Personal Safety for Social Workers
Caring for Others - Staying Safe
This is a one day workshop / seminar, specifically tailored to Social Workers and Community Workers, whether working from an office or in a home visit position. The seminar is designed to equip staff to recognise the indicators of aggression, how to deflect the focus of aggression, how to deal with an aggressive client, how to gain the confidence of the aggressor, how the use of drugs may effect the behaviour of the aggressor, and what rights and responsibilities are required by both parties under the law.
This seminar is appropriate to all those in the Social Work arena and is also recommended for Meals On Wheels Personnel, Personal Care staff, Doctors, Nurses, Community Care staff, and Medical Home Delivery workers.
The Seminar
Includes the following modules:
- Personal Safety:
Outline of Personal Safety and
description of the session - Assessing the Risks:
What dangers arise;
Areas of risk;
Identifying risky behaviour - Understanding Aggression:
Identifying the signs of aggression;
Triggers to aggression;
How to deal with the aggressor;
Personal Space - Conflict Management:
Using language,
body language and deflection to
manage potential and actual conflicts - Dealing with Potentially
Dangerous Situations:
Utilising Life Skills to deal with
aggressive and violent behaviour - Planning Personal Safety:
How to mitigate risk;
Look for potential solutions - Travel Safe:
Public Transport;
Taxi’s;
Car - Self Defence and the Law:
Your rights;
What constitutes acceptable
Self Defence actions;
What you can do legally to ensure that
you, and others, are safe - Physical Intervention:
How to defend yourself;
Deal with an attack;
Breakaway techniques
The course is classroom based and may include significant physical intervention training; attendees will be working in both group and one to one sessions. Presentation software is used, and notes are provided for future reference.
Attendees are requested to complete a feedback form on completion of the course, in order that we can continue to improve our workshops and courses. Role play is utilised extensively, on order to provide a realistic situation for each member of staff to deal with, and to ensure that each of the theoretical scenarios are practiced in a simulated situation has an immediate practical benefits to the participants.
There are sections dedicated to Lone Working, attending a client's home, dealing with the risks, and how to escape should an attack occur. The seminar is designed for all types of Social Work and Care: Child social workers, family social workers, and school social workers; Medical social workers and public health social workers; Mental health social workers and substance abuse social workers. An additional module is provided for this last category: Drugs, Illness and Effects on Conduct.
The course is available with or without physical intervention training, as required, in order to fit in with your Risk Management Policy.
For more information, or to book a Personal Safety Training Seminar, please contact us on 01279 419427, or email from our contact page.