ABSTRACT
This chapter provides hints and tips for practice supervisors/assessors, academic assessors and Approved Education Institution to support the planning, implementation and evaluation of case load held practices for pre-registration midwifery students. It is best practice to have a contract in place to ensure the parameters of the case load held practice are clear and agreed by all parties, prior to the experience commencing. The contract will include a consent form for the woman, student and practice supervisor to sign before being stored in the woman’s notes. A risk assessment should be undertaken prior to the experience commencing. The risk assessment aims to mitigate against dangers that may present themselves to the student during the case load experience. A lone worker is defined as ‘someone who works by themselves without close or direct supervision’. All employers have a responsibility to provide training, supervision and support to lone workers.
