by GoodSense | Jul 21, 2025 | Physical Intervention, Physical restraint, Positive Handling
Why Your PMVA Training Might Be Missing the Mark “We’re trauma-informed.” It’s a phrase you’ll hear in most healthcare, education, and care settings in 2025. But when it comes to PMVA (Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression) training — does that claim...
by JohnDale | Jun 20, 2017 | blog posts, Conflict Management, News, Physical restraint
You may have spotted that we like to refer to our conflict management and physical intervention training as being world-class. But what does world-class look like? And how does our training differ to all of the other conflict management and physical intervention...
by JohnDale | May 24, 2017 | Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution, Physical restraint
Contrary to popular belief, conflict management and physical intervention training reaches far beyond the security industry. It’s a fundamental discipline that can empower staff to remain safe, whether they work for the local council, a shop or call centre, or are a...
by GoodSense | Nov 21, 2012 | Conflict Resolution, Physical restraint, POLITE Model, Tips
Darren Good is a Conflict Resolution Trainer of many years standing with a keen interest in personal safety for people working in public facing organisations and therefore vulnerable environments. Darren is a ‘graduate’ of the National Federation for Personal Safety...
by etempa | Oct 31, 2011 | Legislation, Physical restraint, Prison Service, Self-defence, Tips, Violence
Changes to the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 have come into force recently mean that any death whilst in custody comes within the remit of this act. This means that not only the police but any authority, organisation or private firm who have...
by GoodSense | Aug 8, 2011 | Conflict Management, Legislation, News, NHS, Personal Safety, Physical restraint, Self-defence, Tips
A friend of mine was telling me about an article he’d read on a solicitor’s website about a care-worker who had won damages as a result of her claim for personal injury when a patient she was dealing with grabbed her by the wrist . The prosecutors position was...
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