Course Duration: 55+ minutes
This CPD-certified Moving and Handling People Training course ensures that health and social care workers understand how to make all patient moves respectful, dignified and safe for everyone involved.
The 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.
| Course Duration | 55+ minutes |
|---|---|
| Approval body | CPD |
| Format | Fully online |
| Assessment | Multiple choice |
| Certification | Same-day digital certificate |
| Certificate Valid For | 3 years |
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.
The course certificate includes:
A CPD-certified moving and handling training certificate will be available for download and printing instantly upon course completion.
Users must complete an assessment before earning their certificate.
The end-of-course test is:
A score of 80% is required to pass.
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.
Safe Moving and Handling training for people working in care helps reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injuries and ensures patients and service users are supported with dignity.
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.
Moving and lifting people requires care, planning and the correct technique. Poor practice can place unnecessary strain on the back, shoulders and joints, while also increasing the risk of falls, discomfort or distress for the person being moved.
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 or 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 People training equips care sector workers with the essential knowledge and skills to move and handle people safely and ensure legal compliance.
This Moving and Handling People e-Learning training course is designed for carers, homecare workers, and other care sector workers responsible for moving and handling patients and other individuals. It also explains the different types of people handling care workers may be involved in, from supporting mobility and repositioning to assisting with transfers and using handling equipment safely.
The course also highlights unlawful techniques to avoid, ensuring both safety and compliance.
People Moving & Handling Training is an educational course designed to teach health and social care workers the correct and safe techniques for moving and handling people. It covers how to properly assess, plan, and execute various moves, including assistance with walking, sitting, standing, and transferring into vehicles.
Moving & Handling People Training is generally mandatory for employees in the health and social care sectors who are involved in the physical moving and handling of patients and service users. This training course also covers poor moving and handling practices to avoid that are often unsafe and illegal.
This Moving and Handling People training is essential for homecare workers, carers, and any other care sector workers who are responsible for moving and handling patients or service users. It is also crucial for employers in these sectors to provide this training to ensure their staff are equipped to handle individuals safely and in line with legal requirements.
The course is priced at £25 +VAT for a single trainee. Discounted prices are available if you’re looking to make a volume purchase – speak to one of our sales team to learn more.
The Moving and Handling People Training certificate expires after three years. It’s recommended to repeat training after this period to refresh your knowledge and keep current with legal standards and requirements.
Yes. This course is certified by the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Certification Service.
