Basically, yes. If you are not willing to work in an environment where you may be physically assaulted, than you may not be in the right field. If a client learns that they can use violence to control their situation, for example they hit a DSP that they do not like to get them to leave, and the DSP does indeed leave the job, then the client has learned that violence WORKS as a way to control their situation. Being a DSP does not mean you don't have a legal right to protect yourself and recourse. You have a right to seek support for physical violence from other support staff, doctors, and even police.
This was a great training video, it really helped me out with actually speaking up about certain things between myself and my coworkers
Thank you for the training. It really helped me very well much!
So its abuse if you retaliate due to being hit or spit on but if the client does its just an 'outburst', oh and youre making 10/hr...
Basically, yes. If you are not willing to work in an environment where you may be physically assaulted, than you may not be in the right field. If a client learns that they can use violence to control their situation, for example they hit a DSP that they do not like to get them to leave, and the DSP does indeed leave the job, then the client has learned that violence WORKS as a way to control their situation.
Being a DSP does not mean you don't have a legal right to protect yourself and recourse. You have a right to seek support for physical violence from other support staff, doctors, and even police.