Description
Overview
This Moving and Handling People eLearning course is aimed at people working in health and social care who have people in their care that have mobility issues. The course outlines the dangers and legislation that applies to moving and handling people as well as showing a range of techniques and equipment that can be used. The course also highlights the importance of proper risk assessments and care plans.
A standardised, endorsed, national core curriculum is a key means to deliver cost-effective training with minimised retraining as people move between organisations.
This course aims to help prevent injury to healthcare staff. In health and social care, work often involves manual handling, so knowing how to do it safely is very important for staff both at work and at home.
To achieve the Level 2 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work (QCF), learners must achieve 1 credit from the single mandatory unit. This qualification is not graded successful learners achieve a pass.
Course Modules
Module 1: Introduction to manual handling
Module 2: Your back & you
Module 3: Your back & your posture
Module 4: Risk assessment
Module 5: Principles of safer manual handling.
What will learners get out of it?
- How to promote compliance with relevant regulations and guidelines – both national and local
- How to assess and minimise workplace risks
- Understanding of how to reduce negligence, accidents and incidents to patients, service users, and visitors.
Advantages
Having training in moving and handling people can ensure that you do not injure yourself or someone in your care.
Online training is flexible, efficient and cost effective meaning the candidate can progress through the modules at their own pace and in their own time, so they can fit the training in around their work and personal life.
Further Progression
There are a lot of courses in our health and social care suite that would make great follow ups to this course and if you are in the adult social care sector then they would all provide valuable additions to your knowledge.
Specific topics that compliment this directly are Stroke Awareness and Dementia Awareness.
Accreditations & Endorsements
This course was originally commissioned by the Department of Health (DH) and endorsed by the National Back Exchange (NBE).
This Course Includes:
Total Duration
150 Minutes
Delivery Method
Online Training
Who is it for?
People working in Health and Social care roles including health care and residential or nursing
homes.
Assessment:
The modules are followed by a multiple choice assessment designed to test learners’ understanding of the course.
Learning progress and test results can be tracked by managers for internal development and learners can keep a certificate of completion for CPD.
Core Skills Framework:
This course meets the outcomes for level 1 of the framework.
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