Report – Managing Behaviours of Concern and Workplace Risk in UK Schools
For many educators, exposure to verbal and physical aggression, supporting children in acute distress, and responding to crisis situations has become a recurring — and often under-acknowledged — part of the job. This thematic review, “Managing Behaviours of Concern and Workplace Risk in UK Schools,” draws on training-needs data from 373 schools, representing over 8,000 […]
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 […]
A stalker at work what can we do?
A stalker at work – what can we do? Why would an employer offer personal protection training to an individual employee? At Dynamis we can work with employers to support an employee who is being stalked or harassed by someone who could turn up in the workplace (a stalker at work), leveraging our specialist trainers’ […]
What is Mental Health Secure Escort Training?
Our staff writer, Vanessa, recently talked with Senior Trainer Zeb Glover about our prevention and management of violence and aggression training course for secure mental health transport teams, to help prepare them for some of the unpredictable behaviours and risky situations they face in their work. What is Secure Escort or Mental Health Transport work? […]
Personal Safety for Housing, Social Work and Probation teams
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Your Breakaway Training Day needs to have LOTS of practice time
A Breakaway training day from Dynamis is designed to enable Public-Facing staff faced with the imminent threat of violence or a violent assault with the appropriate attitudes and tactics for personal safety. If danger can not be avoided any other way, staff should breakaway or disengage from violence and move towards safety using appropriate personal […]
Conflict Resolution across Cultures
Conflict Resolution across Cultures can be tricky! In our experiences deliveringconflict management courses in the UAE, Qatar and other GCC countries, we address issues of Conflict Resolution across Cultures. For example, the Arab communication style is known for containing exaggeration (through a fear of being ignored) over-assertion (through a fear of a point’s force being […]
Empathy in Conflict Resolution : The Paradox for NHS Teams
Empathy in Conflict Resolution is so important that we really wanted healthcare teams to have an opportunity to explore their relationship with empathic listening and communication. One of the issues we know about in the emergency department is that in order to operate functionally and to be efficient staff in an emergency department have to […]
Compassionate Connection: a key ingredient for NHS Conflict Resolution
How can we create the Compassionate Connection if we can not shake of the stresses of what has come before, as we walk towards what is to come next? Research note: We can improve systems, improve the registration process, better explain tests and procedures, reduce waiting times BUT IT WILL NOT improve overall satisfaction as […]