Health, Safety and Fire Level 2
The Health, Safety and Fire Level 2 course is designed to provide healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with the knowledge and understanding necessary to promote a safe working environment while delivering care. The course covers topics such as workplace safety, fire safety, hazardous substances, manual handling, and risk assessment. Successful candidates will be issued with a certificate that is valid for 3 years. The course duration is 3 hours.
Learning Objectives
- List relevant health and safety legislation
- Explain the stages of a risk assessment
- Understand roles and responsibilities
- Describe the importance of security at work
- Describe your actions in the event of a fire
- Know how to deal with an accident
Mandatory Health and Social Care Courses
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Prevention and Control
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what Coronavirus (COVID-19) is
- List the signs and symptoms
- List who is at risk of infection
- General advice for COVID-19 / safe practice
- Understand the chain of infection
- Understand measures for preventing and limiting the spread
- Demonstrate effective hand hygiene
- Demonstrate effective use of disinfectant hand rubs
- Understand appropriate PPE
- Understand appropriate waste segregation
Level 2 Award in Conflict Resolution and Breakaway
Learning Objectives:
- Understand workplace violence and aggression
- Know the laws that apply to both employers and employees regarding the subject
- Consider how to resolve confrontational situations using effective communication
- Understand factors regarding workplace safety
- Understand the importance of personal safety
- Understand reducing restrictive interventions by using a range of physical techniques to break away from aggressive situations
Level 2 Award in Infection Control and Prevention
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the causes of infection and the methods of control
- Identify the legislation and guidance associated with infection prevention and control
- Describe employer and employee responsibilities
- Explain safe practice and the use of PPE and personal hygiene
- Understand the principles of decontamination and waste management
Classroom or webinar training
eLearning course
Distance Learning
Level 2 Award in Lone Working
Learning Objectives:
- List the legislation associated with lone-working
- Produce a risk assessment for lone working
- Describe the precautions that can be put into place
- Explain supervision for alone worker
- List methods of communication
- Describe how to report an incident
Level 2 Award in Moving, Assisting and Hoisting
Learning Objectives:
- Know the importance of spinal health and wellbeing and the impact this has on any working activity
- To identify the importance of taking a balanced risk assessment approach and what needs to be considered prior to undertaking the activity
- To describe the legal framework and key guidance and how this influences safer person centred moving, assisting and hoisting
- To demonstrate safer principles of handling whilst completing practical aspects of your role
Level 2 Award in Moving, Assisting and Hoisting - All Wales Passport
Learning Objectives:
- Know the importance of spinal health and wellbeing and the impact this has on any working activity
- To identify the importance of taking a balanced risk assessment approach and what needs to be considered before undertaking the activity
- To describe the legal framework and key guidance and how this influences safer person-centred moving, assisting and hoisting
- To demonstrate safer principles of handling whilst completing practical aspects of your role
- Manual Handling Theory
- Inanimate Load Handling & Practical Application of Ergonomics
- Chair Manoeuvres
- Bed Manoeuvres
- Hoisting
- Lateral Transfers
Level 2 Award in Moving, Assisting and Hoisting - Scottish Manual Handling Passport
Learning Objectives:
- Know the importance of spinal health and wellbeing and the impact this has on any working activity
- To identify the importance of taking a balanced risk assessment approach and what needs to be considered before undertaking the activity
- To describe the legal framework and key guidance and how this influences safer person-centred moving, assisting and hoisting
- To demonstrate safer principles of handling whilst completing practical aspects of your role
- Manual Handling Theory
- Inanimate Load Handling & Practical Application of Ergonomics
- Chair Manoeuvres
- Bed Manoeuvres
- Hoisting
- Lateral Transfers
Level 2 Award in Moving, Assisting and Hoisting Refresher - All Wales Passport
Learning Objectives:
- Know the importance of spinal health and wellbeing and the impact this has on any working activity
- To identify the importance of taking a balanced risk assessment approach and what needs to be considered prior to undertaking the activity
- To describe the legal framework and key guidance and how this influences safer person centred moving, assisting and hoisting
- To demonstrate safer principles of handling whilst completing practical aspects of your role
- Manual Handling Theory
- Inanimate Load Handling & Practical Application of Ergonomics
- Chair Manoeuvres
- Bed Manoeuvres
- Hoisting
- Lateral Transfers
Level 2 Award in Moving, Assisting and Hoisting Refresher - Scottish Manual Handling Passport
Learning Objectives:
- Know the importance of spinal health and wellbeing and the impact this has on any working activity
- To identify the importance of taking a balanced risk assessment approach and what needs to be considered prior to undertaking the activity
- To describe the legal framework and key guidance and how this influences safer person centred moving, assisting and hoisting
- To demonstrate safer principles of handling whilst completing practical aspects of your role
- Manual Handling Theory
- Inanimate Load Handling & Practical Application of Ergonomics
- Chair Manoeuvres
- Bed Manoeuvres
- Hoisting
- Lateral Transfers
Level 2 Award in People Hoisting
Learning Objectives:
- To be able to suitably assess hoisting operations and reduce the risk where reasonably practicable
- To know the main legislation relating to hoisting
- To demonstrate, practically the principles of safer hoisting of people
Level 2 Award in Principles of Risk Assessment in Care
Learning Objectives:
- Awareness of related health and safety legislation
- Understanding the basics of risk assessment
- List the stages of one
- Know the common causes of accidents
Level 2 Award in Safe Use of Wheelchairs
Learning Objectives:
- Understand and demonstrate safer manual handling techniques when pushing/pulling wheelchairs
- Be aware of safe techniques for assisting a wheelchair user with transfers
- Understand how it feels to be an essential wheelchair user
- Be aware of access issues and how to improve access for wheelchair users and those assisting them
- Gain confidence to safely assist and manoeuvre wheelchairs in a range of situations
Level 2 Award in Single Handed Care (Moving and Assisting)
Learning Objectives:
- To understand the principles of Single Handed Care
- To know the main legislation relating to moving and assisting
- To demonstrate, practically, the principles of safe moving and assisting people
- To be able to suitably assess moving and assisting operations
Level 2 Award in the Prevention of Slips, Trips and Falls
Learning Objectives:
- Explain what a fall is and the implications associated with slips, trips and falls
- Describe the hazard analysis and risk assessment process
- Have an understanding of the prevention of falls and intervention methods
Level 3 Award in Assessing Competency in Moving and Assisting
Learning Objectives:
- Understand competency and assessment and manage both
- Explain the role of the assessor and their development
- To recap the legal framework and key guidance and how this influences safer person-centred moving, assisting and hoisting
- Know the importance of wellbeing and the impact this has on working activity
- To identify the importance of taking a balanced risk assessment approach and what needs to be considered before undertaking the activity
- Carry out assessments of staff competence and ensure that others are aware of their roles and responsibilities
Level 3 Award in Managing Risk in Care
Learning Objectives:
- Legislation and responsibility
- How does the law work?
- What does the law require?
- What are common hazards?
- What is risk?
- What is a risk assessment?
- How can risk be reduced?