Thursday 25 January 2001 00:00

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

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