Workplace Violence and Substance-Abuse Programmes
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Serious violence at work rarely comes out of nowhere. Before most attacks there were threats, harassment, a grievance that grew, a worried colleague who said nothing, or a partner who kept turning up at the gate. Alcohol and drugs add to the danger, on the gate and on the job. A manager cannot predict every attack, but can build a programme that notices warning signs, takes them seriously and acts early, while treating people fairly and protecting their privacy.
Focus: a clear policy, a small team with authority, a calm assessment of every threat, early and proportionate action, support for victims, and fair, private handling of alcohol and drug problems.
Learning objectives
- Write the main parts of a workplace-violence policy.
- Set up a threat-management team and say who should be on it.
- Assess a threat in steps, and tell making a threat from posing one.
- Choose interventions and monitor a live case.
- Protect an employee affected by domestic violence that reaches the workplace.
- Write a fit-for-duty, alcohol and drug policy that respects privacy.
- Decide when testing may be used, and how results must be handled.
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