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Moving People Safely: Refresher

This course is an ideal refresher course for those working in areas where the assistance and movement of people is a prerequisite part of their role.

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About this course

Promoting positive moving and handling practice for those who assist in the moving and handling of people is one of the primary training areas for those environments that it effects. Muscular-skeletal injury is still one of the biggest causes of workplace ill health and those staff that are moving people are statistically at greater risk.

What does Moving People Safely: Refresher cover?

The course is a mix of theory and practical learning ensuring staff are up to date with best practices and uses of various equipment.

“All of our training courses are framed around person centred care principles, to promote confidence and competence in the staff team to best support those they work with. Our aim is to not only pass on subject knowledge but positively promote application of the training on a day to day basis by making our training enjoyable and engaging, relevant, memorable and applicable.” Able Training Awards Statement

Who is our Moving People Safely: Refresher for?

This refresher course is ideal for those staff that have undergone previous training or have on the job experience but are needing to update or refresh their moving people skills.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…

To define manual handling and its potential risks
To inform staff of manual handling legislation
Understand the nature of muscular skeletal injuries
Inform staff on how to perform a risk assessment when moving people or objects
Demonstrate good manual handling technique

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost?

Our prices are personalised to the company, including how many delegates, and location. Please make an enquiry to get a personalised quote with no hidden costs.

Where do you cover?

We cover the whole of the UK.

Do you offer virtual training?

Many of our courses can be adapted for both classroom settings or virtual platforms like zoom. Some courses that include a practical aspect can only be delivered in a classroom setting.

Are your courses certified/accredited?

All learners will receive a certificate for any course they complete. Some of our courses are in-house certified, some of our courses are regulated by Ofqual and others are accredited by other awarding bodies.

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I can say with all truth that this service is class A1. We have used there Breakaway Restraint/conflict management & also E-learning courses services for many years now & everything has been delivered professionally and extremely clearly with no problems.

I have been on several training courses run by this company over the last. Each time the trainer have been really good at making the course contact interesting and interactive. This certainly helps me to remember everything. Would recommend them.

I absolutely love attending training with Able Training. The courses are professionally prepared and delivered and the trainers are of a very high standard and are very engaging and knowledgeable. Awesome!

Fantastic training , I have participated in a number of courses over the last 12 months , each course has been very interesting and helpful to my role as a foster Carer , the information is presented in a interesting way and gets each point across effectively, I would highly recommend them ! I am looking forward to more in the near future .

Able training delivered Conflict management to our staff and they all found it extremely useful, feedback included; 'I really enjoyed this course, I found the facilitator very enthusiastic and passionate about the subject. The course was highly informative and I would recommend it. Thank you Able training!

Great 'Restraint training' course at Earlham Primary School in North London. Very professional and would highly recommend to other schools. Friendly, to the point, and tailored to our requirements. Thank you.

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We work with specialists including doctors, nurses, dietitians and psychologists to keep our courses up to date and relevant.

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courses

Our courses can be personalised to the individual setting to meet the unique needs of your company.

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UK

Training can be delivered at a venue of your choice or at one of our training locations across the UK.

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Whether you’re an established enterprise or a growing startup, we’ve got your training needs covered. Trusted by companies of all sizes including:
Alzheimer’s Society, Mind, Foster Care Associates, Nursing Midwifery Council and the Scouts.