“I love being home. It’s great. Just to be myself again. And it’s great being home. I can do what I want when I want. My home is also a workplace.”
Managing Risk
providing attendant care
In this site:
Service User / Participant: client, consumer
Support Worker: a paid person who assists people with a disability to perform tasks of daily living
This website provides guidance on key considerations when delivering support.
It is recommended that specific areas of the website are used in relation to individual concerns for an individual.
Attendant Care
Support Workers provide assistance for people with disabilities to perform tasks they would normally be doing for themselves.
Managing Risk
This site is about managing risk in providing attendant care to achieve Support Worker and Participant health and safety.
THE EXPERIENCE OF ATTENDANT CARE
What is attendant care like? The shock of having people coming into your home. Your home a workplace. You are still grieving. Everyone is effected.
See the companion site: Living With Attendant Care
WORK HEALTH & SAFETY TOOLS
EXPLORING HAZARDS AND RISKS
For each risk factor there are things you can consider in order to minimise the risk.
DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES
To ensure Support Worker and Particpant safety in disasters and emergencies requires....
TIPS FOR WORKING SAFELY
You have a right to be safe at work. You and the Participant both have a right to be safe during a service.
WORKER SAFETY SELF-ASSESSMENT
This is a short check list to help you see that you are working safely. It takes about 5 minutes to complete
