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Duration: 1 hours 15 minutes
Modules: 11
Understand Your Responsibilities Relating to Health and Safety in the Work Setting
Understand Risk Assessment
Move and Assist Safely
Understand Procedures for Responding to Accidents and Sudden Illness
Understand Medication and Healthcare Tasks
Handle Hazardous Substances
Promote Fire Safety
Work Securely
Manage Stress
Disability Awareness
Sitting at your Workstation
Health and safety at work is the responsibility of both the worker and the employer, and is governed by legislation and local procedures.
This course examines the responsiblities that an employer has to its employees and the responsibilities that employees have to themselves and to the people they support.
In this course you will learn:
About your and your employer's responsibilities under health and safety legislation
What you must not do until you have been trained
The types of illness and accident that you might come across at work
When a risk assessment should be done
The steps to take in assessing risk
When and how to report hazards
What to do in an emergency
About the importance of following your organisation's medication procedures
What hazardous substances are and how to deal with them
How to reduce the risk of fire
How to help people stay safe in their own home or care setting
What is stress and how to deal with it
This course is aimed at:
New members of staff in Healthcare Support Worker roles
New members of staff in Adult Social Care Worker roles
Any staff members who provide direct care to patients or individuals needing support
This course will also be useful for:
Staff moving into new roles within their organisation
Refreshing the knowledge of any member of staff
Course Certificate
This course has been independently accredited as conforming to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) guidelines. Upon successful completion of this course you will automatically be awarded a certificate detailing the course name, completion date, CPD hours and learning objectives.You can download the certificate from your leaner account.
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