For More Information Contact:
Mike McCarty
Director
P.O. Box 295
Danville, IN 46122
317-745-6946 voice
888-215-8296 toll free
317-745-6947 fax
"Brown Bag" Workplace Violence Seminar
This seminar can be presented as a one, two or four hour workshop and can be tailored to fit an organization's specific needs by using or combining any of the following modules of training:
MODULE ONE: AWARENESS
- Dynamics of Domestic Violence
- Indicators of Possible Victimization
- Understanding Why Victims Stay
- Psychology of Battering
- Tactics of Batterers
MODULE TWO: RISK ASSESSMENT
- Assessing Lethality/Dangerousness
- Assessing the Likelihood of Violence Coming to Work
- Traits & Characteristics of Violent Offenders
MODULE THREE: STALKING AND THE WORKPLACE
- What is Stalking?
- Risk to Victim and Workplace During Separation
- Proactive Response to Reduce Potential for Violence
- Specialized Safety Plan for Stalking
- Preventative Measure Checklist
MODULE FOUR: UNDERSTANDING WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
- Definition of Workplace Violence
- Facts, Statistics and Case Examples (threat to job, threat to person, mental illness
- Factors Contributing to Workplace Violence (downsizing, mergers, high stress)
- Identifying the Potentially Violent Employee
MODULE FIVE: ORGANIZATIONAL SAFETY & SECURITY ASSESSMENT (INTRODUCTION TO PROCESS)
- Identifying Ways to Increase Organizational Safety/Security With No Budget (Small Group Exercise)
- Assessment of Policies & Procedures
- Training an Assessment Team
- Mapping Safety/Security Assessment
- Interviewing Employees
- Interpreting Results and Making Recommendations
MODULE SIX: LEGAL ISSUES & LIABILITY
- Review of Case Law and Lawsuits
- Duty/ Ethics to Warn
- Issues of Confidentiality
- OSHA, ADA, Sexual Harassment Act, VAWA, Freedom of Information Act