Steps are being taken by the Province of BC in order to build safer workplaces for health-care workers and patients by introducing a new security model across all health authorities.
Other things being done to improve safety measures include hiring more protection services employees and expanding funding to SWITCH BC, a new organization focused on addressing workplace safety.
In total, about 320 in-house protection services officers and 14 violence prevention leads will be hired by the Province to make sure workplace safety is not a concern.
Health Authorities in BC will also be getting funding to establish a relational security model in 26 health-care settings and hire and train staff to support it.
Every person hired to work security for a health authority will receive training in workplace violence prevention, mental health and advanced customer service in addition to getting trauma-informed practice training to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and language to be able to apply a trauma-informed lens to interactions with patients, families, clients and colleagues.
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