PART 8Requirements on service providers -safeguarding
The appropriate use of control and restraint29
1
Care and support must not be provided in a way which includes acts intended to control or restrain an individual unless those acts—
a
are necessary to prevent a risk of harm posed to the individual or another individual, and
b
are a proportionate response to such a risk.
2
Control or restraint must not be used unless it is carried out by staff who are trained in the method of control or restraint used.
3
The service provider must have a policy on the use of control or restraint and ensure that any control or restraint used is carried out in accordance with this policy.
4
A record of any incident in which control or restraint is used must be made within 24 hours.
5
For the purposes of this regulation, a person controls or restrains an individual if that person—
a
uses, or threatens to use, force to secure the doing of an act which the individual resists, or
b
restricts the individual's liberty of movement, whether or not the individual resists, including by the use of physical, mechanical or chemical means.