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.

