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Risk Management for Home Visitors is a practical and research-based workshop that will equip outreach workers with the skills, awareness and strategies to stay safe and healthy in their work. 

Registration for this training is closed. If you have any questions, please email bccf@bccf.ca

This training has been developed specifically for home visitors, by the Home Visitor Training Initiative at BC Council for Families, with extensive consultation through WorkSafeBC and an occupational health-care expert.

Following the training, participants will have: 1) an increased level of knowledge of the risks of delivering social services in clients’ homes, and 2) increased skills and knowledge to assess risk levels and to take the appropriate steps to mitigate risk. Risk Management policies and resources from Canada, the US and other countries have been integrated into this practical and informative workshop.  

Topics covered include:

• The BC Workers Compensation Act
• Occupational Health and Safety Rights
• Risk assessment 
• Strategies to mitigate risks such as: working alone, slips and falls, driving and travel, violence, infectious diseases, and psychological trauma

Platform

This training will be taking place online via Zoom. Participants will be emailed the meeting link. There will be breaks throughout this training. 

Materials

You must have secure Wi-Fi, single use computer /tablet with full audio and video capabilities. No phones please. The participant workbook will be shipped directly to you upon confirmation of re-registration.

Prerequisite 

The Integrated Strategies for Home Visitors 4 day training is a prerequisite

About the Facilitator 

Orah Chaye is of North African and Scandinavian descent growing up with a strong Oriental cultural influence since age 10. A highly experienced Educator and Consultant for nearly 30 years, she has developed the Creative Process Trauma Informed Practice methodology approach. Working extensively in Indigenous, Refugee and Immigrant Populations. Orah is contracted for a wide variety of In-Service development projects to various agencies; and also invited to present at numerous conferences and symposiums. She has a particular interest in early human brain development, and its correlation to early attachment. 
 

The cost of this training is per person. 

This training will be taking place online via Zoom. Registered participants will be emailed a meeting link. 

Please note that this training is not guaranteed to run. We need a minimum number of people enrolled in order for it to run.