Domestic Violence and the Workplace: Victim Engagement and Retention
OVERVIEW
What do corporate threat managers and HR personnel frequentlycite as their biggest challenge in dealing with workplace violence cases?
Employees who refuse assistance, return to dangerous relationships, or keep
silent about risk despite the company’s best efforts to help them.
Domestic violence threat assessment and management expert Lynn
Fairweather takes on this difficult issue by offering participants practical
ideas for bringing victims “to the table” and preserving their trust so they
can access the entire spectrum of aid their employer provides.
Featuring simple but powerful guidelines for victim contact and
communication, this 60 minute webinar will help your team to view and approach
domestic violence training differently, with an eye toward better case
management. Attendees will examine real case examples, and gain insight into
workplace bullying training by answering thought provoking questions. Includes
information on salvaging a “collapsed case”, and exercising last resort options
for safety and cooperation. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of
victim behavioral motives and walk away with new strategies for effective,
successful employee awareness training.
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WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND
Corporate threat managers, security, and human resources
personnel are all responsible for helping to maintain safety in the workplace.
But, if you don’t know what threats are lurking below the surface, or don’t
understand the nature of the ones you can see, your company may suffer
immeasurable human and financial losses.
Domestic violence is an insidious enemy to the American
workplace: Over 60% of women and many men have been physically, sexually, or
severely emotionally abused by an intimate partner, and three quarters of those
victims are employed. The violence and harassment that often follows them to
work can pose significant danger to staff and customers, while invisibly
stealing billions of dollars per year in absenteeism, lost productivity, higher
health care costs, increased liability, and reduced employee retention.
When a private employer neglects to educate its employees on
workforce violence policy, fails to establish a culture of trust and disclosure
among employees, and remains ignorant to the true reality that victims face,
then they are “flying blind” with no way to see the potential risks ahead of
them. If an employee involved case “collapses” and tragedy strikes, companies
(as well as the communities in and around them) may take years to financially
and emotionally recover from the damage. Domestic violence in the workplace can
be a complex, high stakes problem, but it isn’t one without solutions. Don’t
miss your team’s opportunity to learn how to face employee involved cases with
confidence and security.
AREAS COVERED
This 60 minute webinar begins with an introduction that gives
the audience a first-hand look into the perspective of an employed domestic
violence victim. By sharing a piece of her own story as an abuse survivor,
Facilitator Lynn Fairweather opens up a frank discussion about
“DV Case Collapse” and some of the “victim defection” issues that can
arise in employee involved domestic violence cases.
Participants of this domestic violence training are then
introduced to three guiding fundamentals that will help them to better
understand and assist the victims in their workforce.
Principle One explains the necessity and the mechanics of
establishing a workplace culture that encourages disclosure and trust. Attendees
will learn how to convey this concept through policy and system wide awareness
campaigns.
Principal Two stresses the importance of sensitively supporting
employee victims from the first contact to the closing of the case and uses a
short, entertaining video to demonstrate the “right” way and the “wrong” way to
approach a victim. Participants are also offered Ms. Fairweather’s Seven Steps
to a Best Practices Approach, so they can walk into their next employee-victim
meeting with a sense of compassionate confidence.
Principle Three brings the audience on a journey into the mind
and motivations of an employed victim so that they can better understand why
cases might take the unpredictable turns that they often do. Featured areas of
exploration are victim fear, appeasement strategies, “abuse brainwashing”,
external pressures, historic or systemic issues, and emotional attachments.
Next, attendees will be given a blueprint for attempting salvage
a floundering case, in an effort to avoid victim defection. Suggestions include
re-examining initial contacts, “switching batters”, reviewing the feasibility
of prior recommendations, and utilizing the assistance of a subject matter
expert. Ms. Fairweather reveals the importance of timing, and introduces
participants to the “Cycle of Violence”, shedding light on both the victim’s
and batterer’s perspectives. Finally, the discussion turns to a practical
conversation on “last resort” options, with an eye toward victim autonomy and
overall workplace safety.
Ms. Fairweather concludes the training by offering participants
further domestic violence resources.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Develop a deeper understanding of why employee-victims
of domestic violence might refuse help or return to a dangerous
relationship
- Explore new ideas for effective and sensitive
communication with employee-victims
- Learn how to salvage a “collapsed case” and brainstorm
safe, last resort options for victim defection situations
WHO WILL BENEFIT
- Corporate Threat Managers
- Security Directors
- Human Resources Personnel
- Management Team
- Legal Professionals
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