providing excellence

in manual handling training

Safe people handling (SPH) deliver excellence in moving and handling training within the Edinburgh area.

We produce and deliver quality training based on training needs analysis of your organisations needs. Whether hospital, community or nursery setting we aim to tailor all our manual handling courses to meet your needs. Courses are certificated and can be used as evidence of continuing professional development.

Safe people handling assists managers to comply with the duties set by the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 and meet the requirements of the National Minimal Care Standards (Children's and Adult Services). In line with care commission training recommendations, training is relevant and specific to your staff requirements.

Adult Services

Designed for those assisting adults with minimal assistance to full dependence (following the mobility gallery model).
The Awareness course aims to provide those working with adults who require minimum to moderate assistance mobility gallery A - C. The Moving and Handling with use of equipment is for those participants working with more dependent adults, mobility gallery C - E.
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Children's Services

Lifting children, play equipment and moving on/off variable height surfaces including changing mats are all tasks which can result in back pain or musculo-skeletal injury. Our child handling courses provide participants with the necessary skills and knowledge of efficient movement principles and apply child development techniques in order to encourage independence of the child when moving and handling.
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