Lone Worker Training: Five insights from our experience

Our Lone Worker Training Course is designed to help your team to properly carry out and follow risk assessments in regard to their work. They will learn about Lone Worker Protection safe systems of work, including the best ways to use a lone worker alarm or lone worker safety device. We are specialists in personal safety skills and your team will learn systems for their own protection in the event of facing violence in public-facing roles.

Your staff will meet these Lone Worker Training Outcomes:

The context of Lone Worker Personal Safety in your work environment.
Health and Safety Implications of Lone Working Personal Safety – Safe Systems Of Work
How to minimise the likelihood of an incident occurring in the community by detecting ‘Pre- Incident Indicators’
How to recognise the cues prior to a person becoming very aggressive or violent
Appropriate ways of using body language and subtle barrier signals to improve safety
Verbal Defuse Strategies which de-escalate and reduce risk of violence.
Time, Distance and Opportunity in relation to Exit/Escape route Proximity
The rights, responsibilities and implications of using force to disengage or defend oneself.
Decision-making under pressure and Fear Management techniques
Understanding how to use Lone Worker Personal Safety Alert Devices most effectively.

Our team developed this 1-day Lone Worker Training course in response to a number of clients – including NHS Trusts, Housing Organisations and Local Government Departments – who needed a training course which comprehensively addressed the needs of Lone Working in the Community.

Personal Safety, Conflict Management and Physical Restraint Training and Advice from Sector Experts at Dynamis and Director of Training Gerard O'Dea.