I have personally observed how settings spend much time, energy and effort providing outstanding facilities, education and care for children, but at the detriment of employee welfare.
When delivering manual handling training we look at the legal requirements. Delegates are often surprised that they need to carry out a specific risk assessment where a task involves manual handling. Throughout their working day, childcarers are involved in many manual handling tasks (pushing, pulling, lifting), which can be as simple as moving a table or lifting a toddler. The cumulative effects of years of poor manual handling are what in most cases causes the damage, rather than a one-off major incident.
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