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Breakaway techniques are essential skills for staff to safely disengage from potentially violent situations without causing harm. These manoeuvres are carefully designed to ensure the safety of both the staff and the individuals involved, emphasising effective conflict management and de-escalation.
The Health & Safety Groups' 1-day Breakaway training course has been certified by Bild ACT as fully aligned to the RRN Training Standards. You can view our full Bild ACT Certificate here!
Who is this course for?
This Bild ACT Certified course is aimed at anyone who is at risk of physical assault in the workplace. Such as:
- Healthcare Professionals
- Lone Workers
- Teachers/School Staff
- Prison/Correctional Staff
It will provide staff with the skills necessary to break away from a potentially aggressive situation, where de-escalation techniques have failed, and physical assault may be imminent.
Objectives
- Understand the levels of risk posed by challenging individuals
- Explain how to meet a person’s needs and create a supportive environment
- Understand the balance between enhancing quality of life and reducing restraint
- Describe the effect of negative and environmental factors
- Explain the use of ‘reasonable force’ and its legal limitations
- Understand primary strategies and how to proactively meet a person’s needs
- Understand the importance of verbal and non-verbal communication during conflict
- Highlight the impact that cultural differences may have on communication
- Identify causes of communication breakdown
- Describe common causes of conflict
- Recognise the warning and danger signals displayed during a conflict situation
- Recognise the importance of early intervention
- Provide support to those directly affected by a violent incident
- Understand the different types of de-escalation strategies
- Define appropriate Secondary and Tertiary Non-Restrictive and Restrictive Strategies to manage aggressive individuals
- Provide an overview of Martyn’s Law, highlighting its purpose and key components
Course Content
- Relevant legislation and legal frameworks
- Challenging behaviour
- Person centred and trauma informed care
- Dignity and respect
- De-escalation and understanding conflict
- Dealing with complaints
- Prevention and communication strategies
- Stages of conflict
- Situational awareness and reasonable force
- Overview of Martyn’s Law (The Terrorism [Protection of Premises] Act 2025)
How to safely disengage from and avoid:
- Wrist Grabs
- Clothing/Neck Grabs
- Hair Grabs
- Strangles and Headlocks
- Punches and Kicks
Breakaway Training
Accredited by
The CPD Standards Office
= 7.5 hours of CPD
Why do you need this course?
Breakaway techniques are vital manoeuvres used by a member of staff to break away from a potentially violent person without harming him or her.
This BILD ACT Certified course is aimed at anyone who is at risk of physical assault in the workplace. Such as: -
- Healthcare Professionals
- Lone Workers
- Teachers / School Staff
- Prison/Correctional Staff
It will provide staff with the skills necessary to break away from a potentially aggressive situation, where de-escalation techniques have failed and physical assault may be imminent. Your certificate is valid for 1 year.
Due to the physical nature of this course we cannot accept any pregnant candidates on the course, post- natal learners should seek advice from their GP prior to attendance. All candidates must wear suitable clothing, e.g. tracksuit bottoms, trainers and t-shirt.
Please be advised that this course is not BILD Certified
On completion of the course, delegates will be able to: -
- Identify types of common assault
- Understand what factors would escalate to physical aggression + assault
- Use verbal de-escalation techniques effectively
- Understand the importance of non-verbal communication
- Undertake a Dynamic Risk Assessment
- Demonstrate a Practice Observation + review breakaway disengagements
- Understand the importance of documenting + reporting all incidents
- Relevant legislation + legal frameworks
- Defining Reasonable Force
- Causes + build-up of an attack
- Warning + danger signs
- Challenging behaviour
- Trigger identification
- Situational awareness
- Defensive body positioning + personal space
- Verbal de-escalation + communication skills
- Actions to avoid being restrained or attacked
- Safely disengage from wrist grabs, body grabs, hair / clothing grabs + strangulation
- Avoid + defend kicks / punches
- Post incident actions
- Record keeping + de-briefing
