Violence at work - Freedom of information requests

Title or Description
Violence at work
FOI Number
2024450
Date Received
22/04/2024
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
For the time period 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024 (or your nearest 12-month period), please provide the following: 1. total number of violent incidents on your staff broken down by job title/category of worker
2. a breakdown of the nature of the violent incident e.g., verbal, physical, threatening behaviour
3. how many violent incidents have been reported under RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences) Regulations, with a breakdown by job title/category of worker Please could you break this information down into incidents involving female staff / male staff. Violent incidents can include verbal abuse or threats including face to face; online and via telephone; physical attacks; threatening behaviour; racial abuse and sexual harassment/violence.
Response
Count of Job Role Column Labels Row Labels Female Male Not given Grand Total
Additional Needs Assistant 40 5 367 412
Care Worker 10 1 33 44
Catering 1 1
Cleaning 1 1
Community Based 1 1 2
CRC Based 1 1
Manual Operatives 1 2 3
Nursery Staff 10 72 82
Office Based 1 1
Passenger Assistant 3 1 4
School Based - Manual 2 12 14
School Based - Office 2 2
Social Worker 2 1 3
Teaching Staff 29 2 276 307
Not Recorded 3 3 102 108
Grand Total 102 13 870 985

Count of Incident Sub Type Column Labels Row Labels Female Male Not given Grand Total
Damage to property 1 14 15
Non verbal aggression/threats 1 15 16
Physical aggression 72 4 521 597
Physical aggression involving objects used as Weapons (objects not designed for use as a weapon/ to cause harm)
16 3 136 155
Physical aggression involving Weapons (objects designed for use as a weapon/ to cause harm)
1 6 7
Self Injury 1 1
Sexual Harassment/assault 3 3
Spitting 2 20 22
Verbal abuse/aggression/threats 11 4 154 169
Grand Total 102 13 870 985
Count of Reportable to Health and Safety Executive? Column Labels Row Labels Female Male Not given Grand Total
No 101 13 870 984
Yes 1 1
Grand Total 102 13 870 985