Moving People Safely

Description

3 - 4 hour course

A course for (unpaid) carers and volunteers who care for people with mobility problems

Gives learners the skills to protect their own backs

Course Contents:

The importance of safe manual handling

Basic Risk Assessments

Types of equipment designed to aid moving people safely

Use of a wheelchair

Safely moving people in and out of their wheelchair

Safely moving people in and out of a car

Use of banana boards and similar objects

Helping people get up out of their chairs

Helping people to walk by themselves, using sticks or zimmer frames where required

Benefits of this course:

This is a very practical course

36% of carers have injuries such as back pain, caused by their caring responsibilities

This course is there to help carers take care of themselves by showing them, and giving time to practice, techniques to aid the person they care for move by themselves where possible

CPD Accredited

This course is not an Ofqual regulated qualification, and has no accreditation attached.

Candidates will, however, receive a certificate of attendance, as seen to the left.