Date: TBC for 2018

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Learning Outcomes

• State the employers legal compliance for lone workers under Health and Safety Legislation.
• State the possible effects of violence or aggression at work and describe an employers’ responsibilities to take measures to support staff.
• Define personal safety and state why it is important.
• Reviewing and reinforcing your Lone Worker Policy and Safe Systems of Work.
• Recognise the importance of reporting and recording incidents of violence and aggression.
• Assessing risks to personal safety on a daily basis especially in relation to solitary working.
• Describe early warning signs of aggression and violence.
• Identifying potential areas of risk to lone worker (lone working in a building, 1:1 meetings, home visits, out in the community, travel etc.)
• Keeping in touch with others – how to summon help in an emergency.
• Explain best practice strategies for reducing and controlling personal safety risks.
• Use at least three strategies for de-escalation and diffusion.
• Put knowledge into action with a personal plan for improving personal safety at work.