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