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. That is the picture drawn by Managing Behaviours of Concern and Workplace Risk in UK Schools, a new thematic review from Team Dynamis […]
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 […]
Care Home Manager feedback: excellent and professional
Trainer was excellent and professional and made the course enjoyable — was presented very well for all staff. Extremely likely to recommend to any colleagues looking for this training. Home Manager (RMN), Silverdale Nursing Home, October 2018 Our team delivered contextualised, scenario-based training for this nursing home, where staff look after vulnerable older people who […]
JCI Issues Sentinel Event Alert about Workplace Violence in Healthcare
The JCI just issued Seven Steps to Manage Workplace Violence in Healthcare Physical and verbal violence against health care workers is a worldwide problem. This week, one of the largest accreditation bodies — who survey and inspect hospitals against quality standards — addressed it head-on. Violence management will now become a priority for JCI-accredited healthcare […]
Fostering: Vicarious Liability and Failure to Train
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The context and risks of Positive Handling in Schools
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. Positive handling in schools sits at the intersection of duty of care, legal obligation, and day-to-day classroom reality. Staff are expected to manage challenging behaviour safely but without proper context and training, the risks multiply quickly. Conflict Management | Personal Safety | Dynamis […]
Breakaway Training: Judges Comments in Dementia Care Assault Case
Breakaway Training: A Judge’s Warning from a Dementia Care Case This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. A 75-year-old resident in a care home suffered from dementia. In just four months since arriving, he had committed 13 acts of aggression and at least 5 attempts at serious acts of aggression […]
Personal Safety for Lone Workers
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. Should organisations prioritise personal safety for lone workers? Employers have a legal duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of their employees. This act of […]
Lone Social Worker Abducted and Abused
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. Three teenagers who abducted and attacked a trainee social worker on a home visit have been jailed for a total of five years. The case raises urgent questions about whether lone worker safety training is keeping pace with the risks faced by frontline […]
Restraint Training: Control Phase and Restraint Phase Differences
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