security and lone working

• lone workers are individuals who work in community in a separate location to their team or manager
• lone working policy enables safe systems to be developed by helping staff identify the risks and consider appropriate ways to reduce risks
• risks of lone working


  staff are often required to work at all hours, including late at night
• risks of lone working


  social workers may have to take children away from home, intense and emotional experience for children, parents and social workers
• risks of lone working

  personal care staff can be mistaken for health visitors carrying drugs and may be attacked
• risks of lone working


  personal care staff are often on foot and have regular patterns of visits, may make them more vulnerable as targets for assault