Health and Safety in a Care Setting | E-Learning

Health and Safety in a Care Setting | E-Learning

A care home is both a workplace and someone’s home. Health and safety obligations span both.

Care homes differ fundamentally from other workplaces. The people living in them have rights as residents that must be respected alongside the occupational health and safety obligations owed to staff, visitors and contractors. Managing health and safety in this environment requires an understanding of both, and of the legislation that governs each.

This CPD-approved online course provides an introduction to health and safety specifically in the context of care settings, including the legislation that applies, the responsibilities of management and employees, and the practical hazards that staff are most likely to encounter. It covers common hazardous situations, emergency procedures and aspects of the work environment that affect staff welfare, giving care workers the foundational knowledge they need to work safely and to support safe conditions for the people in their care.

What You Will Learn

The legislative and regulatory framework

• The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and how it applies in care settings
• The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999: risk assessment, safe systems of work and employer responsibilities
• The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992: specific relevance to care environments
• The Care Act 2014 and CQC fundamental standards as they relate to health and safety
• Reporting and recording obligations under RIDDOR 2013

Responsibilities and systems

• The health and safety responsibilities of care home management versus individual employees
• Developing safe systems of work in a care environment
• Risk assessment in practice: how to identify hazards, assess risk and apply appropriate controls

Common hazards and emergency situations

• Manual handling and moving and assisting residents: the most significant injury risk in care settings
• Slips, trips and falls: prevention and response
• Infection control as a health and safety issue
• Managing medication safely
• Violence and aggression from service users: risk assessment and de-escalation
• Fire safety and emergency evacuation, including evacuation of residents with limited mobility
• Emergency situations and the correct response

Staff welfare

• Stress and mental health at work: recognition and support
• Working hours, rest breaks and fatigue management

Course Details

Certificate:

• PDF format certificates are issued as standard, as soon as you complete the course.

Course duration:

• The course includes around 80 minutes of video lead learning.

Test:

• This Health and Safety in a Care Setting course is tested online & you’ll need to gain a minimum of 70% in each of the modules to pass.
• You will undertake a multiple choice exam at the end of the course with short tests throughout to help cement your learning.

Pre-requisites:

• We recommend that you have a reasonable understanding of English & maths (e.g. GCSE grade D/Level 1) before undertaking this course.

Candidates:

• Purchase a place for yourself, or purchase a bundle for your colleagues.

Geographical coverage:

• The Health and Safety in a Care Setting course is available to candidates in the UK.
• The course can be delivered in other countries however candidates should be aware that the content was developed in accordance with current UK practice, protocols & guidance.

Venue:

• The Health and Safety in a Care Setting course can be run on any electronic device, but we recommend that a laptop/desktop is used to ensure that you can see the screen clearly.

Joining instructions:

• Shortly after you purchase your place on the course, we will email you your login details for the course.
• Visit this page to read the course joining instructions including everything you need to know about our e-learning courses.

Links:

• Health and safety legislation – Overview for social care