Teambuilder – Escape Room/Office Olympics

Registration for this training is for Social Workers and Frontline Staff (March 18, 2027)
Registration for this training is for Supervisors and Managers (March 19, 2027)

Course Overview

In this unique team-building experience, participants are placed in a mock scenario where they are locked in a room and have 60 minutes to identify a way out.

Teams must complete three tasks:

• Escape the room by finding the combination to the locks and chains on the "door." Each team contributes one digit to the final combination.
• Prepare a tower to use for sending distress signals if they are unable to escape.
• Collect letters of the alphabet and arrange them in the correct order to reveal who locked them in the room. Each team begins with one letter and collects additional letters from other teams and the facilitator.

Learning Objectives

This team-building exercise is designed to:

• Test how well teams perform when working under pressure.
• Test teams' understanding of a complex task and allow practice of organizational and time management skills.
• Highlight the value of teams openly interacting and sharing data with other teams (cooperation rather than rivalry).
• Test teams' approach to problem-solving.