Moving and Handling:Practical guidance for Parents and Informal Carers

Do you help to care for someone living in the Cardiff community (family member or friend) and need a little bit of moving and handling guidance? Do you want to know about some safer manual handling methods when assisting a person to move; or what equipment is available?

If you answered yes to any of the above, you may want to attend one of our manual handling awareness sessions.  Although held in a manual handling training room setting, the sessions are very informal, and we’ll even give you a cuppa and a biscuit.

Assisting with standing, walking and sitting, what are my options?

Thursday 18th January 2024, 10:00 – 12:00

·       Safer handling practices without equipment

·       Safer handling practices with equipment

Safer Use of Hoists and Slings

Thursday 18th January 2024, 12:30 – 15:30

·       Safer principles of applying a patient sling and using a hoist

• Safer use of an electric profiling bed

• Assisting with rolling

• Hoisting to / from chair & bed

Venue: The Manual Handling Training Room 124. 

Cardiff Social Care Learning and Development Team.

City Hall, Cardiff CF10 3ND

Places are limited; to book onto a session or for further advice contact:

Tina Windels

Manual Handling Adviser and Training Officer

Cardiff Social Care Training.

Ffon/Tel..02920871111                  E-bost/Email  twindels@cardiff.gov.uk

If you feel you are in need of any additional general guidance or support, you may want to contact:

Cardiff: First Point of Contact Team. Tel: 029 20234234

Cardiff Community Occupational Therapy Team Tel: 029 20234222