Violence Prevention

A Trusted Advisor in Violence Prevention

NorthStar Violence Prevention is one of Canada’s leading providers of violence prevention support to public and private sector clients.  NorthStar specializes in working with large and small organizations to create regulatory-compliant and customized violence prevention and threat management solutions. NorthStar has over twenty years of experience in the completion of OHS regulatory workplace violence risk assessments, customized violence prevention program development, including policy and procedural development, and violence prevention training.

We have worked with local and provincial governments, universities and colleges, non-profit community service providers, health care providers, crown corporations, and others to enhance the safety of workers and students.

Where we help

• Workplace violence risk assessments
• Violence prevention program development
• Response to WorkSafeBC safety-related orders
• Violence prevention training
• Workplace and safety investigations

The Benefit of NorthStar Violence Prevention

We structure our support to best fit with the clients’ objectives, whether as subject matter experts, advisors to management, project partners, or project leads, we work collaboratively with all parties to ensure a successful outcome.

Workplace Violence Risk Assessments

NorthStar has extensive hands-on experience in the completion of workplace violence risk assessments. We have a successful record of completing all elements of risk assessments and resulting in WorkSafeBC sign-off to address outstanding regulatory-related orders. These assessments include practical recommendations that enhance physical and psychological safety, reducing organizational risk, and cost savings.  Specific elements include:

• Violence prevention risk assessments include the review of:
  • Circumstances and context of work
  • Community-based risks
  • Corporate policy and safe work procedure
  • Violence prevention training
  • Historical incident and OHS records
  • Confidential staff survey results
  • Experience at a similar workplace
  • Risk-related communication process
  • Physical location walkthroughs
  • Risk analysis
  • Recommendations for enhancement