Safe Moving and Handling For Carers
Course Title: Moving and handling training for carers
Duration: 1 day ā 6 hours
Safe moving and handling in health and social care is a key part of the working day for most employees and poor moving and handling techniques can lead to musculoskeletal disorders and serious accidents. This Safe Moving and Handling For Carers course is the requirement for anyone who is caring for an adult.
Our mandatory Moving and Handling training course will provide learners with the correct moving and handling techniques you should follow, along with how moving and lifting people could be hazardous to both themselves and the service user.
Individuals will learn that any moving and handling must be carried out correctly and recognise the importance of this in ensuring a safer working environment for all.
The course is suitable for those who work in a job that requires to lift and move people on a regular basis, such as a care home role or a role working with the disabled.
As an employer, this course will help fulfil your legal obligation to provide training to all staff who are involved in the movement of people. The course is especially suited to environments such as:
- Residential and care home staff
- NHS staff
- Healthcare workers
- Ambulance staff and paramedics
- Home help and live in carers
Our Manual Handling Training course covers the following subjects:
- Introduction to manual handling
- What is manual handling
- The human body and the spine
- Common injuries
- Injury prevention and treatment
- Basic handling techniques ā tailored to the working environment
- Manual handling risk assessment
- Provision for varied practical content
- Legislation around the use of equipment in care
- Safe use of equipment
Assessment
Learners will be taught in a very practical, hands-on manner and will be assessed to ensure you have the required level of understanding of each element.
Certificates
Once learners have successfully completed training, they will receive a certificate of attendance.
This bespoke training certificate is valid for three years and for those in the care industry the Care Quality Commission require this to be maintained annually by attending a half day refresher course.
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Poppy Galbraith2024-04-18Amazing course!
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ian stone2024-04-04Optimal First Aid and Toby provided exceptional service. Their content was top-notch, presented in a manner that seamlessly integrates First Aid into real-life situations. This approach made the course highly engaging, instilling confidence in myself and our colleagues to effectively administer first aid should the situation ever arise.
Sal Thepal2024-03-28The Emergency First Aid at Work course with Toby was engaging, thought provoking and thorough. His life experience brought a realism and immediacy into the room. Excellent teaching.
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Jim Wilsher2024-03-26Toby and Erica ran a very well organised and hugely informative two-day course that I attended recently. Having people running the course with 'real' first-hand experience of administering first aid in the outdoors means the content is high quality, realistic and hands-on. I have been highly recommending the course to others and look forward to doing another one sometime. Thanks to the both of you.
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