Lone Working & Personal Safety

This Lone Working and Personal Safety training course is designed to equip care staff, healthcare workers, and social care professionals who frequently work alone with the essential skills and knowledge to maintain their personal safety.

  • Suitable for: Nurses, residential care and domiciliary care staff

  • Delivery method: Face-to-face / Virtual training

  • Course length: 1 day

  • Max attendees: 15 delegates

Who is this training for?

This CPD training course is designed for organisations wishing to train 8 or more staff members and can be delivered either face-to-face, or as an online webinar. For further information, please contact us on 02920 494 969 or make an online enquiry.

Course information

This Lone Working and Personal Safety training course is applicable to those providing home care, community outreach services, or any role where independent working is required.

The purpose of this course is to understand the nature of conflict, what causes anger and aggresion and set out the legal and statutory requirements for your self and your colleagues’ personal safety. As a result of attending this course candidates will have learnt a tool box of strategies to assist them in managing challenging behaviour and aggression. The course covers such topics as:

  • The nature of conflict
  • Causes of anger and aggression
  • Practical advice on risk assessment, reporting practices, during visits, use of vehicles, use of mobiles/personal alarms
  • Warning and danger signs
  • Impact factors
  • Using safe distance when dealing with conflict
  • Understanding the use of “reasonable force”
  • Scenarios
  • Practical: Breakaway Techniques.

Delivery methods

Acute Training Solutions strive to deliver an engaging and informative learning experience in a safe and inclusive environment. All of our training courses are delivered by experienced healthcare professionals across the UK. This healthcare training course is available via the following delivery methods…

This course can be delivered to a maximum of 15 delegates and can be tailored to meet your organisation's specific needs.

This course can be delivered via Zoom or MS Teams to a maximum of 20 delegates. Virtual sessions are most commonly used as refresher training sessions. Please note that there is no hands-on practical element in this training; practical elements are displayed using video examples.

Make an enquiry

Acute Training Solutions can provide tailored healthcare training to your organisation or team. To find out more about this course, please contact us on 02920 494 969 or complete the short online form below. A member of our team will be in touch right away.