Lead Violence Reduction Specialist , Vickbenok Crisis Management Limited

Victor is a qualified clinician, with over 16 years experience in both NHS and private mental health settings. He has vast experience of working and training in low, medium and high secure environments. Victor also gained a BSc degree in professional practice in violence reduction and has since turned his knowledge and expertise to the education and security sectors.

Victor has a passion for teaching fellow professionals and expanding their knowledge and skills base in the prevention and reduction of violence and aggression, human factors in health & social care, and crisis prevention and management.

Victor regularly attends conferences and seminars relating to violence reduction. This is to ensure his knowledge is up to date and in keeping with current national Department of Health and Department of Educations guidance.When not training or teaching, Victor, enjoys studying and researching, he enjoys seeing friends visiting bars and restaurant. Above all, victor enjoys spending quality time with his children.

Tutor , Vickbenok Limited

My passion for MVA began when I first started working in mental health. Even before I had set foot on the wards, I had to complete all mandatory training which included MVA, I can remember thinking; “I love this!!! I would love to be more involved”. I advocate that there is so much more to MVA than just laying hands on people and students discover that when they come to our classes. We promote the use of all possible alternatives and questioning if it is absolutely necessary before laying hands on anyone. Once this is understood, we then teach people to manage violence in a safe and controlled manner.

Working in mental health on medium and low secure forensic settings, has given me a deeper understanding of how aggression and violence can be managed in different ways and how to avoid triggers.

I am passionate about my subject and it shows. Many colleagues who have previously dreaded and avoided attending training have been pleasantly surprised that they have actually enjoyed the course when I teach.