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THE DICES RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Risk assessment and management training from one of the UK's leading providers of intensive short courses.

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DICES
Helping People at Risk of Suicide
Helping Angry & Violent People to Change
Learning the lessons from Major Incidents

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A 3-day course for 6-16 people.
Download printable Microsoft Word information Sheet

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Key Points:

Suitable for professionals in:

• Adult Mental Health
• Substance Misuse
• Children and Adolescents
• Older Adults

You receive the following checklists:

• Brief-DICE (Screening)
• DICES-S (Suicide)
• DICES-SN&V (Self-Neglect and Vulnerability)
• DICES-V (Violence)
• DICES-SA (Sexual Assault)
• Substance-DICE (Substance misuse)
• C&A-DICE (Children and Adolescents)
• Older-DICE (Older adults)

Note: having attended the course you can also access the constantly updated checklists via our website. This ensures you are forever up to date.

You also receive:

The DICES® risk management plan, both as a printed form and accessible via our website. This means you can either fill it in by hand for individuals, or download it and complete and print it via your own computer.

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Course Content:

Module 1: Risk Assessment and Risk Management: Principles, Problems and Effective Practice.

Risk Assessment: A Professional Responsibility

Why it is essential to be able to make a Risk Assessment. The legal and professional
issues that underlie it. Legal precedents and what they imply. The difficulty of accurately predicting rare events; the ethical problems posed by ‘false positives’ – and what to do
about it.

Managing Risk, so you can work safely with risky clients.

This section covers ‘best practice’ in risk management, how to work with the maximum professional and personal safety with high-risk clients. We examine the ‘management’ section of the DICES system and delegates get the chance to apply the guide to their
own clients.

Module 2: A Risk to Oneself: Suicide, Self-harm Self-neglect, Vulnerability to Exploitation.

Predicting who is at risk of Suicide. The use of DICES-S

Predicting who is at risk of Self-Neglect, or Vulnerable to exploitation by others.
The use of DICES-SN&V.

Managing the risk: keeping everyone safe, including you.

Module 3: A Risk to Others: Violence and Sexual Assault.

Predicting who may be violent to others. Including the use of DICES-V.

Predicting the risk of a physical assault on you, the professional, in a way that immediately enables you to minimise that risk.

People who may commit Sexual Assaults. Including DICES-SA.

Managing the risk: keeping everyone safe, including you.

Module 4: (Interspersed throughout) Applying DICES to your own situation.

Includes use of Substance-DICE, C&A-DICE and Older-DICE where appropriate.

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Download printable Microsoft Word information Sheet

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A 3-day course for 6-16 people.
We bring the training to you for an all-inclusive fee of £4,195 plus VAT.



• Onsite and online DICES Refresher also available - contact us to find out more.

Target Training Day also available on this topic – see Targeted Training Days.

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"A necessity for all mental health professionals to attend."

Paul, Everett, Senior Staff Nurse

"This was one of the best courses I have ever been on in a career spanning twenty years ... I very much hope that it ill be 'rolled out' to other trust employees so that it will help us all to share similar perspectives and language."

Christine Little, Course Delegate

"Staff should be urged to attend this course as soon as possible and I will definitely encourage my colleagues to do so."

Kate Mages, Support Worker

"Ten out of ten - five stars - I feel so much more confident in risk assessment and management."

Graham McLellon, Course Delegate

"Acquired valuable tools and knowledge which will form an imperative part of my job role. Would recommend it to any professionals working with adults and young people alike."

Course Delegate

"Positive and uplifting training that I believe is necessary for all mental health workers to go on."

Adam Cook, Occupational Therapist

"A must for all mental health professionals."

Patricia Cooke, Course Delegate

"Well presented, varied, interesting, stimulating, relevant and thought provoking. I feel much more informed about clinical risk assessment and management."

Brenda Clarke, CNS

"The most relevant and useful training that I have ever attended in a very long time. I aim to have the rest of the team attend it."

Melvin Jambawo, Team Manager

"This course should be mandatory for any staff working in mental health and associated areas."

Chartered Psychologist

"The need for this course cannot be overemphasised ... very well worth it."

Mercy Rowland, HCA