Title: Responding to Workplace Violence and Harassment Reports
Date: March 24th 7pm to 8pm
Summary: Staff safety is an important responsibility for everyone. Unfortunately, workplace violence and harassment (WVH) is relatively common in across healthcare settings. The ways in which leaders respond to these staff experiences has a substantial effect on how psychologically safe staff feel and on the strength of the workplace safety culture. Presenters will share recent research findings related to approaches used by RPN leaders in responding to workplace violence and harassment and the types of support that staff experience. Through breakout sessions, the attendees will explore enablers and barriers to enacting the types of best-practice supportive responses which foster trust and strengthen safety culture within teams.
Speaker Bio: Dr. Emily King is the Director of Research at VHA Home HealthCare. A major focus of her current research is on opportunities to improve safety and quality of work-life for home and community care providers, including workplace violence and harassment. Dr. King holds a masters and doctoral degree from the University of Toronto. She is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo’s School of Public Health Sciences.
