Health, Safety and Fire Awareness Level 1
This Health, Safety and Fire Awareness Level 1 webinar is designed to provide healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with an awareness and understanding of key health and safety issues. The aim of the webinar is to raise awareness of the importance of health and safety in the workplace and to provide basic knowledge on how to keep themselves and others safe.
The webinar lasts for 1.5 hours and is delivered online. Upon completion of the webinar, successful candidates will be issued with a certificate that is valid for 3 years. The certificate serves as evidence that the individual has completed the training and has the required knowledge to work safely in their role.
Topics covered in the webinar may include an introduction to health and safety, risk assessment, fire safety, personal protective equipment (PPE), manual handling, and the importance of reporting accidents and incidents. The aim is to provide delegates with a broad overview of key health and safety issues and to equip them with the knowledge and skills to work safely in their roles.
Learning Objectives
- Understand your role and responsibilities in regards to health and safety
- Understand the principles of fire safety and prevention
- Awareness of the key ways of working in order to protect all from risk
Care Certificate Courses
Role of the Care Worker and Personal Development
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to understand their role, ways of working and their responsibility for their own personal development.
Duty of Care
Aim: To ensure that healthcare support workers and adult social care workers understand their duty of care and how to fulfil it, with consideration for legislation, workplace policies and possible conflicts.
Safeguarding Aults
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with an awareness of safeguarding issues and how they can effectively safeguard adults at risk of harm.
Person Centred Care and Support
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with an awareness of the concept of person centred care and support.
Moving and Assisting Awareness
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to understand their role, ways of working and their responsibility for their own personal development.
Health, Safety and Fire Awareness
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with an awareness and understanding of key health and safety issues.
Food Safety, Nutrition and Hydration Awareness
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to understand how to prepare and handle food safely and hygienically and understand the importance of good nutrition and hydration.
Medication and Healthcare Tasks Awareness
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with basic knowledge of medications, their effects and safety issues and how to assist with healthcare tasks.
Handling and Recording Information
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to explore and understand the principles of handling information and maintaining records.
Infection Control and Prevention Awareness
Aim: To introduce healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to the principles of infection control and prevention.
Effective Communication
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to communicate effectively to improve outcomes for individuals they support.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Awareness
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers understand the principles of equality and diversity, how to promote inclusion and reduce discrimination.
First Aid Awareness
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with an awareness and understanding of basic first aid principles and techniques.
Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability Awareness
Aim: To raise learners’ awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disabilities and how to promote positive wellbeing.