27 November 2025, 9am until 5pm

Business Suite, Council Headquarters, Newtown St Boswells

 

CPI’s Breaking Up Fights™: Intervention Skills Training provides staff with the
skills to prevent fights, assess risk, and respond with appropriate interventions.
The programme, led by one of CPI’s experienced trainers, takes 3 hours to
complete and is split into two parts:

• Part 1 covers the theory element of how staff can best prepare themselves
  before, during, and after a fight incident. This section will remove ambiguity
  around staff responsibilities, improve risk assessment and decision-making
  to reduce repercussions, and upskill staff with evidence-based preventative
  methods.
• Part 2 contains the programme’s physical skills. Staff will learn the key
  principles of physical intervention and the six essential skills to maximise
  safety and minimise harm to all involved.

After successful completion of the programme, learners are certified to practise
skills for 2 years.

Facilitation Methods
This interactive programme is taught by one of CPI’s experienced trainers entirely
in-classroom/face-to-face and can be delivered on your school premises. The
programme takes 3 hours to complete, so it can be delivered during a twilight
training session. Alternatively, two programmes can be delivered back-to-back
(morning and afternoon) to two groups of participants during an INSET.
For the theory element of the course (Part 1), access to a large screen or projector
is essential. For the physical skills section, we recommend ample space and floor
mats for each sub-group.
Training can be delivered in groups of up to 24 participants. Participants will
be split into smaller sub-groups of 4 when learning the programme’s physical skills (Part 2).

 

Programme
Objectives
• Apply best practice in recognising, preventing, and responding to fights.
• Professionalise decision making process ‘in the moment’ before and during a fight.
• Identify key techniques to aid composure and build resilience.
• Demonstrate safe intervention skills to minimise harm to all involved.

 

Bookings can be made through Business World.