FOI request details
Request
Subject: Violence at work
Reference: WBC-FOI-00764
1. Do you have a policy/policies in place to protect staff from violence at work?
2. Are these policies built into the commissioning process for organisations delivering outsourced services on your behalf?
3. Have you updated your violence at work policies to reflect the increased number of home, remote and flexible workers?
4. If you collect data on violent incidents, how many violent incidents towards staff did you record in the following years:
Year Number of violent incidents
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
5. Do you collect equalities data relating to violent incidents towards staff?
6. If so, how many violent incidents did you record for each of the following groups over the following years:
2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
BAME Staff
Disabled Staff
LGBT+ Staff
Women Staff
7. Is advice, support, or counselling available for staff who are victims of violence at work?
8. Of those staff who were victims of violent incidents, how many took up the offer of the following:
2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Advice
Support
Counselling
9. Are you signed up to UNISON's End Violence at Work Charter: www.unison.org.uk/at-work/local-government/end-violence-at-work-charter
Response
Full Disclosure - 23 February 2023
Request for Information - WBC-FOI-00764 - Violence at work
I refer to your request for information received on 14 February 2023. Please see the information below in response to your request: -
1.Do you have a policy / policies in place to protect staff from violence at work?
Yes, Chapter 25 of the H&S Manual.
2.Are these policies built into the commissioning process for organisations delivering outsourced services on your behalf?
No, those specific policies relate to the Council and, in most cases, it would not be appropriate to seek to impose Council internal policies on an external contractor.
3.Have you updated your violence at work policies to reflect the increased number of home, remote and flexible workers?
Continually reviewed, particularly around lone working.
4.If you collect data on violent incidents, how many violent incidents towards staff did you record in the following years?
Status 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
Council Staff 34 40 26
Challenging Behaviour (Schools) 148 98 164
5.Do you collect equalities data relating to violent incidents towards staff?
No, this data is not collated from incidents.
6.If so, how many violent incidents did you record for each of the following groups over the following years?
N/A
7.Is advice, support, or counselling available for staff who are victims of violence at work?
Yes, a comprehensive EAP is available.
8.Of those staff who were victims of violent incidents, how many took up the offer of the following?:
Advice
Support
Counselling
Please note that this data is not collated / held.
9.Are you signed up to UNISON's End Violence at Work Charter?: www.unison.org.uk/at-work/local-government/end-violence-at-work-charter
No.
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Regards,
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FOIW@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk
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