TCR Training

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Target Group:
This programme is for all staff who are required to move/transfer babies, children and young people.

Course Content

• Legal and professional responsibilities
• Choice, rights and how these are addressed through the risk assessment and reconciled
• Working at child height level
• Two person assisted handling
• The non weight bearing child and moving and handling
• Children with variable muscle tone requiring special handling techniques
• Risk Assessment and safe positioning for staff who are supporting children in fixed positions for periods of time
• Assisting children with physical disabilities in and out of vehicles
• Dressing children with restricted movement
• Compliance which may affect moving and handling-behaviour, comprehension, speech
• Legislation and appropriate use of equipment
• Moving and  Handling Risk Assessment and Analysis

Aims

• To comply with legal obligations relating to moving and handling
• To assess risk when assisting a child to move
• To develop safer moving and handling practice

Objectives:

• A working knowledge of health and safety and other relevant legislation, guidance and local policies in order to ensure compliance
• An understanding of the application of safe principles of moving and handling as it pertains to current work practices and methods  
• Knowledge and understanding of safer handling techniques including current good practice moves and awareness of equipment available
• A working knowledge and understanding of safe principles as outlined in policy guidance and training when working with powered equipment and small handling aids
• An ability to assess moving and handling activities and identify practical solutions to  reduce risk
• Ability to comply with organisation documentation, recording and reporting systems
• A working knowledge of how good back health contributes to a healthy spine

Contact TCR for further information and quote price code: C.