Moving & Handling
Protect Staff, Prevent Injury & Secure Compliance
Equip your care workforce with vital ergonomic skills, kinetic principles, and hands-on hoisting competency. Fully aligned with UK Health and Safety legislation, CQC standards, and Skills for Care frameworks.
Why Moving & Handling Training is Vital for Your Workforce
Musculoskeletal injuries remain the leading cause of staff absence and workplace injury within the care sector. Moving and handling individuals safely requires specialized techniques to ensure that both healthcare professionals and service users are protected from harm. Our Moving & Handling course is an essential pillar of mandatory and compliance training across the UK.
This industry-led course blends critical legal regulations with intensive, practical competency assessments, giving your staff the confidence to use mechanical aids, hoists, and slide sheets correctly while maintaining a compassionate, person-centred care approach.
Structured to support complete compliance with CQC standards, Ofsted requirements, and current health and safety legislation, Almans Education ensures your workforce is physically safe, highly competent, and inspection-ready.
What This Course Covers
Our comprehensive curriculum ensures your workforce is competent, legally compliant, and physically prepared to handle manual tasks. Key modules include:
Legislation & Legal Responsibilities: Understanding the Manual Handling Operations Regulations, employer duties, and individual employee accountability under Health and Safety legislation.
Anatomy & Spinal Awareness: Learning how the spine works, the mechanics of injury, and applying safe kinetic principles to daily tasks.
Dynamic Risk Assessment: Evaluating the individual, the task, the environment, and the equipment (TILE principle) before any maneuver.
Controversial & Unsafe Practices: Identifying banned or hazardous lifting techniques to eradicate dangerous habits from your care service.
Practical Maneuvers & Equipment Use: Hands-on training covering the safe use of mobile hoists, ceiling tracks, slide sheets, stand-aids, and profiling beds.
Person-Centred Handling: Ensuring dignity, communication, comfort, and active consent during transfers for vulnerable individuals.
Who Should Attend This Training?
This training is essential for individual learners looking to progress their careers and care providers seeking to pass rigorous workforce compliance audits. It is highly recommended for:
Care home, residential care facilities, and nursing home staff
Domiciliary care workers and supported living services teams
Healthcare assistants (HCAs), support workers, and complex care staff
NHS clinical staff, nurses, and community therapists
New hires requiring a robust staff induction programme or staff needing an annual refresher training session.
Course Eligibility & Entry Requirements
At Almans Education, we believe foundational compliance pathways should be completely accessible to all dedicated professionals.
Prior Qualifications: There are no formal academic entry requirements or prior qualifications needed to enrol in this course. It is open to all personnel.
Physical Capability: As this course involves practical competency assessments, learners should be physically capable of participating in practical maneuvers and equipment demonstrations.
Employment Status: This course is ideal whether you are an individual looking to start a rewarding career in care or an organisation seeking comprehensive workforce development solutions.
Delivering Excellence Across All Core Care Specialties​
Whether you are an individual looking to progress your career or an organisation seeking professional workforce development solutions, Almans Education is here to support your journey with flexible, practical, and industry-led training