Phys­i­cal attacks or sex­ual assaults or dam­age to prop­erty are obvi­ously dan­ger­ous but seri­ous ver­bal abuse or threats can also dam­age your emo­tional and pyscho­log­i­cal well­be­ing through anx­i­ety or stress.

The emo­tional stress and phys­i­cal dan­ger of the sit­u­a­tion lead­ing a per­son to take out an inter­ven­tion order (also known as a restrain­ing order) is often over­whelm­ing.  We strive to help peo­ple in these dif­fi­cult cir­cum­stances regain their con­fi­dence and enhance their safety, and that of their fam­ily, enabling them to get on with their lives.

Whether the aggres­sor is known to you, is influ­enced by men­tal ill­ness, dis­abil­ity, alco­hol and/or drug abuse, or the assault is likely to be pre­med­i­tated or oppor­tunis­tic, we will help you to enhance your per­sonal safety and that of your family.

Our focus is on proac­tive strate­gies to help you to get on with your life by:
    Avoid­ing inci­dents in the first place
    Min­imis­ing the impact on you of any inci­dents that may oth­er­wise still occur.

Hosted by Hol­land Thomas, our Open House Per­sonal Safety and Secu­rity Work­shops are open to all.

“No mat­ter why you are in fear for your safety, the Per­sonal Safety and Secu­rity work­shop will teach you sim­ple and prac­ti­cal ways to dras­ti­cally improve the safety of you and your family.

Do this work­shop if you want to stay safe — whether you are being stalked or tar­geted by an unsta­ble indi­vid­ual, have taken out an inter­ven­tion order or a restrain­ing order, are a vic­tim of crime or are seek­ing help from the Vic­tims of Crime Assis­tance Tribunal.”

This work­shop is designed for all peo­ple who are:

• Tak­ing out inter­ven­tion orders (restrain­ing orders) against poten­tial attack­ers, includ­ing stalk­ers, dis­grun­tled employ­ees, and for­mer spouses.
• Vic­tims of crime.
• Seek­ing assis­tance from the Vic­tims of Crime Assis­tance Tribunal.
• In dan­ger of being attacked by another individual(s).
• Seek­ing to enhance their per­sonal safety and that of their family.

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Open House Work­shop
PERSONAL SAFETY AND SECURITY

In this work­shop we dis­cuss proac­tive per­sonal safety guide­lines to increase your aware­ness, con­fi­dence and skills to bet­ter man­age the cur­rent dan­ger in your life. We talk about:

• Under­stand­ing the aggressor
• Pro­tect­ing your­self at home, work and in transit
• Threat and risk assess­ment in perspective
• Legal issues
• Con­tin­gency plan­ning, and
• Inci­dent management.
• Each ses­sion con­cludes with a talk-through sce­nario to rein­force understanding.

Date:
Tues­day 13 March 2012
** Please note the amended date.

Time:
1845    Doors open
1900    Work­shop com­mences
2200    Work­shop finishes

Venue:
First Floor
Caulfield RSL
4 St Georges Road
Elstern­wick VIC 3185
Mel­ways Ref­er­ence 67 G3

Click here to be noti­fied by email of the details of upcom­ing 
Open House Per­sonal Safety and Secu­rity Workshops.

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