Moving and Handling People Training

Section 1

In this opening section of this course, we look at how your back works and how easy it is to damage it. We look at good posture and balance and explain how slipped discs and back pain are caused. Knowing how intricate and perfectly designed your back is and exactly how the damage from poor posture and poor lifting technique builds up over time, will help you to understand how simple adjustments NOW will help avoid problems in years to come.

Section 2

In the second section of this course, we look at how to plan ahead. Before lifting or moving someone you need to plan ahead. Think about the person, think about yourself, think about what's going on around you. This section focuses on what there is to help you, from individual care plans, risk assessments, and specialist equipment through to planning ahead and clear communication.

Section 3

The final section of this course uses step-by-step guidance to explain how to perform twenty of the most common lifts and moves, such as helping someone to stand from sitting, helping someone who has fallen, rolling someone in bed and helping someone move from a bed to a wheelchair. The section includes moves and lifts using slidesheets, transfer boards and turntables, slings and hoists and covers the pre-use checks that should be done when using slings and hoists.