Level 2 Award in the Prevention of Slips, Trips and Falls
The Prevention of Slips, Trips, and Falls Level 2 course is designed to equip healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with the knowledge and understanding necessary to prevent falls within the care sector. The course aims to raise awareness of the risks associated with slips, trips, and falls, and provide participants with strategies to create safer environments and reduce the likelihood of accidents.
The course has a duration of 3 hours, allowing participants to develop a solid foundation in fall prevention within a focused timeframe. The training is typically conducted in person, providing opportunities for interactive discussions, case studies, and practical exercises to deepen understanding and promote skill development.
Upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive a certificate that is valid for three years. This certification serves as evidence of their competence in fall prevention and their commitment to creating safer care environments.
Learning Objectives
- Define a fall
- Explain the costs associated with falls
- Describe the hazard analysis process
- Demonstrate the use of a risk assessment tool
- List the methods of prevention of falls
- Explain the process of assisting a client up to a comfortable position
Health and Safety Training for Care Workers
First Response Training provides a range of Level 2 and 3 Awards in key health and safety subjects for health and social care workers. Ranging from risk assessment, to fire safety and the safe use of wheelchairs, these courses are available in a range of delivery methods and are mapped to national standards.
Special Focus Training
First Response Training provides a range of additional Level 2 Awards for health and social care staff required to carry out more specialist tasks in their day to day roles.
Duration: 3 hours
Capacity: Up to 12 delegates
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
This course can be delivered via Classroom or Webinar training. Please contact us to schedule training.
Duration: 2 hours
Capacity: Up to 12 delegates
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
This course can be delivered via Classroom or Webinar training. Please contact us to schedule training.
Duration: 3 hours
Capacity: Up to 12 delegates
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
This course can be delivered via Classroom or Webinar training. Please contact us to schedule training.
Duration: 3 hours
Capacity: Up to 12 delegates
Learning Objectives:
- To define what crisis management in care is
- To learn how to identify and assess risks
- To find ways of developing prevention strategies
- To know how to respond effectively to emergencies
- To be able to communicate under pressure while maintaining a person-centred approach
- To understand legal and ethical responsibilities
- To determine ways to evaluate crisis responses to improve future practices
This course can be delivered via Classroom or Webinar training. Please contact us to schedule training.
Duration: 6 hours
Capacity: Up to 12 delegates
Learning Objectives:
- To define what crisis management in care is
- To learn how to identify and assess risks
- To find ways of developing prevention strategies
- To know how to respond effectively to emergencies
- To be able to communicate under pressure while maintaining a person-centred approach
- To understand legal and ethical responsibilities
- To determine ways to evaluate crisis responses to improve future practices
- To learn to be able to respond to specific crisis situations, including a scenario
This course can be delivered via Classroom or Webinar training. Please contact us to schedule training.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Capacity: Up to 12 delegates
This course can be delivered via Classroom or Webinar training. Please contact us to schedule training.