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Hi all,
I agree with the other comments posted ref the ladders.
Staying on the lone working issues?
I have experienced in the past where my friends daughter who works as a carer for special needs personnel which involves sleepovers etc.
On general conversation she was informing me that her only means of alarm is a mobile phone in the event of an emergency and that on previous occasions it was not possible for her to contact the control room or there was no answer.
I feel this an accident waiting to happen along with inadequate control measures.
I would appreciate some views on the above please
Thanks
Gary
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She needs to take this up with her employer - I appreciate that this is NOT easy in these times - as she should have some good means of raising an alarm with fire being lower on the hazard list compared to other things in such a place
As for the various gov departments who are supposed to evaluate such areas = well enough said
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The answer is wholly dependent on the foreseeable risk and the nature of potential "emergency"
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Hello Gary,
Having just created a lone working policy and mechanism for my own employer surely this falls down with respect to the HSE guidance document? Especially the requirement to still have the capability to supervise the lone worker. IMO they should have some form of out of hours monitoring, not knowing the condition of the clients that she deals with, could your friends daughter be in a situation where she may be exposed to violence?
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In each instance a care plan should have been produced, within each plan there should be the risks related to care of the individual, expected care outcomes and the appropriate measures to enable effective care, safety etc. This is based around the individuals condition and their situation.
There should be a separate risk assessment for safety of the employee, this would take in a broader set of potential concerns, including violence, fire, unattended illness of rapid onset, local environment, etc.
A mobile phone will be perfectly acceptable in many situations as a control measure to mitigate a range of minor risks, but this depends entirely on the care plan and the risk assessment.
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Hi GaryC
My own daughter recently resigned from a personal care job with a reputable national charity to avoid having to work alone at night with no effective backup or support in a home housing male residents with unstable mental conditions who at times mixed their medication with drink and alcohol. Other female carers locked themselves in the office all night, and on occasions staff were expected to work 24 hour shifts to cover absences. You are right to be concerned. I suspect that some charities have taken on such work without properly assessing funding needs and have failed to assess risks.
We can all point to what should be in place, but I fear that this is an issue of funding.
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Thanks for the advice and I agree with you all, as mentioned I was concerned due to the things she was saying.
With some situations where violence was involved and I couldn't believe the only means of alarm to this situation was a mobile.
Lets say there is a big shortfall and a severe lack of control measures
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