
Bullying and Harassment
Bullying and incivility are significant problems in workplaces, homes, schools, and online. SafeCare BC and its members can play a role in creating safe, healthy, and civil workplaces.
According to the Mental Health Commission of Canada, 1 in 5 Canadians will experience a mental health problem or illness in any given year. We often spend more time at work than with our families. Let’s work together to raise awareness toward battling stigma and discrimination and encouraging mental health conversations.
Talking about mental health or using self-care strategies does not mean that we need always to know exactly what to say or be happy all the time, but proactively investing in mental health education and self-care coping strategies are helpful to our overall well-being and a contributing part to living an engaged and productive life.
Mental health resources for healthcare workers in British Columbia.
Confidential peer support service that provides emotional and psychological help to healthcare workers.
Use this Safety Huddle to discuss how to respectful handle a return to work of a co-worker.
Review the questions in this document and tick-off those situations that you have actively participated in. Remember that bullying is repeated and persistent unreasonable behavior and not necessarily a one-time occurrence only!
Check out our Civility Matters Toolkit for strategies and resources to address workplace incivility and create supportive workplace relationships.
Bullying and incivility are significant problems in workplaces, homes, schools, and online. SafeCare BC and its members can play a role in creating safe, healthy, and civil workplaces.
Manual client handling and other physical tasks can cause overexertion of your muscles to cause injury. Musculoskeletal injuries are sprains and strains to the muscles and surrounding tissues, which can have life-long impacts These are the leading type of injury for home and community care workers.
Dementia can affect behaviour and mood – but the care for persons with dementia aims to achieve the same goals – whether at home or in long-term care – safety for the person, family, and caregivers.
Exposure to hazardous drugs and infectious diseases poses a health risk. Hazardous drugs include antineoplastics, cytotoxic drugs, certain hormone therapies, antiviral drugs, antibiotics, and synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl and carfentanyl.
Managing risk includes identifying hazards, assessing the risk, and deciding on control measures to eliminate or minimize the risk. When identifying hazards, it’s important to look for all the conditions and situations that could possibly harm your workers.
Resources Best Practices for the Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs Mainly intended for the healthcare industry, this book provides an overview of current knowledge on hazardous drugs, describes how to
Violence refers to physical force that causes injury to a worker and includes any threatening statement or that gives you reasonable cause to believe that you are in danger.
The Home Care and Community Health Support Pocketbook was created to bring awareness to several health and safety issues faced in home and community care.
SafeCare BC works with partners throughout the industry to help create healthy and safe workplaces.
Statistics and numbers for long-term care and home and community care to help inform your health and safety program.
Prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and influenza by taking proper infection control measures in your workplace.
Creating a safe work environment starts from the top. As a leader, you can play an important role in fostering a culture of health and safety to keep your staff safe.
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