Curriculum
Manual handling — sample course (demo)
Legislation and responsibilities
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The body and injury risk
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Assessing risk
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In practice
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Manual Handling 101
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Sample Vimeo Lesson
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Resources
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End of module assessment
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Text lesson
Why manual handling matters
This lesson covers:
- The scale of manual handling injury in healthcare and social care
- Why care work carries particular risk: unpredictable loads, confined spaces, time pressure
- The difference between an injury event and cumulative strain
- How injury affects the worker, the service user, and the organisation
Key point: most manual handling injuries are not caused by one dramatic lift. They build up over months of small, repeated strain.