Lone Working
Lone workers are people who work by themselves without close or direct supervision. There are often situations where people are working alone. This course is recommended for domiciliary care workers but the content is also relevant for other people, for example, who work in a team or a residential home, as there will always be situations where you are lone working.
This course provides information for both employees and employers about lone working in health and social care work environments.
Who should take this course?
This course has been designed specifically for Care and Support Workers working in a social care setting. It may also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know more about lone working.
Accreditation
Course Content
- What is lone working?
- Awareness of the legislation
- What problems can affect lone workers?
- How must employers control lone working risks?
- How can employees control lone working risks?
- Why is understanding lone working so important?
- Supervision and performance monitoring
- Getting more information and useful resources
Aims of the course
At the end of this eLearning you will be able to:
- Describe what lone working is
- Have an awareness of the legislation
- Understand the problems that can affect lone workers
- Know how employers should control risks for lone workers
- Explain how to control lone working risks
- Understand why there are risks attached to lone working
- Know why supervision and performance monitoring is important
- Know where to get further information and support
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Certification
If you sign in to your account on Click before you take this course, you will be able to take the assessment and immediately access/download your certificate upon completion, which looks like this:
Pricing
Choose a plan below that best suits your needs. If you would like to purchase more than 50 licenses, contact us.
£4
Monthly Plan
- 7 days free access
- Includes ALL courses
- Full accessibility options in over 100 languages
- Training Matrix
- Licences can be recycled
- Price per learner, billed monthly by Direct Debit
- Upgrade to the 12 or 24 Month Plan, at any time
£2
24 Month Plan
- Use coupon code Learning to get 50% discount on first 3 invoices
- Includes ALL courses
- Full accessibility options in over 100 languages
- Training Matrix
- Licences can be recycled
- Price per learner, billed monthly by Direct Debit
£3
12 Month Plan
- Use coupon code Learning to get 50% discount on first 3 invoices
- Includes ALL courses
- Full accessibility options in over 100 languages
- Training Matrix
- Licences can be recycled
- Price per learner, billed monthly by Direct Debit
Accessibility
If you sign in to your account on Click before you take this course, you will be able to change the accessibility settings to suit your needs. This includes translation into 100+ languages, some of which can also be read out loud to you.
Why use Grey Matter Learning?
- Our methodology values previous learning, saving time
- Clever accessibility settings including 100+ languages
- 50+ high quality courses, specially written for care
- Join thousands of services and local authorities
- Proven to reduce staff turnover and improve CQC ratings
- Established 14 years - we know what works
- Skills for Care Centre of Excellence, CPD certification
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