Course Name: Moving & Handling People Training
Understand how to move and handle individuals safely and effectively. This Moving and Handling of People Training course provides comprehensive guidance for moving patients and service users in healthcare settings. It explains how to properly assess, plan and carry out the moving and handling of people, including assistance with walking, dressing, getting up and vehicle transfers.
Certified by CPD, this course ensures that health and social care workers understand how to make all patient moves respectful, dignified and safe for everyone involved.
The Course Includes:
Learning Outcomes:
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Moving & Handling People Training
£25.00 +VAT
| Courses | Price per Course |
|---|---|
| 1 - 14 | £25.00 |
| 15 - 24 | £22.00 |
| 25 - 34 | £20.00 |
| 35 - 44 | £18.00 |
| 45 - 59 | £15.00 |
| 60 - 69 | £14.00 |
| 70 - 89 | £12.00 |
| 90 - 99 | £10.00 |
| 100 - 200 | £9.50 |
Description
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This Handling and Moving of People course is designed for care sector workers responsible for moving and handling individuals. It provides users with a comprehensive knowledge of the legal requirements, injury risks and best practices for moving and handling people.
The course also highlights unlawful techniques to avoid, ensuring both safety and compliance.
According to statistics from the Health and Safety Executive, employees in the health and social care industry report the most cases of work-related ill health, which includes musculoskeletal disorders, a common consequence of unsafe lifting.
Untrained workers are significantly more likely to injure themselves and the person being moved. They can also cause patients humiliation, discomfort or stress.
This course explains how care workers can perform their moving and handling duties safely, respectfully and in line with the relevant legislation.
Employers in health and social care sectors have a legal and moral obligation to ensure a safe environment for all workers, patients and service users.
As part of this duty, they must risk assess all moving and handling tasks and ensure employees are provided the necessary equipment and training to carry out their work safely.
Employees also have a responsibility to follow agreed procedures, use equipment properly and apply their training when moving and handling people.
Several pieces of legislation govern the responsibilities of employers and employees in the care industry. These include:
Failure to comply can put employees and people using care services at greater risk and lead to fines, penalties and legal action.
This Handling and Moving of People training equips care sector workers with the essential knowledge and skills to move and handle people safely and ensure legal compliance.
Single Module
45+ Minutes
This course contains the following sections:
Introduces the five key principles of safe moving and handling in care environments and why they’re essential to follow.
Lists the legislation that employers and employees must comply with when moving and handling people in health and social care.
Highlights the most common injuries that care workers and service users suffer during unsafe moves.
Explains how to use specialised equipment to safely assist individuals and minimise injury risks during moves.
Describes best practices for ensuring the safety of both care workers and individuals during moving and handling tasks.
Explains how to communicate with service users to ensure moves are safe, comfortable and respectful.
Describes techniques to safely assist individuals with sitting down and standing up.
Explains how to minimise injury risks while helping a person walk.
Explains how to move and reposition people in bed safely and professionally.
Describes safe and respectful techniques for assisting individuals with dressing and undressing.
Describes how to safely assist individuals when transferring into and out of vehicles.
Describes how to help someone who has fallen and minimise risks of further injury.
Highlights unsafe and illegal techniques that pose a severe risk of injury.
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Users must complete an assessment before earning their certification.
The end-of-course test is:
A score of 80% is required to pass.
The course certificate includes:
A CPD-certified certificate will be available for download and printing instantly upon course completion.
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