Workplace responsibilities and mandatory training requirements

This week’s topics

Workplace responsibilities and mandatory training requirements

1. Duty of care of employees
2. Employer statutory obligations
3. Rights and safety of visitors
4. Clinical and care tasks requiring specialist training
5. Manual Handling Training for Health & Social Care | Safe Lifting & Moving Techniques
6. Rights and responsibilities in the workplace

What you will be able to do

• 1.3 Explain the main health and safety responsibilities of: ● Self ● The employer or manager ● Others in the work setting.
• 1.4 Identify tasks in the work setting that should not be carried out without training.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the main health and safety responsibilities of: ● Self ● The employer or manager ● Others in the work setting.

Study materials

Videos

• Manual Handling Training for Health & Social Care | Safe Lifting & Moving Techniques · YouTube · UK Care World · 8 min · for registered students
• Rights and responsibilities in the workplace · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 4 (GCSE level) · for registered students
• Safe Lifting in Healthcare Environments: for Medical Personnel · YouTube · Wagley Agency · 20 min · for registered students
• Circle of Care - Safe Moving and Handling for Caregivers · YouTube · Circle of Care · 43 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Health and safety in care homes (HSE, HSG220) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
• Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
• The Cavendish Review: healthcare assistants and support workers in NHS and social care (2013) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students