Strategy 4-Supporting Education and training

Incorporating Recommendations 15-20, 24, 25

• The majority of recommendations regarding education and training require implementation by health services.

• Guidelines for occupational violence prevention training have been included in;
  Preventing occupational violence in Victorian health services: A policy framework and resource kit (pdf, 932kb). 

• The Occupational Violence Prevention Fund 2008-2011, Round 2 included  training and education support packages to assist eligible health services with the activities to ensure that training is: broader rather than focusing on individual competence; closely allied to perceived needs of health services and clearly demonstrate a proactive organisational response to workplace violence