Lone Working in Educational Settings
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Lone Working in Educational Settings

Lone working is common in many educational job roles, including teachers, caretakers, administrative staff, and outreach workers. Although lone working can be safe, it poses specific challenges that must be resolved to safeguard the health and security of staff undertaking this role.

This course provides an introduction and overview of what lone working is, the risks it involves, and how the appropriate steps can be taken to manage these areas within UK legislation and for best practice.

Pricing and how to buy

Cost is calculated according to the number of staff you wish to train.

For 1 user
£30 + VAT
Max numbers reached

You can choose to pay by invoice or by credit card. With either payment option the service will be made available to you immediately.

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Frequently asked questions

What is covered in this course

  • Understanding lone working
  • Identify the risks associated with lone working in educational settings
  • Know the relevant UK legislation governing lone working
  • Learn how to implement a safe system of work for lone workers
  • Apply the above learning outcomes to practical case studies

Time to complete course:
Maximum 30 minutes

CPD points: 0.5

  • Access anytime during your 12-month licence
  • Access anywhere 24/7/365
  • 3D animation, video & voiceover
  • Course notes
  • Training for individuals & groups
  • Includes support for all staff
  • Tracked for compliance
  • Downloadable CPD certificate

Compliance & Certificate

Certificate Example

With content produced by our subject specialists, you can be confident that all your staff are trained to the very latest best practice standards and compliant with statutory requirements on inspection.

All certificates attained are stored in your admin dashboard and fully accessible when you need them.

Who should complete this training

Our training is applicable to the following educational settings:

  • Primary Schools
  • Primary Academies
  • Secondary Schools
  • Secondary Academies
  • Private Nurseries
  • Maintained Nurseries
  • Public Schools
  • Free Schools
  • Pupil Referral Units
  • SEND Schools

To fulfil the latest HM Government statutory guidance, training is advised for the following roles:

  • Head Teachers
  • Senior Leaders
  • Staff undertaking lone working roles

Course Material Preview

All our course content is authored by our safeguarding subject specialists and tailored to meet statutory and non-statutory guidance.

Course participation is maximised through our use of stunning 3D animation, providing an engaging experience for the learner.

What's your training style?

Staff can train individually by accessing their own training account or collectively as part of a group using Group Training Mode at INSET. Both of these options are included in our platform.

Please note any users attending a Group Training session must be registered as a user on our platform.

Individual Training

  • Certificates awarded to staff
  • Staff complete training in their own time, on their own device
  • Complete training as a group at INSET

Group Training

  • Certificates awarded to staff
  • Staff complete training in their own time, on their own device
  • Complete training as a group at INSET
Find out more about Group Training

How does it work?

The Admin dashboard

https://admin.ssslearning.co.uk

Our system requires no complicated setup. From the Admin Dashboard simply copy and send an invitation email to your staff with the login details for your school or academy. Once your staff commence training, all progress, results and CPD certificates are presented in the Admin Dashboard as evidence of training.

The Training site

https://training.ssslearning.co.uk

Staff complete a course individually via any PC, Mac, smartphone or tablet or as part of a group at INSET. Each course is made up of an engaging multimedia presentation created using 3D animation, comprehensive course notes and a fully tracked multiple-choice assessment. On completion, staff can view and print their CPD accredited certificate.

All courses are kept up-to-date with any changes in legislation or policy ensuring practice in your school or academy is compliant with current requirements.

Support for you and your staff

We are very proud of our customer service standards which are unrivalled, with full support for your staff, if needed, 7 days a week 8am until 10pm.

We have a 5 star LiveChat rating and always respond to support emails within minutes.

Frequently asked questions

Created by experts

It's created by experienced education leaders and safeguarding specialists who understand the realities of schools, academies and trusts.

It's more than training

It's safeguarding and duty of care courses, specialist support, policy resources, concern management, and ongoing legislative update

It's always current

We monitor safeguarding legislation, statutory guidance and emerging risks so your training and resources remain up to date throughout your licence period.

We are here to support you and your team when you need it

Questions don't always arise during the school day. Our specialist team is available seven days a week until 10pm to provide advice and support when you need it most.

It offers clear reporting with less administration

You can easily track training, monitor compliance, access certificates and generate reports from one central platform, making it easier to demonstrate safeguarding oversight and evidence training on OFSTED inspection.

It supports every level of your organisation

Whether you're a Headteacher, DSL, Business Manager, Governor, Trustee or Trust Leader, SSS provides the training, tools and support needed to strengthen safeguarding across your organisation.

You'll have immediate access to the course. You can choose to pay by invoice or by credit card. This means your staff can't start training straightaway.

It's easy, there are 2 ways you can do this after you have purchased a course licence:

  1. Once you have purchased a licence you'll receive an email with login details for the admin dashboard (https://admin.ssslearning.co.uk). To issue training to staff log in and follow the wizard to issue a course.
  2. If someone else is going to issue courses to staff, you can log in to the admin dashboard and add them as an admin user. They will then be able to access their own training and issue courses to other members of staff.

We'll email your activation key to you. All you need to do is login to your admin dashboard (http://admin.ssslearning.co.uk) and here you can issue training to your team.

No - you don't need to complete our courses in one session.

Our system tracks and saves progress, enabling you to access / resume the course to fit around your workload.

Our courses can be accessed at https://training.ssslearning.co.uk - 24/7/365

You'll have access to this course for 12-months from the date of purchase.

Yes - from the admin dashboard you can view all certificates and run a variety of reports:

Included as standard are the following reports which will appear in tabs on the downloaded spreadsheet:

Full report

All data in one tabbed spreadsheet for you to review.The Full report gives you the option to download a collection of reports into one spreadsheet, including any reports that you have saved. The full report includes:

  • Latest certificates
  • Full certificate history
  • Current certificates
  • Recommended revalidations
  • Statutory revalidations

Staff reports

You can run a report for individual or selected members of staff and see which courses they have completed.

Course completions

You can run a report by course title and easily identify who has completed the course.

Document reading

You can run a report to see which documentation staff have read including the date and time each document was read. You can also filter by name or by a particular document.

Saved reports

You can also create and save your own bespoke reports which can be scheduled and emailed to you.

The course can be completed by individuals or collectively in groups.

Using Group Mode you can create fully tracked Group Training sessions which facilitates collective e-learning and discussion as part of a group.

Group Mode is perfect for learners that prefer group work and a fantastic way to engage in training together as a team promoting discussion and positive learning outcomes. It's so easy to use and sessions can be set up in just a few minutes.

Yes - this course can be purchased individually and is also included as part of the Safeguarding Suite.

Our Safeguarding Suite makes full compliance with requirements simple, with a high-quality, cost-effective single training solution for your whole school or academy.

The Safeguarding Suite includes access to all our courses.

You can choose to pay by invoice or by credit card. With either payment option the service will be made available to you immediately.

Pricing and how to buy

Cost is calculated according to the number of staff you wish to train.

For 1 user
£30 + VAT
Max numbers reached

You can choose to pay by invoice or by credit card. With either payment option the service will be made available to you immediately.

Compare with the Safeguarding Suite

Why not consider the Safeguarding Suite, which makes full compliance simple with access to all our courses (70+ courses included)?

View the Safeguarding Suite
Cardstream Crown
in partnership with Barclaycard