RoSPA Scotland : Training
Child Safety in the Home
Children under the age of five years are more at risk from an accident in the home then anywhere else. Many of these accidents are preventable. Developed specifically to address this issue, our course focuses on the most common types of home accidents affecting this age group and their prevention.
Who should attend
All those involved with families and their children. From community groups and health professionals to statutory organisations, all have a role to play in the prevention of childhood accidents in the home.
Course content includes:
- Identifying which children are most at risk and why
- Child development in relation to accidents
- Accident prevention in the home
- Risk assessment in the home
Booking Forms (
PDF format 124kb)
Older People Safety in the Home
The risk of accidental injury in the home increases with age. Home accidents can lead to unnecessary pain and suffering and ultimately to increased dependency, yet so many of these accidents are preventable.
Who should attend:
Those involved with the care of older people, from health professionals and housing officers through to home carers and community workers. Statutory organisations, community and voluntary groups can all help to reduce the numbers and seriousness of home accidents.
What will they learn:
Falls are the main cause of accidents in the home and this one-day course explores fall prevention methods through behavioural and environmental changes. The course also focuses on other common accidents affecting older people, including the reduction of accidental injury through fire, poisoning and scald prevention.
Course content includes:
- Behavioural and environmental causes of home accidents
- How the ageing process increases the risk of home accidents
- Effective methods of accident reduction
- Risk assessment in a home context
Booking Forms ( PDF format 124kb)
24/7 Safety Training
Increasingly, many organisations wish to promote their employees' safety 'off the job', as well as while they are at work. This is in view of the fact that annually in the United Kingdom nearly 4,000 people die as the result of home accidents, compared to around 3,400 on the roads and only 350 in the workplace.
Raising your employees' safety awareness could mean they are less likely to be absent from work due to an accident - either to themselves or to other family members. Spanning the wide spectrum of health and safety, RoSPA is uniquely equipped to provide 'off-the-job' training, which can be entirely tailored to your organisation's specific requirements.
Tailored Courses
Any of RoSPA's standard home safety training courses can be delivered at your organisation's own location/s. This is a particularly convenient and cost-effective option if a number of delegates need to be trained. Courses can be tailored to clients' specifications to cover any areas of general home safety, the safety of older people or child safety. To maintain a high standard of delivery, courses are designed for a maximum of 16 delegates.
Attendees receive a RoSPA Certificate of Training. Booking Forms ( PDF format 124kb)
For enquiries or for bespoke courses, please contact nbutters@rospa.com or elumsden@rospa.com for further details, or phone 0131 449 9379.
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