- Manual Handling
- Basic Life Support
- Fire Safety
- Preventing Radicalisation
- Infection Control
- Health & Safety inc RIDDOR
- Equality & Diversity
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
- Counter Fraud & Bribery
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Children
- Complaints Handling
- Information Governance
- Conflict Resolution
- Lone working
- Food Safety
Basic Life Support
- Know how to assess the collapsed victim
- Learn how to perform chest compression and rescue breathing
- Know how to deal with a person who is choking
- Be able to place an unconscious person in the recovery position
- Understand your legal obligations under the first aid regulations
People Moving & Handling
- Health and Safety at Work 1974
- Manual Handling Regulations 1999
- Duty of care
- Moving and handling assessments
- Basic principles of safer handling
- Company handling policy
- Anatomy
- Unsafe moves
- Working with equipment
- Moving and transferring
Safeguarding Adults
- Definition of Safeguarding
- Understanding what makes an adult vulnerable and open to abuse
- Different types of abuse
- Recognising the signs of abuse
- Symptoms relating to abuse
- Dealing effectively with abuse
- Legislation
- Reporting and record keeping
People Moving & Handling
- Safe practice and keeping children safe
- The recognition of Child Abuse
- How to respond to concerns
- Who to contact with concerns
- Legislation and guidance
- Fulfilling your ‘Duty of Care’
Infection Prevention & Control
- Explain what a healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) is and how these infections spread
- Describe the impact healthcare-associated infections have on patients, your duty of care to patients and management in the workplace that can prevent the spread
- Describe how healthcare staff can help prevent infections from spreading
- Explain what a sepsis is
- Describe how hand hygiene, personal protective equipment management of blood, body fluids, sharps, the environment and care equipment helps prevent the spread of infection
- Know about roles and responsibilities with infection preventionDefinition of Safeguarding
- Understanding what makes an adult vulnerable and open to abuse
- Different types of abuse
- Recognising the signs of abuse
- Symptoms relating to abuse
- Dealing effectively with abuse
- Legislation
- Reporting and record keeping
Health & Safety ( inc, RIDDOR & COSHH)
- Understand their own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, 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
Food Safety
- Introduction to Food Safety
- Hazards associated with Food Safety
- Food poisoning and contamination
- HACCP
- Temperatures
- Personal Hygiene
- Allergies and Intolerances
- Premises, Equipment and Pest Control
- Cleaning and Disinfecting
- Legislation and requirements
Fire Safety
- Fire Law & Legislation
- Employees Responsibilities
- Fire Hazards & Risks
- Common causes of fire
- Detection
- Action on discovering a fire
- Fire Safety Management
- Fire Fighting Equipment
Information & Governance
- Information in Healthcare
- Principles
- Freedom of Information
Equality & Diversity
- What does Equality & Diversity mean?
- Understanding Individual needs
- Respecting Individual needs
- Equality & Diversity and the Law
- How to promote Equality & Diversity
Lone Working
- To heighten awareness regarding the health and safety issues associated with lone working
- To identify the responsibilities of both lone workers and employers
- To promote safe practices for lone working
Preventing Radicalisation
- Better understand what makes people vulnerable to radicalisation
- Know your responsibilities and recognise indicators that radicalisation might be taking place
- Understand what extremism and radicalisation are and why it is important to discuss and address these
Lone Working
- Gain an understanding of what fraud is
- Examine fraud by failing to disclose information
- Examine how and why one might Contact a Counter Fraud Specialist
- Examine the National Fraud Initiative (NFI)
Conflict Resolution & Complaints Handling
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- Demonstrate how to respond to comments and complaints in line with legislation and agreed ways of working;
- Describe who to ask for advice and support in handling comments and complaints;
- Explain the importance of learning from comments and complaints to improve the quality of service;