Courses offered:

• Moving and Handling Traning
  • Patient Handling Training Course (1 Day)
  • Moving and Handling 5 Day Train the Trainer
  • Moving and Handling 2 Day Train the Trainer Update
  • Moving and Handling of Children
  • Hoist Training for Healthcare Workers
  • Object Handling Key Persons
• Care Skills Training
  • Infection Control
  • Essential Drug Administration
  • Nutritional Awareness
  • Diabetes Awareness
  • Urinary Catheter Care
• Promoting Clients Independence and Safety
  • Mobility Awareness
  • Falls Awareness Training
• Risk Management
  • Risk Assessment and General Health and Safety for Carers
  • Display Screen Assessments and Training

Risk Assessment and General Health and Safety for Carers (2 Day Course)

Aims and Intended Learning Outcomes

Learner should be able to:

• Describe the cost of incidents/accidents and the human, economic and legal reasons for preventing them
• Describe how reporting should be done internally and through R.I.D.D.O.R
• Describe relevant legislation and 'codes of practice' pertinent to the care profession
• Demonstrate skills & knowledge required to conduct risk assessments and identify risk control measures
• Demonstrate skills of recording risk assessment findings competently
• Describe briefly how accident/incident investigation
• Describe and be able to contribute to audit and review of health and safety systems
• Describe how effective health surveillance of staff works, and the importance of this role within the organisation

Assessment and Certification

The course assessment will comprise of:

• An informal 'test' on each day
• A completed risk assessment to be completed in the learner's own time and forwarded to their trainer

Upon successful completion of the course the learner will receive a certificate from Well Handled Ltd which is valid for two years.