Security
My work in hospital security has given me a very different perspective on what security actually means. While safety, risk management and responding to incidents are obviously part of the job, …much of my work involves people experiencing mental-health crises, distress or behavioural escalation — often during some of the most difficult moments of their lives.
Working around emergency departments and mental-health services has strengthened my interest in mental-health awareness, communication and de-escalation. I believe good security in a healthcare environment isn’t simply about controlling a situation; it’s about understanding the person behind the behaviour, recognising risk early and helping create an environment where patients, clinical staff and visitors can remain safe.
It can be challenging work, particularly when intervention or restraint becomes necessary. Those experiences have made me increasingly interested in how we can prevent escalation, reduce the need for physical intervention and improve the way security and clinical teams work together.
That interest also connects strongly with my work outside the hospital. Through motorcycling, events and community projects, I want to help make conversations about mental health, depression and suicide prevention more normal. Hospital security lets me see one end of that journey; my community work gives me an opportunity to contribute at the other.
EVENTS
Big crowds, big emotions and sometimes big egos. Good security keeps the day moving and the drama small.
DE-ESCELATION
The best conflict is the one that never gets physical. Talk, listen, slow things down and find a way forward.
