In health and social care, there are many occasions where you or your staff may need to physically handle or move a service user, particularly those with health or mobility issues. Safe and proper people handling keeps staff healthy and injury-free, while ensuring service users are treated with dignity and respect.
This course reviews the relevant legislation, the importance of conducting risk assessments, and safe equipment use, before covering the best practices to keep in mind whenever you move or handle a person.
You will learn:
- Why people handling training is so important to any organisation where someone may need physical assistance.
- The pieces of legislation that you should review.
- The two types of risks that exist wherever people need to be handled.
- Examples of the equipment you may encounter when moving or handling people.
- Best practices to keep in mind when handling people.
- How to identify hazards and risks.
This course forms part of our Care courses, and pairs well with our Health & Safety training.
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