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New Client Home Visit Risk Assessment

A practical resource for independent support workers completing a first home visit with a new client.

This free download covers how to prepare for the visit, identify relevant worker safety risks, set up lone-worker arrangements, and manage issues such as animals, other people in the home, environmental hazards and live location sharing without unnecessarily intruding on the participant’s privacy or dignity.

It also includes a ready-to-use Pre-Visit Risk Check to help workers document the information they actually need before attending.

Free download for independent support workers.