Lone Working
Course Aims:
This course aims to introduce the topic of lone working in health and social care. The training defines what lone working is and outlines the legal requirements of both the employer and employee.
Assessment of risk is particularly important for lone workers and this training also incorporates dynamic risk assessment and teaches the learner what this is and how to carry it out.
Safety measures are covered where the learner is able to see how risk is managed and minimised in various work settings. Aftercare is also very important following any incident while lone working and the last module of this course deals with this topic.
This training is for staff working in settings such as Care Homes, Hospital Wards, Day Centres, or supporting an individual in their own home, where they are lone working and not directly supervised.
Guided Learning Hours: Approx. 1 hour, dependent on learner’s skills and abilities.
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
- Recognise the importance of your safety when lone working
- Know how to assess the risks related to lone working in your own work environment
- Identify safety measures that can be put into place in order to protect your personal safety at work
- Know what aftercare to expect following lone working incidents
FAQs
Are Courses Certified?
Courses are fully certified. Once a learner successfully completes a course you are able to contact us directly to receive your Certification.
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, our Courses are CPD Certified.
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.
Level:
2
Course Syllabus Includes:
- Definition of lone working
- Communication
- On-call systems
- Guidance for travelling
- Importance of safety
- Serious incidents
- Violence and aggression
- De-escalating tension
- SOLER behaviour
- Legal requirements
- Risk assessment
- Dynamic risk assessment
- Environmental risk assessment
- Safety measures and equipment
- Reporting and Recording
- Aftercare