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
Preventing & Managing Violence in the Workplace
This seminar can be presented as an 8 or 16 hour seminar. The focus on the seminar is to prepare participants to use the training curriculum to raise awareness within their own organization and reduce to potential for workplace violence and reduce an organization's liability.
Upon completion of the seminar, participant will receive the “Preventing and Managing Violence in the Workplace Train-the-Trainer Manual” with over 16 hours of lesson plans.
The following is the seminar itinerary:
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