The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media is launching a new series of vulnerability training courses for the night-time sector beginning next week.
These courses aim to create a safer environment for all, safeguarding the vulnerable and preventing violence against women.
The key objective of this course is to provide staff with an increased understanding of their responsibilities and duty of care to vulnerable people and train them on actions that must be taken to reduce identified risk. A series of policy templates in the areas such as incident and vulnerability management will also be available for businesses to download and use.
The course will cover the following topics over a 2 hour webinar via Zoom:
1. The main types of vulnerability found in the Night-Time Economy
2. Safeguarding
3. Adults and children at risk of harm
4. Violence against women and women’s safety
5. Drink spiking
6. Responsibilities and duty of care
7. How to respond to the main types of vulnerability and when to call emergency services and report to local authorities
8. Performing a dynamic risk assessment
9. Policies and practices to promote a safe environment for all
This training is open to any person, business or venue operating or working in the Night-Time Economy
There are six training sessions available for registration. This initiative aims to provide training to over 600 businesses and staff working and engaging in the Night-Time Economy nationwide. You can register for the training here.
Speaking today, Minister Catherine Martin said: “The safety of women and all customers engaging in the Night-Time Economy needs to be prioritised. People should feel safe when they are out socialising at night without the fear of violence or harassment and that’s why it is important that staff are trained, so they can provide assistance for anyone who finds themselves in a difficult or intimidating situation.”
These courses have been developed in partnership with the Licensed Vintners Association, Vintners’ Federation of Ireland, Restaurant Association of Ireland, the County and City Management Association and Give Us the Night and with the support of the Department of Justice and An Garda Síochána.
