The National Task Force on Violence Against Social Care Staff
Recommendations.
- Department of Health to commission advice for small
employers
- DoH to review training support programme aims
- Ministers to encourage valuing of social work
- DoH to encourage information sharing on risk
- Home Office to urge police support for social workers
- DoH to tackle under-reporting, poor physical and social
environments, and aggression of users denied a service
- National occupational standards to include safety
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities training to be
extended
- Training support grant extended to £2 million next year,
guaranteed for another two years
- GSCC code of practice to include employers' safety
standard
- National Care Standards Commission to inspect social services
departments
- Social Services Inspectorate to include standard in performance
assessment
- Councils to incorporate standard in commissioning
framework
- Ofsted and Commission for Health Improvement to explore using
standards
- Targets for employers to reduce violence to staff
