Home visits

posted by Deborah on Mon, 17/09/2007 - 2:48pm
Hi I work for Age Cocern in Eastbourne and one of our activities that has taken off here is Computer Lessons. Because of this we have had a lot of requests from our clients to help set up computers in their own homes. I am a little worried about what we should and should not be doing and would love to here from other organisations that do run this service.
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On Wed, 26/09/2007 - 8:54pm
hi deborah do you mean in terms of risk assessment? volunteering england have a good risk assessment tool kit which you can use on their webiste in resources if so....
By daisydavey

On Fri, 28/09/2007 - 9:56am
Volunteering Australia have got a really good risk assesment guide as well http://www.volunteeringaustralia.org/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?id=129&nav_cat_id=164&nav_top_id=61
By Kate Bowgett

On Fri, 28/09/2007 - 12:25pm
Thanks for that. I have completed a risk assessment and can see all sorts of problems coming but was interested to know if any one does the same service and have found ways around them. I realise there is a market for this service, but I want to protect our volunteers and the charity.
By Deborah

On Thu, 18/10/2007 - 8:35am
you may need to look at lone worker risks and set up a code system for reporting back in within a certain time frame
By fran