Improving safety for Lone Workers: Three Considerations For Employers
In the rapidly evolving workplace, the safety of employees – particularly those who work alone – has emerged as a key area of focus. This post, based on a recent Dynamis training session, summarizes three key considerations for workplaces seeking to improve lone worker safety. Risk assessments Why are risk assessments important for lone workers? […]
The Benefits of Personal Safety Training for Real Estate and Letting Agents
Personal Safety Training for Real Estate and Letting Agents Real estate agents are often at risk of personal harm when showing properties to strangers. They are required to meet and greet potential buyers and show them around unfamiliar properties, which can expose them to various safety hazards. Personal safety training is essential for real estate […]
Lone Worker Safety Questions Answered
How should companies consider Lone Worker Safety? Personal safety problems can be approached early in the cycle of violence – in the phases or the development of a violent incident. Organisations really want to be winning those “fights” if you like, much earlier in the sequence and not later on. The focus should be on […]
Personal Safety for Housing, Social Work and Probation teams
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Spitting attacks: advice about your response
Spitting attacks are gut-wrenching for most people, but would you lose your professional composure? From what I know of talking with learners on our Conflict Resolution courses for years, I am quite sure that many people would rather be punched in the head than spat in the face. During the COVID crisis, we added being […]
Threat Detection
Threat Detection in Personal Safety Training by Zeb Glover in conversation with Ger O’Dea – Dynamis Training When we look at personal safety, people tend to put it into categories – the physical aspects and the non physical aspects. We could break down the non-physical aspect of Personal Safety training into two parts. The […]
Conflict Management Training for Utilities Engineers
Conflict Management Training for Utilities Engineers The Dynamis team recently completed a project to enhance the safety of the field workforce from a major UK energy utilities company. Imagine this with me for a second: “Your job is to travel out into the community, enter a completely unknown person’s home and spend 2-3 hours there […]
Local Authority failure in Lone Working linked to assault and £100k fine in HSE Prosecution
Lone Social Worker team assaulted and Local authority fined £100k A local authority has been fined after two of its social workers were assaulted on a home visit by the mother of a vulnerable child they were visiting. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 3 July 2015, two social workers employed by London Borough of Brent […]
Lone Worker Course “benefitted my ability to face certain situations”
Feedback on our Lone Worker Personal Safety Training “Thank you again for such an informative and practical couple of days learning about working alone in safety, which I feel has really benefited my learning and ability to face certain situations. I really feel it is the best training I have ever had and I hope […]
De-Escalation
De Escalation Skills – Broadcasting Body Language which enhances safety When faced with an aggressive person who is presenting combative behaviour (such as any of those behaviours we looked at above) – shaking their fists, pacing and posturing to intimidate – then it is very important that you employ communication strategies which achieve two key […]