Assisting and Moving People Induction – Children’s Services

About the Course

Course Duration

This is a two-day programme designed for all new starters and staff who have not attended training for an extended period of time. A one day course can be provided on request.

Course Aim

• To enable you to move, assist and position children as part of their care and support plan
• To promote the risk reduction strategy as identified through the child’s risk assessment in diverse settings, and with consideration to wide and varied abilities
• To enable you to select and use appropriate techniques and equipment when assisting a child during both planned and unpredictable occurrences, and identify situations when assistance is not appropriate

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the session, the learner will be able to:

• Describe the role of workers and others in relation to assisting and moving
• Prepare an environment before assisting and moving
• Support the child to prepare before assisting and moving
• Assist and move a child in accordance with the relevant risk assessment and care plan
• Report and record changes that may affect the child’s care and support plan for assisting and moving
• Demonstrate appropriate methods to use when working at floor level
• Assist appropriately a child who is falling
• Assist appropriately a child who has fallen
• Maintain and update records for assisting and moving, including those which relate to assisting and moving falling or fallen individuals
• Assist a child to sit, stand and walk safely
• Apply safe handling practices to assist children to move in and around their bed or a changing table
• Describe the range, selection, safe use, and maintenance requirements of mechanical beds, wheelchairs, hoists and slings

Course Content

• Introduction to relevant legislation
• Risk assessment, and how it applies to manual handling of children
• Basic principles of Back Care
• Holds and positions
• Assisting a child to stand with a range of support levels, with both one and two carers
• Assisting a child to sit with a range of support levels, with both one and two carers
• Use of transfer devices, including rota stands and transfer boards
• Assisting a child to roll on a bed, with both one and two carers
• Use of profiling beds
• Use of a slide sheet to assist a child to roll
• Use of slide sheets and other aids to move up a bed
• Assisting a child in and out of bed
• Health and safety features of hoists and slings, including pre-use checks
• Sling application in a chair
• Sling application on a bed and/or the floor
• Hoisting from beds and chairs
• Use of slide sheets to assist with dressing
• Working with children on the floor