Lone Working
£18.00 inc. VAT
Level: Level 2.
Accreditation: This course is CPD certified.
Course Aims
This eLearning course aims to introduce you to the topic of Lone Working in Health and Social Care.
It begins by explaining what is meant by the term ‘Lone Working’ and identifies job roles where staff are classified as lone workers. The course then outlines the legal requirements of the employer and the employee in relation to lone working and describes the importance of assessing the risks specific to the lone worker. The course then explains how to assess risks in the different environments, including the use of ‘formal’ risk assessments and ‘dynamic’ risk assessments.
In the next stage of the course, safety measures for different job roles are identified, including tips for keeping oneself safe in different situations including travel, working in people’s homes and working alone in a building. The course also gives information on dealing with aggression and outlines systems that can be put into place to help reduce the risks.
In the final stage, the course explains the importance of aftercare following an incident and describes what a worker should expect if they experience an incident whilst lone working.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course learners should know and understand the following:
- Identify what is meant by ‘Lone Working’.
- Outline Legal requirements of the employer and employee in relation to lone working.
- Know the importance of aftercare following lone working incidents.
- Know how to assess the risks related to lone working in your own work environment.
- Recall safety measures that can be put into place in order to protect your personal safety at work.
Course Syllabus Includes
- Definition of lone working
- Who is a lone worker?
- Risks of lone working
- Real life stories
- Legal requirements
- Employer and employee responsibilities
- Assessing risks
- Planning for risk
- Dynamic risk assessment
- Safety measures
- Tracing
- Assessments
- Travel
- Working in a building
- Working in others’ homes
- Competence
- Violence and aggression
- Recording and reporting incidents
Are courses certified?
Courses are fully certified. Once a learner successfully completes a course you are able to download the completion certificate FREE of charge.
How are courses going to be delivered?
Courses are delivered online and work on any internet enabled device. As long as you have access to an internet connection you can complete courses when and where you like 24 hours a day.
Are online courses accredited?
Yes, they are. Courses are CPD Certified and our Care Certificate is one of the first to be endorsed by Skills for Care.
How long do courses take to complete?
Some of our shorter courses will typically take between 30 minutes and an hour to complete. Some of the bigger ones will take longer and depends largely on each individual’s learning speed.
