Personal Safety Tips for Anyone: Our clients sometimes ask our Dynamis Team to deliver training on general personal safety for Lone Workers or in our specialised and highly developed future-facing Violence Prevention clinics for Survivors of Abuse. Here are 12 of our key personal safety tips, taken from and which form part of our Self-Protection Trainer Certification manual.Â
Healthcare Myth 2: If I Say Something It Will Make Things Worse
Silence always carries an uspoken message. When faced with disrespectful or threatening language, the silence of onlookers is loaded with meaning. Usually, their silence means they are afraid or unsure of what to do. Yet silence is usually how we answer anti-social and even threatening behavior in the public setting. INTERESTED IN BECOMING A VDI
Care Home Safe Holding: Massive Fines in Elderly Care Home Worker Stabbing
 An NHS trust was ordered to pay almost half a million pounds in fines and costs for breaches of health and safety laws relating to an incident where a care worker was stabbed at a residential care home. The case involved the placing of Stephen Flatt, then 55, at Abacus House in Dunstable by the Hertfordshire
Conflict Resolution Greetings and Initial Contacts
Conflict Resolution Greetings Starting the Interaction with Non-Escalation Conflict Resolution Greetings are how we achieve non-escalation by shaping the initial contact with the other person carefully and sensitively. Hi, it’s Gerard O’Dea here, and I’m continuing today with our series about communicating under pressure. Today we’re talking about the universal greeting, which is concept number
Here is Vistelar Consultant Joel Lashley talking about some myths in healthcare, and in particular the belief that we need to present kindness at all times or minimise our recognition of intimidating or disrespectful behaviour in our healthcare facilities. INTERESTED IN BECOMING A VDI INSTRUCTOR? You will have your chance at the first-ever VDI Instructor Certification