Staff and Resident Abuse Sample Clauses

Staff and Resident Abuse. Staff Abuse The parties agree that abuse of staff, including threatening behavior, must be addressed. There will be no reprisal for the good faith lodging of a complaint by a staff member about such abuse or the participation by a staff member in an investigation with respect to such complaint. Abuse or threatening behaviour by residents may include, but is not limited to physical abuse, psychological abuse, emotional abuse and sexual abuse. The parties agree that the Long Term Care Home environment houses residents who, through no fault of their own, may exhibit aggressively abusive behaviour and actions that may be unwelcome to staff. In order to balance those behaviours to the benefit of both the residents and the staff, the parties agree to the following: The parties agree that if incidents involving aggressive resident's action occur, such action will be recorded and reviewed at the Occupational Health and Safety Committee. Reasonable steps within the control of the Employer will follow to address the legitimate health and safety concerns in that forum. The parties further agree that suitable subjects at the Joint Labour Management Committee will include aggressive residents. If an employee is faced with abuse from a resident it may be necessary for the employee to leave the threatening situation and immediately notify his or her Supervisor who will assess the situation and give further direction. It is agreed that no employee will be required to work one-on-one in a situation in which the actions of the resident at that time directly put the employee at risk of physical harm, until a satisfactory resolution has been reached. Incidents of abusive and threatening behaviour by a resident will be documented on the resident's chart with a view to examine and modify care approaches and interventions by staff. The parties understand that the Employer is required to make every effort to provide appropriate care to residents who are abusive before it makes any representation for psychiatric intervention. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the employee is required to consider the safety of the resident.