Course Information

Duration

PMVA 3-Day Full Course (With e-learning completed on site) – £140

PMVA Refresher 1 Day (With e-learning completed in advance) – £70

Course Objectives and outcomes

  • → Assess and evaluate the risks associated with challenging or difficult individuals
  • → Understand the lawful application of restrictive interventions
  • → Create a supportive environment tailored to individual needs
  • → Balance maintaining quality of life with minimizing the use of restraint
  • → Identify negative influences impacting both staff and the individuals they support
  • → Understand the legal definition and limits of 'reasonable force'
  • → Recognize how procedural and environmental factors influence conflict and inform decision-making
  • → Apply proactive strategies to address individual needs, aiming to reduce distress and challenging behaviours
  • → Emphasize the role of both verbal and non-verbal communication in managing conflict
  • → Understand how cultural differences can affect communication styles and perceptions
  • → Identify causes of communication breakdown and foster conditions that enable effective communication
  • → Describe common triggers for conflict and outline the stages of the assault cycle
  • → Recognize behavioural cues and patterns during conflict situations
  • → Identify early warning signs and danger signals exhibited in conflict scenarios
  • → Summarize effective actions and responses appropriate to conflict situations
  • → Recognize the importance of early intervention in preventing escalation
  • → Identify available short-term and long-term support for individuals affected by violent incidents
  • → Offer support to those directly impacted by violence to benefit the broader organization
  • → Understand and implement a range of de-escalation techniques
  • → Define appropriate secondary and tertiary strategies—both non-restrictive and restrictive—for managing aggressive behaviour
  • → Provide an overview of Martyn's Law, including its purpose and key elements

Who can attend this course?

This training course has been certified by Bild ACT as suitable for the education, health, prison & correctional facilities, and social care sectors, providing services for:

  • → Adults
  • → Children
  • → People with mental health conditions (Inclusive of Hearing Impairment)
  • → People with learning disabilities
  • → Autistic people
  • → People with acquired brain injury
  • → People living with dementia
  • → Private, public, and charitable organisations providing services to people within Education, Healthcare, Social Care, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Adolescent Psychiatric Care, Eating Disorders, NG Feeds, and EBD.
  • → CQC Registered organisations adhering to the current RRN Standards
  • → Organisations that support individuals who challenge services.
  • → Organisations requiring BILD Act Certified training.
  • → Staff working in, or being placed in, specialist commissioned healthcare provision i.e., Mental Health Trusts or Private Service Providers