Risk assessment for early years settings for childcare providers, childminders and nursery staff

Childcare Setting First Aid Courses

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Target Audience:

This course is aimed at everyone working in Early Years settings including childminders and nursery staff.

Duration:

Approximately 1-2 hours

Price

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Features:

1. Appeals to all learning styles with interactive quizzes, video and audio features
2. Allows learners to work at their own pace, testing their knowledge as they progress through the course
3. Provides a very thorough resource for those with English as a Second Language

Access:

This online course can be completed on any PC or mobile device. Learners can study at their own pace, and log in and out as often as they wish.

Learning Outcomes in line with EYFS guidelines

At the end of the course the learner should be able to:

Understand the role and responsibilities of the first-aider
Assess the situation and circumstances in order to act safely,
promptly and effectively in an emergency
Understand the importance of risk assessment
Identify hazards and evaluate risk
Describe how to carry out a risk assessment
Explain the review process

Course content

The importance of risk assessment
Responsibilty for carrying out risk assessments
The 5 steps of risk assessment
Step 1 – Identify the hazards
Step 2 – Decide who might be harmed and how
Step 3 – Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions
Step 4 – Record your findings,
develop an action plan and put it into action
Step 5 – Regularly review your assessment and update, if necessary
Ofsted Inspection and Risk Assessment
Focus on the risks of slips, trips and falls

Assessment and Certification

Continuous self-checks throughout the course (100% pass mark required to progress to next lesson) and an end of course multiple choice test with a 70% pass mark

On successful completion of the multiple choice assessment, learners can download a certificate as evidence that they have passed the course