Reading List

These sources support the course content and provide practical guidance for supervision, policy review and follow-up after incidents or near misses. Apply them through your home's procedures and current local risk assessments.

• HSE: How employers can protect workers from violence and aggression at work
  Primary workplace violence and aggression guidance used for this course.
• HSE: Violence in health and social care - overview
  Social-care-focused overview on work-related violence and aggression.
• HSE: Lone working - protect those working alone
  Practical lone-working guidance for isolated tasks and brief lone moments.
• HSE: Needlestick or sharps injuries in health and social care - overview
  Guidance on sharps risks and contamination awareness for staff.
• HSE: Managing the risk of needlestick or sharps injuries
  Practical steps on safer systems and reporting of sharps incidents.
• HSENI: Protecting your workers from violence and aggression
  Northern Ireland guidance and signposting for workplace violence.
• HSENI: Working in the health and social care sector
  Northern Ireland guidance covering violence, manual handling, sharps and sector risks.
• Children's homes regulations, including quality standards: guide
  England's residential regulations and expectations for safer care in children's homes.