Health And Human Services Workforce Protection Training

Practical, proven training to protect your people, reduce risk, build confidence, and strengthen your duty-of-care.

Why this matters for managers & supervisors

Health and human services teams work in high-stakes environments every day: unpredictable clients, late shifts, community visits, and crowded or constrained workspaces. When an employee’s personal safety is compromised, it creates operational disruption, increases liability, harms morale, and jeopardizes service delivery.

The Center for Violence Prevention and Self Defense (CVPSD) delivers targeted, evidence-informed Workforce Protection Training designed specifically for health and human services organizations. Our goal: give your staff practical skills and judgment they can use today and give you the risk-management, documentation, and follow-up your leadership needs.

Workplace Violence Prevention Training Series

What makes CVPSD different

Mission-driven + experienced: CVPSD is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on stopping violence through education and empowerment. We partner with schools, nonprofits, community groups and provide training for federal and state agencies, including organizations participating in the GSA.
Real-world instructors: Our lead instructors bring decades of real-world experience in martial arts, defensive tactics, and workplace risk management. They teach techniques that are simple, repeatable, and safe for mixed-age and mixed-ability teams.
Workplace-first approach: We design every course around the practical constraints of health & human services work tight spaces, shift work, client interactions, and documentation needs.
Customizable & measurable: Sessions are tailored to your policies, reporting requirements, and the specific environments your teams face. We include evaluation and follow-up tools so you can measure impact.

Training outcomes what your managers will see

After our Workforce Protection Training your team will be able to:

Recognize and reduce vulnerabilities through improved situational awareness and environmental design.
Use communication, de-escalation, and boundary-setting techniques to prevent escalation.
Apply basic, safety-first physical tactics appropriate for health & human services settings (non-escalatory, proportionate, and legally mindful).
Build confidence and team cohesion reducing absenteeism and turnover related to workplace safety concerns.

Who should attend

Frontline clinicians, caseworkers, home-health staff, shelter staff, intake teams
Supervisors, site managers, and on-call coordinators
Security staff, program leads, and HR professionals responsible for incident response

Delivery options

We meet you where you are formats include:
On-site, hands-on workshops (2–4 hours or half/full-day options) for interactive skill practice.
Live virtual workshops via Teams (60–120 minutes) with breakout practice, scenario coaching, and Q&A.
Blended programs combining an online fundamentals module + in-person practical session.
Train-the-Trainer programs so you can scale skills internally and maintain continuity between sessions.
Each delivery includes a customizable curriculum, printable job aids, and a post-session evaluation package.

Compliance, documentation & ROI

We help you build course records and post-training evaluations that feed into your safety program and compliance files.
Investing in workforce protection lowers costs tied to injury, lost time, recruiting/replacement, and potential liability and raises employee retention and operational resilience.

Pricing & scheduling

Programs are priced based on format, group size, and degree of customization. We work with budgets of all sizes and will provide a transparent quote that includes instructor time, materials, and any travel or virtual platform support.

Request a custom quote: contact us with your preferred dates, estimated group size, and whether you’d like in-person, virtual, or blended delivery.

What clients say

Thank you again for taking the time to come out to visit with our team and host a few self-defense classes. You were the highest rated class of the day by our team which was great to hear that they got so much out of it!!

I highly recommend the self defense class!! It was empowering both mentally and physically. Instructors were thoughtful, very knowledgeable, and the course was very well done!

Simply Excellent!!!! The information on this site needs to be taught in all schools worldwide!

The presenters were excellent. Very informative. Feel much better attending this seminar. Hopefully I will never need it.

I learned so many informative things today. The class was fun and engaging. I will remember that I am worth defending and I go I go I go home

I feel safer that I have some knowledge that I can apply if necessary..

I learned so much during this class. It was helpful. Setting boundaries and watching my tone.

Training was great! Good knowledgeable trainers loved the content and will definitely use it.

Ready to protect your people?

Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to discuss your site-specific risks, recommended format, and a tailored quote.
Contact: Will (Program Director)
Email: cvpsd@cvpsd.org
Phone: 732-598-7811
Or fill out our inquiry form and we’ll follow up with a proposed outline and quote within 48 business hours.