Integrating Safety in Home Visitation and Outreach

Some professions have tools that can be sharpened, incased or replaced, but in human service work tool-like compassion, empathy, boundary-setting are the tools used to get the job done. In this 3-hour training we explore tools home visitors can implement to ensure their safety before, during and exiting the home visit. We will explore topics such as safety from animal hazards, communicable disease, drugs and chemicals, and effective limit setting. This is an interactive session with scenario-based discussion and the sharing of wisdom.

“Know” Knowledge & Understanding

• Apply safety protocols as outlined in occupational health and safety standards.
• Relate a human-centered approach to communicating limits and boundaries when working with clients in their home.
• Explore work scenarios based on lived experience and organization policies.

“Do” Apply Skills & Practice

• Strengthen capacity to communicate limits and boundaries in professional practice.
• Harvest wisdom from other professionals and lived experience to find language and practices that support home visitation.
• Engage with standards of practice to ensure personal safety during home visitation.

“Be” Professional Growth & Transformation

• Acknowledge the importance of your safety as a key factor in professional practice.
• Embrace that saying “no” is clear communication and holds space for others to do the same.
• Commit to keep yourself safe as a way of being that honour yourself and the people you love and care about.