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Government & NGO Training
We provide Personal Safety Training in the following sectors:
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Leisure Facilities
Public Sport Centre, Leisure Centre and
Health Club membership in the UK is around
2.46 million, in addition to the Private Health Club Membership, this is a
total of 5.8 million members. Reported incidents involving violence,
abuse and threatening behaviour has been rising steadily. Leisure
service workers have a high risk of assault with over 100,000 documented
cases in 2007/2008.
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Direct Public
Interface Positions
All Public
Service Workers with a direct interface with the public are at risk.
Almost 2 in 5 workers (38% according to Unison), interviewed in a nationwide study, had experienced
verbal abuse in the past 12 months; more than 10% of workers had experienced physical abuse.
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Public Service
(National & Local)
Attacks on Local Government staff have
increased greatly in the last 10 years.
According to UNISON; the Public Service
Union:
Levels of
violence are high.
People
have become accustomed to an atmosphere of aggression and violence.
Fear is a
common element of life in the public services.
Reporting
is unreliable and risk assessment is patchy.
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response to risk is unclear and training is uncommon.
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Health
Workers
Even Health Workers are not exempt from violence in the workplace. Over
50% of Social Workers have been subjected to violence in the course of their
work. Social workers working with the mentally ill and children were most
at risk. (Also see Nursing)
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Transport
Some transport staff face Personal Safety
challenges every day of their working life. For instance,
statistics from the UK Railway Safety and Standards Board show reported assaults
against rail staff is up 24 per cent on the previous year, with 3090 incidents
recorded.
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Education
Attacks at Primary Schools have included
Education Workers being attacked by parents, children, siblings and strangers.
In England alone, there were 221 attacks on teachers last year, and 1,428
between 2000 and 2008.
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Schools
Linking with
Citizenship and Personal Development courses, Personal Safety Training for Students
is a short seminar specifically designed with secondary school year 10/11,
college and university students in mind. The course covers a diverse range
of Personal Safety advice and contains specific modules covering personal safety
on transport, going out, assertiveness and aggression and breakaway techniques.
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Nursing &
Midwifery
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) states
that one third of community nurses working alone have been assaulted or harassed
in the last two years. This applies to both the NHS and the Private
Sector.
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Groups & Organisations
Community Centres have been the site of
numerous acts of aggression. According to the UK Government, workers in
this sector are at a significantly increased risk of violent and abusive
behaviour.
Charity workers are also at risk, in the retail arena, collecting money
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Social Workers including Lone
Working
Many Social Workers are involved in home
visits. 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.
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Home Visit Positions
(Lone Working)
Many workers are involved in home
visits from Meals on Wheels, Personal Care staff, Doctors and Nurses to Medical
Delivery workers.
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Care Home & Warden
Assisted Living
A recent survey show that among
747 people living independently, who were placed in care facilities, 42
were involved in 79 different incidents in which the police were called.
This seminar is designed to assist those employed in Care Homes and who work
as Wardens in sheltered housing. The seminar is designed with the safety
of both the worker and the client at the forefront.
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