Buddies Clubs & Services

Moving and Handling 

Many of Buddies Clubs children/adults require assistance with moving and handling. Some are wheelchair user’s others have a range of mobility problems

All staff receives training in Moving and Handling Awareness. This includes:

•	Legislation relating to manual handling
•	Spinal and postural awareness
•	Principles of safe moving and handling
•	People handling techniques
•	Pre-transfer assessment
•	Mechanical handling

Buddies Clubs and Services has its own moving and handling equipment. Staff training on usage is part of the staff induction programme. Risk assessments on young people/adults are also carried out as some of them are safer with manual handling than with mechanical handling.

Often on outings and trips there are no appropriate equipment provided for moving and handling and this can either mean that a young person/adult cannot access that trip or has to have personal care/changing on return to Buddies setting. All parents/carer should be made aware of any circumstances which inhibit personal care/changing procedures.