Building Resilience in Staff who Care for Others

Crisis Care

Practical, trauma-informed strategies for safely supporting vulnerable or volatile individuals.

Crisis Intervention

Respond with dignity and calm in critical moments.

Physical Protection

Maintain safety with last-resort protective skills.

Train and Sustain

Build lasting team capability and confidence.

Pathfinder

Data-driven benchmarking and programme enhancement.

Why It Matters

Poorly managed crises can harm vulnerable people, damage staff wellbeing, and create long-term organisational risk.

01

Safety

Without the right training, staff and service users face preventable harm in volatile situations.

02

Trust

Mismanaged incidents erode trust with communities, families, and regulators.

03

Staff

High-stress incidents lead to burnout, moral injury, and staff turnover.

Skills That Save and Support

Evidence-based crisis training that protects people, preserves dignity, and keeps teams safe.

Legal

Understand duty of care and your rights in crisis scenarios.

Trauma

Apply non-triggering, trauma-informed techniques.

Teamwork

Coordinate safe, effective team-based responses.

Confidence

Stay calm, decisive, and effective under pressure.

Course Goals

Equip your team to prevent, de-escalate, and manage high-risk situations involving vulnerable or volatile people.

Dynamis Lone Working Course: One Day

Course Aim
To equip staff with essential knowledge, understanding, and practical skills to maintain personal safety while lone working in community settings, identifying and managing potential risks effectively.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this one-day Lone Working and Personal Safety training course, participants will:

Know:

The context of Lone Worker Personal Safety in their specific work environment
Health and Safety implications and legal requirements related to Lone Working
Safe Systems of Work principles for their team
The Kaplan Wheeler model of Crisis Behaviour and the 7 phases of crisis
Warning signs and pre-incident indicators for potential aggression or violence

Understand:  

  • Decision-making processes under pressure and fear management techniques
  • How to effectively use Lone Worker Personal Safety Alert Devices and communication systems
  • How to minimize confrontation risk by detecting pre-incident indicators 
  • The importance of information sharing between teams and services
  • The ethical considerations in risk assessment and intervention
  • The value of trusting intuition in identifying potentially dangerous situations

Be able to do:

  • Recognize pre-assault cues for escalating aggression
  • Use body language appropriately to enhance personal safety
  • Apply principles of time, distance, and opportunity for exit/escape planning
  • Implement effective non-escalation and de-escalation techniques
  • Articulate the rationale for different interventions and their legal implications

Dynamis Lone Working Course: One Day 2

Course Aim
To equip staff with essential knowledge, understanding, and practical skills to maintain personal safety while lone working in community settings, identifying and managing potential risks effectively.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this one-day Lone Working and Personal Safety training course, participants will:

Know:

The context of Lone Worker Personal Safety in their specific work environment
Health and Safety implications and legal requirements related to Lone Working
Safe Systems of Work principles for their team
The Kaplan Wheeler model of Crisis Behaviour and the 7 phases of crisis
Warning signs and pre-incident indicators for potential aggression or violence

Understand:  

  • Decision-making processes under pressure and fear management techniques
  • How to effectively use Lone Worker Personal Safety Alert Devices and communication systems
  • How to minimize confrontation risk by detecting pre-incident indicators
  • The importance of information sharing between teams and services
  • The ethical considerations in risk assessment and intervention
  • The value of trusting intuition in identifying potentially dangerous situations

Be able to do:

  • Recognize pre-assault cues for escalating aggression
  • Use body language appropriately to enhance personal safety
  • Apply principles of time, distance, and opportunity for exit/escape planning
  • Implement effective non-escalation and de-escalation techniques
  • Articulate the rationale for different interventions and their legal implications

Dynamis Lone Working Course: One Day 3

Course Aim
To equip staff with essential knowledge, understanding, and practical skills to maintain personal safety while lone working in community settings, identifying and managing potential risks effectively.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this one-day Lone Working and Personal Safety training course, participants will:

Know:

The context of Lone Worker Personal Safety in their specific work environment
Health and Safety implications and legal requirements related to Lone Working
Safe Systems of Work principles for their team
The Kaplan Wheeler model of Crisis Behaviour and the 7 phases of crisis
Warning signs and pre-incident indicators for potential aggression or violence

Understand:  

  • Decision-making processes under pressure and fear management techniques
  • How to effectively use Lone Worker Personal Safety Alert Devices and communication systems
  • How to minimize confrontation risk by detecting pre-incident indicators
  • The importance of information sharing between teams and services
  • The ethical considerations in risk assessment and intervention
  • The value of trusting intuition in identifying potentially dangerous situations


Be able to do:

  • Recognize pre-assault cues for escalating aggression
  • Use body language appropriately to enhance personal safety
  • Apply principles of time, distance, and opportunity for exit/escape planning
  • Implement effective non-escalation and de-escalation techniques
  • Articulate the rationale for different interventions and their legal implications

Dynamis Lone Working Course: One Day 4

Course Aim
To equip staff with essential knowledge, understanding, and practical skills to maintain personal safety while lone working in community settings, identifying and managing potential risks effectively.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this one-day Lone Working and Personal Safety training course, participants will:

Know:

The context of Lone Worker Personal Safety in their specific work environment
Health and Safety implications and legal requirements related to Lone Working
Safe Systems of Work principles for their team
The Kaplan Wheeler model of Crisis Behaviour and the 7 phases of crisis
Warning signs and pre-incident indicators for potential aggression or violence

Understand:  

  • Decision-making processes under pressure and fear management techniques
  • How to effectively use Lone Worker Personal Safety Alert Devices and communication systems
  • How to minimize confrontation risk by detecting pre-incident indicators
  • The importance of information sharing between teams and services
  • The ethical considerations in risk assessment and intervention
  • The value of trusting intuition in identifying potentially dangerous situations

Be able to do:

  • Recognize pre-assault cues for escalating aggression
  • Use body language appropriately to enhance personal safety
  • Apply principles of time, distance, and opportunity for exit/escape planning
  • Implement effective non-escalation and de-escalation techniques
  • Articulate the rationale for different interventions and their legal implications

Dynamis Lone Working Course: One Day 5

Course Aim
To equip staff with essential knowledge, understanding, and practical skills to maintain personal safety while lone working in community settings, identifying and managing potential risks effectively.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of this one-day Lone Working and Personal Safety training course, participants will:

Know:

The context of Lone Worker Personal Safety in their specific work environment
Health and Safety implications and legal requirements related to Lone Working
Safe Systems of Work principles for their team
The Kaplan Wheeler model of Crisis Behaviour and the 7 phases of crisis
Warning signs and pre-incident indicators for potential aggression or violence

Understand:  

  • Decision-making processes under pressure and fear management techniques
  • How to effectively use Lone Worker Personal Safety Alert Devices and communication systems
  • How to minimize confrontation risk by detecting pre-incident indicators
  • The importance of information sharing between teams and services
  • The ethical considerations in risk assessment and intervention
  • The value of trusting intuition in identifying potentially dangerous situations

Be able to do:

  • Recognize pre-assault cues for escalating aggression
  • Use body language appropriately to enhance personal safety
  • Apply principles of time, distance, and opportunity for exit/escape planning
  • Implement effective non-escalation and de-escalation techniques
  • Articulate the rationale for different interventions and their legal implications

The Impact in Numbers

Our crisis management programmes have reduced incidents and improved staff confidence in over 90% of client organisations.

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Fewer incidents

%

Confidence gain

%

Policy alignment

4.9/5​

Course rating

“This training transformed how we work with vulnerable individuals – safer for them, safer for us.”

L. Byrne, HSE

Guiding You Through

We listen, design and deliver training that reflects the real challenges your people face. We understand that your staff are under pressure looking after vluernable and/or volatile people in your services and are sometimes getting injured or stressed and you are looking for ways to help them. We’ve helped many services (sector a, b, c)…

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UNDERSTAND

Continuous learning and support to shift mindsets and lift service outcome.

ADDRESS

Continuous learning and support to shift mindsets and lift service outcome.

ENHANCE & SUSTAIN

Continuous learning and support to shift mindsets and lift service outcome.

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