Health and Safety Coaching for Homeworkers Overview

This course provides essential knowledge and practical skills to support the health, safety, and wellbeing of individuals who work from home. You’ll explore the types of roles typically carried out by homeworkers and the unique challenges they face. Through clear and simple guidance, you’ll learn how to identify risks, carry out home-based risk assessments, support mental health, and understand legal duties. By the end, you’ll feel confident in helping create a safe, healthy, and productive home working environment.

Learning Outcomes

• Define who homeworkers are and describe their work.
• Identify common occupations performed from home.
• Recognise health and safety risks in home-based work.
• Apply basic practices to ensure safe home working.
• Support the mental wellbeing of remote workers.
• Identify typical health and safety hazards at home.
• Conduct simple risk assessments for home-based roles.
• Understand the legal responsibilities relating to homeworkers.
• Monitor and maintain contact with remote workers.
• Promote a positive and safe work-from-home culture.

Who Is This Course For

This course is ideal for team leaders, managers, health and safety officers, HR professionals, and anyone responsible for the wellbeing of employees working from home. It is also suitable for self-employed individuals and small business owners looking to improve their own home working environment.

Eligibility Requirements

There are no formal entry requirements for this course. It is designed for anyone with an interest in supporting the health and safety of homeworkers, regardless of prior experience.

Entry Requirements

• Age Requirement: Applicants must be 16 or older, making the course accessible to both young learners and adults.
• Academic Background: No prior qualifications required, open to all backgrounds.
• Language Proficiency: A good understanding of English is essential, as all lessons are in English.
• Numeracy Skills: Basic writing and numeracy skills are needed to follow the course content.

Why Choose Us

• Affordable, engaging & high-quality e-learning study materials;
• Tutorial videos/materials from the industry-leading experts;
• Study in a user-friendly, advanced online learning platform;
• Efficient exam systems for the assessment and instant result;
• The UK & internationally recognised accredited
• Access to course content on mobile, tablet or desktop from anywhere, anytime;
• The benefit of career advancement opportunities;
• 24/7 student support via email.
  

Career Path

This course supports career development in roles focused on workplace safety, employee wellbeing, and remote work management. It is particularly beneficial for those in HR, health and safety advisory roles, team leadership, and small business management, where understanding home working environments is key.