Health and Safety

The syllabus includes, for example:

  • Duties and responsibilities
  • Risk assessment
  • Accidents
  • Untoward incidents
  • First aid
  • Housekeeping
  • Safe handling
  • Fire
  • Medication
  • Chemicals
  • Laundry and linen
  • Infectious illness
  • Food hygiene
  • Hand washing
  • Protective equipment (PPE)
  • Sharps
  • Waste (regular and clinical)
  • Bathing and showering
  • Welfare
  • Window restriction
  • Hot surfaces
  • Visitors
  • Health
  • Pregnancy
  • Whistle blowing
  • Bullying
  • Stress
  • Challenging behaviour
  • Smoking
  • Gas safety
  • Water safety
  • Legionnaire’s disease
  • Wheelchairs
  • Lifts
  • Stairlifts
  • Ladders and steps
  • Electrical safety
  • Display screens (DSE)
  • Pests
  • Outdoor safety
  • Vehicle breakdowns
  • Vehicle accidents
  • Working alone (lone working)
  • The Service User’s Home