A half-day workshop
This is an essential programme for all Council Members, particularly those who are newly elected, who need to review their personal safety and lone working arrangements.
By the end of the session all Council Members will be able to:
- Identify potential risk areas in the role
- Carry out formal and informal risk assessments
- Work within their Council’s policy on lone working
- Minimise risks through the use of specific approaches
- Avoid accelerating a situation
- Report concerns and issues
Expert trainer
Miranda has more than twenty years’ experience as an independent learning and development consultant and trainer. Much of her work is focused on the VCSE sector.
Session outline
1. What’s happening?
- Issues around us
- Risks in context
2. Safety fundamentals
- Identifying and minimising risks
- Sensible precautions
- Use of technology and personal safety
- Lone working and the Council’s policy
3. Harassment and stalking
- What constitutes harassment and definition of stalking
- Early warning signals
4. Reporting principles
- Importance of incidence reporting
- Council procedure
- What next?
