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’ […]
Managing Violent Behaviour in Fostering – Feedback 2018
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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 […]
Creative approaches to understanding behaviour in Dementia Care
Creative approaches to understanding behaviour in Dementia Care We often show this clip in our dementia-related challenging behaviour courses in care settings. Most recently Gerard worked with a team of escort staff who are sometimes tasked with transporting elderly people with dementia and perhaps challenging behaviour from one place to another. It can be really […]
The context and risks of Positive Handling in Schools
Lone Social Worker Abducted and Abused
Lone Worker Abducted – is your training sufficient? Lone Worker Training may have helped a vulnerable social worker who was abducted and attacked by youths. Three teenagers who abducted and attacked a trainee social worker on a home visit have been jailed for a total of five years. Holly Loudoun, 23, was forced to her knees and hit […]
Restraint Training: Control Phase and Restraint Phase Differences
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Restraint Training: Floor-Based Restraint Controversy
Floor Based Restraint Controversy In a call to ban prone restraint, a leading mental health charity has suggested that the use of prone restraint is degrading, humiliating and has no place in a civilised modern healthcare system. The charity also linked prone restraint to numerous deaths which have occurred proximal to restraint in a way that […]
Risks of Lone Working
Risks of Lone Working in The Community In discussing this topic, I want to first turn our attention to a Royal College of Nursing study dealing with the issues of lone working and personal safety. The survey is very comprehensive and asked about 1500 nurses who work in the community about their experience of such. I […]
Case Study: Learning Disability Respite Service
Learning Disability Service Learning Disability Service Case: A charity organisation serving children with disabilities and their families, providing day and overnight short-term respite services asked Dynamis to assist with training needs for their staff. A number of incidents had happened recently in this Learning Disability Service which prompted them to address staff and client safety. Who engaged […]