body responsible for the delivery of a scheme for training and service providers that awards certification to organisations that can show evidence that they meet the RRN Training Standards.

There is an expectation that all training organisations and services providers delivering training with a physical interventions (disengagements and/or holding skills) component will be certified and it is our understanding that this will be monitored by regulatory bodies such as the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

CPI goes through a rigorous process that has involved not only a review of our training content and the way in which we deliver it, but detailed scrutiny of our internal operational and quality assurance processes. By going through this process ensures CPI maintains our Certified Provider status.  

The certification scheme is not just about the training content and the way in which it is delivered, it goes much further. The RRN Training Standards set out the requirements that organisations must meet even before any training is delivered and is followed by what needs to be in place after training has been delivered. Very importantly the RRN Training Standards also look at the standards that should be in place around the people delivering the training.

So, as you can see, it’s not just about the training, it requires organisations as a whole, to show they have in place appropriate mechanisms to support and promote restraint avoidance and reduction. This means it will not be enough for a service provider to simply say they receive training from a ‘Certified Training Provider’ and so by default meet all the standards. For the training delivered by you, as Certified Instructors, to be ‘certified’ the organisation must become an ACT Affiliate.

Affiliation to ACT will be through CPI as your training provider. Should you require more information about the process in your organisation becoming an ACT affiliate please contact CPI’s Quality & Compliance team by emailing cpiintcompliance@crisisprevention.com OR call 0161 929 9777 (option 5).