Course Content:

• Causes and effects of musculo-skeletal disorders
• Legislation and how it applies to manual handling at work
• Ergonomics and risk assessment
• Principles of safer manual handling
• Potential impact of poor manual handling practice
• Identifying high risk activities / manoeuvres

Expected Outcomes:

Instruction and training for safe moving and handling of children and activities related to working with children and young people.

• Staged lifting of small child to and from floor
• Small child assisted transfer from one surface to another e.g. chair, toilet, bed
• Manual lifting and carrying of a small child from one surface to another e.g. chair & bed
• Assisting small child to stand up or sit down
• Assisting a small child to walk
• Where participants move and handle babies, demonstrate appropriate principles of manual handling, when lifting and carrying a baby from one surface to another e.g. floor, cot, pram
• Where equipment is used demonstrate safe use including pre-use checks
• Activities of daily living with small children e.g. assisting with nutritional support, dressing or changing nappies
• Moving and handling play equipment or small furniture
• Emergency situations

During the training session participants will be given the opportunity to practice all relevant manoeuvres outlined above, or identify alternative tasks relevant to their area of work.