Managing Lone Workers Training – Northern Ireland

Heading up a team brings a range of responsibilities including a duty to ensure the wellbeing and safety of staff.
This course will clearly and succinctly explain legislation which is pertinent to those who are responsible for lone workers and will increase awareness of legal duties and policies which should be in place.

It aims to increase your knowledge and awareness of workplace violence, lone working, personal safety and risk management relating to you and your staff.

The training will help you to set up systems which reduce risk and advise you as to how to best support your staff following an incident of work place violence.

Case studies and discussion will further enhance this training.
On completion of the workshop, attendees will have developed a better understanding of strategies used in assessing and reducing the risk of violence for lone working staff and will be equipped with the skills needed for supporting lone working staff in the event of a work related incident.

The workshop will cover the following key objectives:

Identifying the factors which contribute to making a safer environment for staff and customers or service users to operate within – risk assessments.
Appreciation of the legislation and policies in relation to lone working.
Developing and sharing of good practice.
Preparing for potential incidents (the “what if” scenario.)
Supporting staff following an incident of work related violence, (post-incident management)