At Amber we continuously undertake exhaustive research and reviews of the developing literature in the subject of aggression and risk management. Our Senior Management Team have also trained extensively in related fields, gaining further academic and training expertise in areas such as forensic mental health, clinical risk assessment, operational risk assessment, non-physical skills training and physical intervention instruction. Furthermore, our mental health nursing, psychotherapy, social work and learning disability experience and professional registrations ensure that our provisions are grounded in the practical experiences of the skilled practitioner.

Externally and on a national level, we have several key supporting bodies that further underpin our approaches to our consultancy and training practice:

• Commitment and adherence to the National Institute of Mental Health in England’s ongoing developments of comprehensive practice guidance for trainers and training (NIMHE, 2004) 
• Membership of and tutor qualification of the General Services Association, the leading provider of management of aggression tutor qualifications in the UK 
• Commitment and adherence to the British Institute of Learning Disabilities Code of Practice for the Use of Physical Interventions (BILD 2006 (2nd edition)
• Commitment to and delivery of the National Health Service Security Management Service ‘Promoting Safer and Therapeutic Services’ non-physical skills curriculum in the management of potential and actual violence (SMS, 2004)
• Commitment to and delivery of sound clinical approaches to risk assessment and management (for e.g. the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY) (Borum, 2002) 
• Commitment to and inclusion of a reflective practice approach throughout our consultancy and training products, ensuring all successful participants demonstrate the ability to think reflectively about their interventions and to generate alternative strategies through a reflective cycle (Gibbs, 1988)