Course overview of Moving and Handling
Our Moving and Handling Course gives you confidence in assisting, positioning, and supporting people safely. When you apply correct handling practices, you protect yourself and those receiving care from avoidable harm.
This online training course covers safe moving and handling of people alongside core manual handling principles. By completing the course, you will explore safe handling techniques, practise with equipment, and develop the skills to apply safe systems of work in line with health and safety law.
Moving and Handling Training
This Moving and Handling training is part of our Adult Care Essentials bundle. It is included in the Skills for Care statutory and mandatory training guide. It is suitable for a range of healthcare settings, including residential care, domiciliary care, and specialist services.
This course is also available in our residential childcare bundle.
Course content
The Moving and Handling Training Course covers:
Key concepts of manual handling
- Define the term manual handling
- Define and explain the key terms commonly used when assisting and moving individuals
- Describe the current legislation
- Identify agreed ways of working
- List a range of manual handling equipment and explain their uses
Impact of assisting and moving
- Explain why you must stay updated on handling techniques, equipment, and legislation
- Outline the basic anatomy of the body, focusing on the spine and how it supports movement
- Identify possible injuries to individuals if safe handling practices are not followed
- Recognise the risks of injury to staff when approved techniques are ignored
- Explain the potential legal implications if an individual is harmed because of poor practice.
Roles and responsibilities
- Describe the responsibilities of your role
- Identify the limitations of your role
- Describe the roles of others in assisting and moving
- Recognise when to seek advice or assistance
Preparing the environment
- Describe why preparatory checks are necessary
- List a range of precautions for infection prevention and control
- Describe the difference between formal and informal risk assessments
- Take steps to maintain dignity during handling tasks
- Identify environmental barriers and describe how to overcome them
Supporting the individual
- Describe why it is important to communicate with the individual before assisting and moving
- Describe why it is important to communicate with others before assisting and moving
- Describe what factors should be taken into account if there is conflict
- Describe where to seek advice and assistance if the individual’s wishes conflict with safe practice
Already have your own LMS? You can purchase any of our courses as SCORM files to download and add to your own system.
Aims of Moving and Handling course
By the end of the training, you will:
- Understand the key concepts of manual handling
- Identify equipment and explain how it is used safely
- Recognise the impact of assisting and moving on health and safety
- Understand your role, the roles of others, and when to seek advice or assistance
- Prepare the environment safely before moving and handling tasks
- Support individuals to prepare before assisting and moving
- Apply relevant legislation and safe handling practices in daily work
- Promote safe moving and handling techniques to reduce the risk of injury
What audience is this online course suitable for?
This moving and handling training course is for Care and Support Workers working in a CQC Regulated social care setting. It may also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know more about moving and handling of people.
This course is also available in our residential childcare bundle.
Upon successfully completing the course, you will receive a digital certificate as proof of compliance.
If your organisation uses its own LMS, the course is also available as a SCORM file. Please contact us to discuss further.
