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Social workers often work on the front lines in communities, mental health centers, hospitals, child welfare agencies, and other places, providing services to some of the most at-risk people in our society. This often places them at risk, Angelo McClain, CEO,National Association of Social Workers

The mobile personal safety model is built on 5 key personal safety principles: The accompanying graphic explains how the 5 principles interact in any given situation of working or experience of threat or violence. Each principle is represented by a “segment” in the model. So what does

Article date:Feb 20th 2017: Article By/Published by:Boston Globe On the 20th Of February 2017  Boston Globe published an open letter from: Donna Kelly Williams (President of Massacheusetts Nurses Association:) entitled Health care employers must do more to protect staff from workplace violence Donna Kelly Williams wrote to the Boston globe in

Portable panic buttons are becoming more and more popular as the number of lone workers increases in the United States. Unfortunately, the influx of lone workers—many of whom are healthcare workers or social workers—coincides with a rise in workplace violence. In response, more employers are

Executive Summary Problem – Lone workers absorb 72.8% of non-fatal violence injuries in healthcare, yet most compliance programs stop at paperwork. Risk – OSHA fines, new state laws and Joint Commission violence standards now put C-suite reputations on the line. Cost – Violence already costs