Safeguarding & safety
Health and safety in the fostering home
By the end of this course, which focuses on your duties and responsibilities as a foster carer, you will gain an understanding of the importance of health and safety in the fostering home, as well as what are the most common injuries and accidents in a home and how to avoid them.
What you will learn
- Where and when the most common accidents happen.
- How to avoid them.
- And how to perform your own health and safety survey on your home.
How the course works
The course is broken into manageable online units and includes knowledge checks or quizzes where appropriate. Progress saves automatically, so learners can pause and return on any device.
A certificate is available when all required course elements are completed successfully.
Who it is for
Foster carers, support carers and fostering-service staff who need practical, up-to-date learning in this topic.