Moving and Handling of People

About this course

This course goes deeper into Care Certificate Standard 13.3, moving and assisting safely. It covers the main laws and regulators, assessing people and risk, hoists, slings, bed rails and everyday equipment (including the September 2026 MHRA alert on hoists and slings), dignity, consent and communication, the limits of your competence, and what to do after a fall or an incident. It is theory only: practical handling skills must still be learned and signed off in person. Five modules, eighteen lessons, around two hours, finishing with an assessment and a SupportiveBridge certificate.

What you'll learn

• By the end of this module, you will be able to explain why moving and assisting people carries risk for them and for you, and describe the main laws and regulators that set the rules for how it must be done.
• By the end of this module, you will be able to explain how risk is assessed for moving and handling, how a person's care plan guides what you do, and why consent and capacity shape every move.
• By the end of this module, you will be able to describe the main types of moving and handling equipment, the rules for hoists and slings, the risks of bed rails, and what safe checking and reporting look like.
• By the end of this module, you will be able to explain how to protect a person's dignity and privacy during moving and handling, communicate well with people who find it hard, and recognise which tasks you must not carry out until you are trained and signed off as competent.
• By the end of this module, you will be able to describe what to do when a person has fallen, how incidents and near misses are reported and learned from, and how to look after your own health and speak up about risks.

Curriculum

Assessment & certificate