Join us for an online seminar as we virtually welcome Dr Sophie Rutter from the Information School, University of Sheffield, to present Community care workers’ access to hygiene facilities: the right to working conditions which “respect health, safety and dignity”
Date: Tuesday 14th May 2024
Time: 12:30- 14:00 BST
Online event. Please click here to reserve your place on a Google form.
About the seminar
Article 31 of the EU Charter of Fundamental rights states that “Every worker has the right to working conditions which respect his or her health, safety and dignity.” Yet, the lack of hygiene facilities available to mobile workers, including community care workers, is a serious health and well-being concern. This presentation will report on a study of mobile workers’ access to hygiene facilities and the challenges of accessing hygiene facilities on the move, mobile workers’ hygiene needs, and where mobile workers are accessing facilities and how this is negotiated. The focus of the presentation will be on community care workers’ hygiene experiences, how the role impacts on their experiences, and the similarities and differences compared to other occupations.
About the presenter
Sophie Rutter is a senior lecturer at the Information School, University of Sheffield. She has conducted extensive research in the area of hand hygiene and access to hygiene facilities, investigating different user groups (school children, office workers, mobile workers) as well as developing novel evaluation methods. Her research investigates how people use information, so as to inform communication strategies and technology development. She is also interested in inclusive user research and is working on a project that aims to embed equality, diversity and inclusion in usability testing.
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Centre for Care Seminar Series
In this seminar series we invite colleagues, partners and experts, whose work aligns with the mission of our Centre, to share their work with us and our audiences, to deepen our understanding of the critical issues in social care in the UK and around the world.
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