Transfers and Positioning Support (TAPS)
Training aim:
To ensure participants have practical, relevant information about safe practices to support childre
n and adolescents with individual transfer and positioning support needs.
Learning outcomes:
Participants will be able to:
Contribute to worksite risk assessment for health support planning in this area.
Provide transfer and positioning support in line with individual care plans.
Content:
Manual handling update
Risk assessment approach to manual handling
Procedures included in transfer and positioning care plans
Planning worksite support for children and adolescents with transfer and positioning care plans.
Prerequisites:
Participants should have attended manual handling training and be familiar with the DECS 'Health Support Planning' guidelines (Intro to Health Support Planning Overview)
Presenter/s:
Physiotherapist with expertise in area of manual handling (industrial/worksite physio)
Novita Children's Services physiotherapist.
Duration:
3 hours (which includes a Manual Handling refresher session
Cost:
$60 for a course organised by chess or $130.00/hour plus GST for a regional/group booking for up to 25
people.
Relevant for:
Education and childcare workers (teachers, support staff, trained and untrained childcare workers, Access Assistant Program staff).
Other community service workers responsible for transfers and positioning support to children and adolescents.
Note:
The course is consistent with:
Health support planning in schools, preschools and childcare services (DETE 2001).
Disability Services Office Policy: Health Support Training & Competency Based Assessment of Care Workers (2005).
