This CPD-accredited course helps care and support workers recognise common health and safety risks and respond safely, appropriately and within their role.
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Identify their own health and safety responsibilities and those of others.
- Explain why risk assessment, reporting and agreed ways of working are important.
- Recognise common hazards and know how to respond to accidents, sudden illness and emergencies.
- Identify tasks that need training, authorisation and competence assessment.
- Describe safe working boundaries for manual handling, medication, healthcare tasks, hazardous substances and fire safety.
- Explain how to work securely, manage personal safety risks and access support for wellbeing.
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Overview
This course is suitable for:
- Care Workers.
- Support Workers.
- Team Leaders.
- Senior Care Staff.
- Nurses.
- Staff working in care homes, supported living, and community services.
- Health and safety responsibilities in adult social care.
- Hazards, risks, controls and reporting concerns.
- Accidents, sudden illness and first aid boundaries.
- Manual handling, including objects, equipment and support tasks.
- Medication, healthcare tasks, COSHH and fire safety.
- Working securely, lone working and personal safety.
- Mental health, workload, fatigue and personal wellbeing.
- Videos, activities, knowledge checks and a final assessment.
Approx. 45-55 minutes, including videos, interactive tasks, and knowledge checks, though this may vary by learner.
This course is mapped to the updated 2025 Care Certificate Standard 13: Health and safety.
It supports safe practice linked to health and safety responsibilities, risk awareness, emergency response, manual handling, hazardous substances, fire safety, working securely and personal wellbeing.
This course provides a broad health and safety overview. Some areas, such as manual handling, moving and handling, medication administration, COSHH and fire safety, may require separate training, local procedures and workplace competence assessment depending on the worker’s role.
This course does not confirm practical competence or authorise learners to carry out tasks outside their role, training or workplace procedures.
Hugh Asher, BSc (Hons), MSc (Merit), PhD (Applied Social Science)
As a course consultant, Hugh brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to his role. His extensive background in working with individuals with diverse needs, combined with his passion for utilising nature as a therapeutic tool, allows him to provide valuable insights and guidance to learners.
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