Moving and Handling in Childcare

MOVING AND HANDLING IN CHILDCARE

COST: £30 per person or group rate of £250

LENGTH: 3 hours

VENUE: Throughout Northern Ireland

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: All those working in a child-care setting. Childminders, day-care workers, nursery school teachers

COURSE CONTENT:

• Legislation pertaining to Moving and Handling
• Spinal Anatomy
• Biomechanics
• Ergonomics - making a childcare setting safe.
• Risk Assessment
• Back Care - exercise and posture
• Reporting of incidents
• Unsafe lifts and how to avoid them
• Safe lifting technique of babies and toddlers