WHY READY STATE TRAINING EXISTS
Ready State Training was created to deliver training that is clear, relevant and useful in the real world — not simply compliant on paper.
Founded by Jon Mills, RST draws on experience across mental health services, operational training, custodial and detention environments, workplace safety, first aid and public-facing roles. That experience shaped a straightforward approach: make training practical, make it understandable and make sure people can use what they learn.
RST is built around PREPARE · PREVENT · RECOVER — preparing people before problems arise, preventing avoidable harm and escalation, and supporting effective recovery and learning after difficult events.
The aim is simple: useful training, better decisions and people who are genuinely better prepared.
EXPERIENCE THAT SHAPES THE TRAINING
RST brings together people with substantial experience across frontline operational, leadership, training and support roles.
Across the team, that amounts to approximately 60 years of combined frontline and training experience, including work within St John Ambulance area management, His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, Immigration & Justice, and the NHS, alongside wider operational training, workplace safety and people-development roles.
That experience informs the way RST training is designed and delivered: practical, realistic, professionally bounded and relevant to the environments people actually work in.
Experience is only part of the picture. Delivery remains evidence-informed, structured and within verified competence, with appropriately qualified trainers and quality-assurance support used where required.
HOW RST TRAINS
RST delivers both recognised qualifications and independently developed programmes, using whichever route best fits the training need.
The approach is practical, discussion-led and focused on application. Learners are encouraged to think, question, practise and make decisions rather than simply absorb information.
Professional boundaries are made clear throughout. Mental health training does not create clinicians. TRiM does not replace professional mental health services. Conflict training does not depend on physical intervention or breakaway techniques. Operational programmes do not confer specialist investigative or command authority.
RST deliberately keeps class sizes manageable, with mental health, TRiM and first-aid delivery generally capped at 12 learners per instructor. That supports better discussion, more meaningful practice and closer trainer observation.
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