Course Overview
Fundamental safety and security preparations and procedures must be put in place to help prevent incidents or minimize the effect of those that do occur and guidelines for personal safety and security are needed to provide a framework for individual action and response and to increase confidence and awareness.
In this course, students will learn that creating a safe work environment requires careful planning and organizational commitment. Policies must be implemented, and assessments are needed to determine the level of risk and the appropriate security strategy.
The Course provides a tool for learning and reflection suitable for people who are in the formative stages of setting up a program, and identifying good practice that will help to create a balanced program. It can also be used by those who are already involved in a child-related program, from small, local projects to large, national programs.
Course Content
Module 1: Introduction
- Safety Management Fundamentals
- Organizational safety culture
- State safety programs
- Safety management systems
Module 2: Occupational Health and Safety Management
- Introduction
- Definitions and diverse forms
- Occupational Health and Safety Management systems: conditions for success and barriers to performance
- Barriers to Success: Special Implementation Difficulties
- Lessons from Quality Management for Evaluating and Measuring OHSMS Performance
- Measuring OHSMS Performance
- Conclusion
Module 3: Safety and Security for Humanitarian Workers
- Introduction
- Differing perceptions of risk
- Gender and security
- Staff care: Disparate levels of security capacity and support
- Organizational policies and approaches to duty of care
- Consultation and participation
- National aid organizations and the need for responsible partnership
- Humanitarian principles: Operational interpretations and applications by national aid actors
Module 4: Safety Management System
- Introduction
- Role of the safety management system
- General requirements of the SMS
- Elements of the safety management system
- Establishing the SMS
- Performance standards for the SMS
- Critical Success Factors for SMS
- From security management to risk management
Assignments
In order to demonstrate their understanding of the course content, students will be required to complete and submit three assignments.
DURATION: 6 Months
REGIONS TARGETED: Global
COURSE FEE: €1000
ORGANIZERS: GRI
LANGUAGE: English and French
FORMAT: Online Learning
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