Manual Handling In Early Years

• Anyone who works in Early Years

Manual handling is part of everyday life in an early years setting — and it involves much more than lifting boxes. Practitioners may lift and lower children, work at floor level, move equipment, rearrange learning environments, carry resources and respond quickly to children throughout the day. This interactive course explores how to approach these everyday tasks safely. Rather than simply learning a “correct lifting technique”, learners will consider the task, the individual, the load and the environment, recognise when something increases the risk of injury, and make safer decisions before moving or lifting. The emphasis throughout is simple: stop, assess, adapt and move safely.

• Understand what manual handling means within an early years setting.
• Recognise common manual handling hazards and risk factors.
• Apply safer principles when lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing and pulling.
• Use safer approaches when lifting or supporting babies and young children.
• Assess a manual handling task before starting it.
• Identify when equipment, assistance or a different approach is needed.
• Apply safe manual handling principles to everyday early years scenarios.

1. 1Module 1 – Manual Handling in Early Years
2. 2Module 2 – Why Injuries Happen
3. 3Module 3 – Stop and Assess Before You Move
4. 4Module 4 – Safer Moving and Handling
5. 5Module 5 – Lifting and Supporting Children
6. 6Module 6 – The Early Years Environment