What Do Professionals Need to Know?
Workplace
How OPDV Can Help
Training
Training and employee awareness are essential to addressing domestic violence in the workplace.
Domestic Violence and the Workplace Training
This is a one-day training offered to NYS employees. Preference is given to Agency/OPDV Liaisons and those providing information/service for employees in need of assistance. A University employee was shot and killed by
a former boyfriend on campus. The University was fined by state Department
of Labor and Industries because although the college had a domestic violence
plan, it wasn't communicated to employees.1
The training will prepare staff to better understand the dynamics of domestic violence, identify possible signs and indicators of victimization, make appropriate referrals to domestic violence service providers, work with professionals to assist identified victims with safety planning, and develop individualized responses in recognition of the physical, social and cultural realities that may affect an individual victim’s situation. Training will also include information on ways in which domestic violence impacts the workplace, including potential impact on worker productivity and the safety risks to on-site personnel and visitors.
2012 training dates at OPDV, Alfred E. Smith Building, 80 South Swan Street, Room 115, Albany, NY 12210 include:
- May 9
- August 16
- November 14
Register for Domestic Violence and the Workplace Training.
Domestic Violence and the Workplace – Program Implementation: Tools and Techniques for Trainers
This training will be offered by OPDV and the New York State Training Council. This session is intended to support trainers who will be providing training on domestic violence in their own agencies. While many agencies are proactively planning or providing domestic violence training, the goal of OPDV is to standardize the message being delivered to all NYS employees.
Training materials that will support a one-hour presentation will be distributed and reviewed. As a pre-requisite, all trainers interested in attending this program must first complete the one-day Domestic Violence and the Workplace Training.
2012 training dates at OPDV, Alfred E. Smith Building, 80 South Swan Street, Room 115, Albany, NY 12210 include:
- May 10
- November 15
Register for the Domestic Violence and the Workplace – Program Implementation: Tools and Techniques for Trainers training.
Training Materials
Domestic Violence and the Workplace training materials that can be incorporated into your existing union and management training programs, agency training programs, EAP trainings, Public Employee Workplace Violence Prevention Program training, etc. will be available 8/1/08. Contact dvworkplace@opdv.ny.gov for more information.
- Rolph, A., Seattle Post-Intelligencer. State agency fines UW after fatal campus shooting. Last visited 3/28/08.
