Supporting lone workers

It’s important that employers establish a healthy and safe working environment for lone workers.

There are many adult social care roles where lone working might happen, for example, domiciliary care workers, personal assistants, live-in carers, drivers and overnight workers.

Our guide provides information about what works well for employers that employ staff who regularly work alone based on learning and recommendations from research conducted with adult social care employers that employ lone workers.

Supporting staff that regularly work alone

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Learn new ideas and make positive changes to your practice. It has top tips for best practice under key headings such as recruitment and retention, planning the workload, learning and development, health and safety, and supporting mental health and wellbeing.

Research into lone working

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Skills for Care commissioned York Consulting to carry out research with adult social care employers that employ staff who regularly work alone.

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