Moving & Handling Trainers Programme

Demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the underpinning legal influences in manual handling decision making.
Summarise the roles and responsibilities
of both employers and employees with
regard to manual handling.
Clarify own organisations policy and procedures.
Identify

• Identify and demonstrate key principles of safe manual handling tasks and accurately complete risk assessments and handling plans
• Demonstrate an understanding of ergonomic problem solving including injury prevention and biomechanics.
• Safely demonstrate a full range of manual handling techniques both with and without equipment.
• Demonstrate the ability to train other staff in manual handling practice and techniques
• Assess individual manual handling abilities whilst demonstrating an understanding of how behaviour, comprehension and ability can affect manual handling.
• Identify methods of unsafe manual handling and why they are unsafe.
• State the principles of safely dealing with a falling and a fallen client
• Be able to design and deliver moving and handling training courses to suit operational requirements

Having your own qualified onsite manual handling trainer has a host of benefits. Trainers can help minimise the incidence of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) in your organisation as MSDs are associated with poor manual handling and are the most commonly reported type of work-related ill health.

Prior to commencing the course the delegate must:
Have volunteered for the post
Be experienced in the practical hands on role in their organisation.
Have attended Moving & Handling Induction Training and have attended refresher training
Be physically capable of completing practical elements.
Have the time to complete necessary independent work.

Stuart Winward Training brings together a specialist team of trainers with over forty years combined experience having worked as Registered Nurses, Registered managers and Healthcare Professionals, Selected for their knowledge and real ‘hands on experience' within the Health & Social Care Sector
We are specialists in our field. We have worked and continue to work in the Health & Social Care Sector. We offer high quality courses designed to support you in fulfil your legal requirements and enhance the skills of your work force.
All Trainers hold :
Teaching and educational Qualifications
Professional Liability Insurance
Advanced Membership with National Back Exchange ( an independent organisation responsible for setting and maintaining standards of Moving & Handling )
"Advanced Membership provides an indication of the level of knowledge, skills and experience that our members possess" Recognises the Advanced member as a competent practitioner and confers professional status.
The training you deliver will be:
Work Specific
Cost Effective
Proven to change policies and attitudes
Proven to support you achieve 'compliance ' with Care Quality Commission' (CQC)
Based on Person Centred principles and supports you deliver Person centred systems.
This approach to individualised training programmes and person care planning meets government targets to expand more services into the community and other settings away from the traditional NHS and replaces the traditional blanket training of theory followed by standard practical sessions based in a classroom. Although the training is classroom based it will concentrate on scenarios and problem solving.
These workplace/employment settings may include:
• Acute hospital settings both NHS or private
• Community Care Agencies
• Residential or Nursing homes
• Homes for service users with Dementia/learning difficulties
• Individualised support
• Sheltered Housing
• Direct payment schemes

Yes, you will be issued with a trainers pack, giving you the resources to start immediately.