Moving and Handling
Lifting-related injuries are known by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to cause over a third of all workplace injuries. Unsafe techniques can cause you and the people you support a lot of harm.
Use this course to keep your knowledge up to date and to keep yourself and the people you support as safe as possible. We cover both manual handling and moving and handling of people.
Who should take this course?
This course has been designed specifically for Care and Support Workers working in a social care setting. It may also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know more about Moving and Handling or Manual Handling.
Accreditation
Course Content
- Define the term manual handling
- Describe the key terms in relation to assisting and moving individuals
- Describe the current legislation
- Identify agreed ways of working
- List a range of items of manual handling equipment and their uses
- Explain importance of keeping up to date on current techniques, equipment and legislation
- Describe the basic anatomy of the human body including the structure of the spine
- Describe potential injuries to the individual from failing to follow approved techniques
- Describe potential injuries to the worker from failing to follow approved techniques
- Describe the potential legal consequences of injuries to the individual
- Describe responsibilities of a worker’s own role
- Identify the limitations of a worker’s own role
- Describe the role of others
- Describe when advice or assistance should be sought
- Describe why preparatory checks are necessary
- List a range of precautions for infection prevention and control
- Describe the difference between formal and informal risk assessments
- Describe the steps that should be taken to ensure dignity
- Describe how the environment can be a barrier
- Describe ways to overcome environmental barriers
- Describe why it is important to communicate with the individual prior to assisting and moving
- Understand how to support the individual to prepare before assisting and moving - Describe why it is important to communicate with others prior to assisting and moving
- Understand how to support the individual to prepare before assisting and moving - Describe what factors should be taken into account if there is conflict
- Understand how to support the individual to prepare before assisting and moving - Describe where to seek advice and assistance if the individual’s wishes conflict
Aims of the Course
At the end of this eLearning you will be able to:
- Understand the key concepts of manual handling
- Identify various items of equipment and what they are used for
- Understand the impact of assisting and moving
- Understand your role and the roles of others in assisting and moving individuals
- Understand the requirements for preparing the environment prior to assisting and moving
- Understand how to support the individual to prepare before assisting and moving
- Have an awareness of the relevant legislation
- Understand health and safety relating to moving and handling
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Certification
If you sign in to your account on Click before you take this course, you will be able to take the assessment and immediately access/download your certificate upon completion, which looks like this:
Pricing
Choose a plan below that best suits your needs. If you would like to purchase more than 50 licences, contact us.
£4
Monthly Plan
- 7 days free access
- Includes ALL courses
- Full accessibility options in over 100 languages
- Training Matrix
- Licences can be recycled
- Price per learner, billed monthly by Direct Debit
- Upgrade to 12 or 24 Month Plan, any time
£2
24 Month Plan
- Get 50% discount on first 3 months by using coupon code Learning
- Includes ALL courses
- Full accessibility options in over 100 languages
- Training Matrix
- Licences can be recycled
- Price per learner, billed monthly by Direct Debit
£3
12 Month Plan
- Get 50% discount on first 3 months by using coupon code Learning
- Includes ALL courses
- Full accessibility options in over 100 languages
- Training Matrix
- Licences can be recycled
- Price per learner, billed monthly by Direct Debit
Accessibility
If you sign in to your account on Click before you take this course, you will be able to change the accessibility settings to suit your needs. This includes translation into 100+ languages, some of which can also be read out loud to you.
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