The individualised Care Plan approach”
Pamela Rose Associates is an accredited training centre for Open College Network.
The Trainers’ Course will therefore be a nationally Accredited Course and subject to internal and external verification systems.
The moving and handling trainers programme is for people wanting to teach moving and handling skills and principles within their place of work. All training fulfils the induction requirements as set out in the minimum care standards for the Care Standards Act. All training follows guidelines published by the Health and Safety Executive and National Back Exchange, in addition to professional bodies of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, the College of Occupational Therapy and the Royal College of Nursing. The course also meets the requirements of the All Wales Passport Scheme.
So what’s different about this course?
The course will be aimed at trainers working in community or individualised settings to enable them to design and deliver appropriate, suitable and sufficient training programmes for their staff. The training they deliver needs to be
Work specific and relevant
Cost effective
Proven to change policies and attitudes
Based on individual and person centred care plans
This approach to individualised training programmes and service user care planning meets government targets to expand more services into the community and other settings away from the traditional NHS and replaces the traditional blanket training of
Theory followed by standard practical sessions based in a classroom. Although the training is classroom based it will concentrate on scenarios and problem solving.
These workplace/employment settings may include
Community Care Agencies
Residential or Nursing homes
Homes for service users with dementia/learning difficulties
Individualised support
Sheltered Housing
School support work
Direct payment schemes for adults or children
Timing
The course will take place over 5 days in 2 sessions. The first 3 days will be about learning content appropriate to their work area. The second 2 days will be about delivery and teaching practice and evidence of course development. In the gap (4-6 weeks) between day 3 and 4 the candidates must gather a portfolio of evidence and develop teaching schemes and lesson plans for their work area and client group.
Prior to beginning the five-day training programme the potential trainers must;
Have volunteered for the post with the agreement of their Manager
Be very experienced and have recently been employed in a ‘Hands on’ capacity in their field
Be physically capable of demonstrating good practice
Have background knowledge of the minimum care standards required in their area of work
Have sufficient status and administrative skill to be able to influence organisational change
On completion of the course when a standard of knowledge and delivery MUST have been achieved the trainers must;
Promote service user independence and dignity, demonstrate good practice and be able to use equipment appropriate to their area of work
Be able to demonstrate knowledge of relevant legal influences in the field
Show an understanding of the ergonomic principles involved, and of the risk assessment processes required
Demonstrate a practical approach to moving and handling issues
Show they have the ability to work in a team with leadership and communication skills
Demonstrate they have the necessary skills to pass their knowledge on to others
Assessment process
There will be an assessment of the candidates’ ability to deliver sessions both theoretical and practical
There will be an assessment of the documentation produced i.e. lesson plans etc
All assessment will be subject to internal and external scrutiny
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the candidates will be able to;
Demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the underpinning legal influences in manual handling decision making
Identify the various responsibilities of both employer and employee
Identify and demonstrate key principles of safe manual handling tasks and accurately complete risk assessments and handling plans
Demonstrate an understanding of ergonomic problem solving including injury prevention and biomechanics
Identify methods of unsafe manual handling and why they are unsafe
State the principles of safely dealing with a falling and a fallen client
Be able to design and deliver moving and handling training courses to suit operational requirements
