|
The murder of a graduate student at Yale University has
captured the attention of people across America. Many of you are
probably following this tragedy, and the story of the alleged murderer.
We may never know all of the details of two lives that
apparently collided in a university science lab, but we do know that
many people are asking themselves, "Could something have been done to prevent
this?"
Here's what I do know. You never want to be asking
yourself that question about your company, one of your customers, or
one of your employees. You can't possibly prevent every tragedy,
but, are you doing
everything you can do?
Most of you have a standard protocol of criminal
background checks. Unfortunately, these only eliminate applicants
who have been caught and convicted. Clearly, there are people out
there capable of heinous acts, but haven't
been convicted of a crime.
This news story makes me wonder how many people out there
are working today in the home care industry that have a high propensity
for violence, hostility, or physical, emotional, or sexual abuse.
As a business person, I know they carry the ability to destroy a good
company in the wake of a tragedy. As a person with a disability,
my fear is even greater. These individuals have the capability to
destroy lives.
Your customers and their families have fears too.
Your job isn't to prevent every
possible tragedy.
Your job is to do your very best to avoid the preventable by recruiting
and selecting the very best caregivers, and to allay the fears of your
customers.
I'm not one of those people who jumps on the bandwagon of
hype, then tries to sell their product. But what I can tell you
is that we have a product that identifies red flags with applicants'
attitudes and behaviors that could prevent incidents of hostility or
sexual abuse.
In the next hundred years you probably won't hire a
caregiver with a predisposition to go on a murderous
rampage. But if you can prevent even the most minor potential for
hostility, if you can reduce the chances of abuse at the hands of one
of your caregivers, you owe it to your company, your employees, and the
clients you serve to do your best.
Our Caregiver Pre-employment
Assessment tools go where background checks and
drug screenings can't. They look at the attitudes and behaviors
that create a high probability of risk.
Part of my job is
selling. I think it's a good investment of your time and money to
use a pre-employment assessment, and I firmly believe our firm has
created the best technology in the home care industry for this
purpose. But
that's not my primary message today.
I'm a 39-year-old
guy with a family. I'm married with two small children and a
dog. I have a mortgage, I participate in my community, and I pay
taxes. I also happen to be severely physically disabled. I depend every day on the
people who support me in my office, in my home, and when I travel.
Without these quality dependable people I could not do a fraction of
what I do. I could not live a fraction of my life.
If your company
isn't using the best possible technology to find quality caregivers, I
encourage you to call Diane West and spend 10 minutes with her on the
telephone. She can demonstrate how our online Caregiver Pre-employment
Assessment system can help you and your company do your
best.
For the sake of
guys like me who have lives, lives that are important, take 10 minutes
to learn how you can reduce the risk of a tragedy great or small.
Thanks
in advance. You can reach Diane West, our assessment guru, at
1-866-209-5101.
|
