People Moving & Handling Initial Training

Course Overview

This Safer People Handling (Manual Handling) Training course aims to minimize injury risks for those who provide physical care. It focuses on identifying best practices, proper techniques, and the essential requirements mandated by legislation and regulations.

Course Content

• Legislation, Regulations and Duty of care
• Employer's responsibilities
• Employee's responsibilities
• Safe systems of work.
• Risk Assessment
• Anatomy, posture and knowing limitations
• Hoisting and correct sling identification and use
• Skin viability issues
• Safe working practices
• Wheelchair use and problem solving
• Practical demonstration of safe practices
• Slide sheets, rolling, slide boards, handling belts, assisted standing and sitting

Who is this course for?

The course is suitable for anyone in the care sector. More specifically, for anyone who is directly involved in the safe moving and handling of people

• Carers
• Support staff
• School teachers
• Foster Carers
• Parents and family members
• Volunteers

Why Choose Jigby?

Our highly skilled training team have years of sector knowledge & experience in all aspects of behaviour management. Trainers that are still active within the role.

No Death by power-point all our courses are learner-focused, fully interactive and outcome-based

We use the latest interactive technology to support learning and continued learning.

A training provider you can rely on with ongoing support after your training