Resilience training for staff: recovery, support, and the conditions that help people keep going
This post is about resilience training for staff. Staff resilience is often discussed as if it is a personal quality. Some people are described as resilient. Others are encouraged to become more resilient. Training is then built around self-care, mindset, breathing techniques, stress awareness, or “bouncing back”. There is some value in helping individuals understand […]
Expert witness services: clear, independent evidence that helps the court
This post is about expert witness services. Expert witness work is not advocacy. That is the first discipline. The role of an expert witness is to help the court understand a specialist question. The expert’s duty is to the court, not to the party paying the invoice, not to the solicitor who instructed them, and […]
Edged weapon training for survival: prevention, distance and realistic decision-making
This post is about edged weapon training for. Edged weapon incidents are rare in many workplaces, but the consequences can be severe. That combination creates a training problem. If the risk is overstated, staff may become fearful, overconfident, or drawn into unsafe ideas about “dealing with knives”. If the risk is ignored, staff may be […]
Breakaway training: what it is, what it is not, and what your team actually needs
Breakaway training exists for a very specific moment. A worker is grabbed, held, blocked, pulled, or physically prevented from moving away. They need to get free, create distance and reach safety. That moment may last only a few seconds. But those seconds can affect the worker’s confidence, the person they support or serve, the team […]
Improving safety for Lone Workers: Three Considerations For Employers
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. 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 […]
The Benefits of Personal Safety Training for Real Estate and Letting Agents
Personal Safety Training for Real Estate and Letting Agents This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. 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 […]
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? This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. At Dynamis we can work with employers to support an employee who is being stalked or harassed by someone who could turn […]
What is Mental Health Secure Escort Training?
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis 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 […]
Personal Safety for Housing, Social Work and Probation teams
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. __CONFIG_colors_palette__{“active_palette”:0,”config”:{“colors”:{“62516”:{“name”:”Main Accent”,”parent”:-1}},”gradients”:[]},”palettes”:[{“name”:”Default Palette”,”value”:{“colors”:{“62516”:{“val”:”rgb(244, 198, 53)”}},”gradients”:[]}}]}__CONFIG_colors_palette__ Call to Talk about Training Or get info by email now [tcb-script] (function() { var qs,js,q,s,d=document, gi=d.getElementById, ce=d.createElement, gt=d.getElementsByTagName, id=”typef_orm_share”, b=”https://embed.typeform.com/”; if(!gi.call(d,id)){ js=ce.call(d,”script”); js.id=id; js.src=b+”embed.js”; q=gt.call(d,”script”)[0]; q.parentNode.insertBefore(js,q) } })() [/tcb-script] Why provide training in personal safety for housing […]
Your Breakaway Training Day needs to have LOTS of practice time
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. 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 […]