• NATIONALLY ACCREDITED · SINCE 2003
Training where physical intervention is the last resort, not the first.
We equip staff in education, healthcare, secure transport and beyond with the legal knowledge, practical skills and confidence to manage challenging behaviour humanely — and only intervene physically when there is no safer alternative.
ACCREDITED & RECOGNISED BY
• SECTORS WE TRAIN
Tailored training for every workplace.
Our methods are properly risk-assessed, medically reviewed, and built around easy-to-recall holds that minimise the risk of injury and distress — to staff and to those in their care.
01 / EDUCATION
Schools & Children's Services
Positive handling and physical intervention awards for SEN, alternative provision and mainstream.
02 / HEALTHCARE
Care, NHS & PMVA
The only nationally accredited award for care and NHS — including PMVA and PBS-led approaches.
03 / HOSPITALS
Hospitals & ICU
Soft restraint solutions as humane alternatives to bed restraints and prolonged sedation.
04 / SECURE
Police, Prisons & Transport
Bespoke training for officers, secure transport teams and lone workers — including Soft Restraint Belt training.
• OUR APPROACH
Restraint reduction, not restraint avoidance.
Where physical intervention is necessary, our delegates are equipped to do it with the least force, the least distress, and the most legal certainty. Avoidance is the goal. Competence is the floor.
Legally audited
Every course is presented in collaboration with a registered expert witness on the use of force.
Medically reviewed
All physical techniques are signed off by clinical practitioners and tested against manual handling regulations.
Genuinely bespoke
Sector, service-user profile, environment and risk are factored into the practical session — no generic templates.
Awarding-body certified
Optional BTEC Level 2 awards in Breakaway & Disengagement and Physical Intervention — Ofqual regulated.
The training delivered by Doug and his team today was superb — the best positive handling training I have attended.
— HEAD TEACHER, DEVON SCHOOL
• MOST BOOKED
Start with the foundations.
Most of our delegates start with the Legal Briefing on Reasonable Force — an online course that is also session one of the full Positive Handling & Physical Intervention award.
Legal Brief on the Use of Reasonable Force
De-escalation, legal context, restraint risk assessment and reporting — presented by an expert witness.
Positive Handling & Physical Intervention
Online theory plus an in-person practical session for up to 12 delegates, delivered at your venue.
Physical Intervention Trainer Award
Become accredited to deliver our Level 2 BTEC awards within your organisation. Open course or in-house.
• GET IN TOUCH
Need something bespoke?
Most of our work is shaped around your service users, your environment and your risk profile. Have a chat with Doug — he'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit.
• DIRECT LINE
OFFICE
03300 235 636
MOBILE
07872 500 272
office@safer-handling.co.uk
Specialists in positive handling, physical intervention and restraint reduction training — a trading name of Defend Solutions Ltd.
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