Manual Handling

The training is delivered by Positive Positioning’s health care staff with over 15 years’ experience. The training is designed to be interactive and dynamic.

New Course dates

1st December 2015

This course 1 day Manual Handling of people course in Leeds is aimed at carers and therapists working with people who need assistance to move and transfer.

Theoretical and practical sessions provide a background and principals of safer handling. This includes spinal anatomy, common injuries and their causes, stable base and centre of gravity, controversial moves, risk assessment, assisting sit to stand, bed moves including in-bed systems, hoisting, case studies.

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Manual Handling Training is designed to:

prompt people to think about their own working environment and tasks,
to promote good practice
reduce the number of manual handling related work place incidents.

Positive Positioning will improve the skills and knowledge within your team and increase their confidence in carrying out manual handling tasks safely for all involved.

Training assumes that a suitable venue will be provided

Course outline:

Legal issues of manual handling
Rights and responsibilities of employee and employer
Postural analysis
Ergonomics
Anatomy of the spine
Biomechanics
Practical element
Risk assessment

Manual Handling Training for Personal Assistants

Positive Positioning works closely with Leeds Centre for Integrated Living and Leeds Personal Health Budgets delivering high quality training to personal assistants in the place where they work.

Safe use of the equipment already in place
Techniques tailored to the types of manual handling carried out daily

Manual handling risk assessment

Risk assessments of specific manual handling tasks in your work place for individuals or groups of people
Advice on how to minimise the risk for all concerned
Liaison with representatives to try out specific equipment to carry out tasks more safely

Safer Handling in Bariatrics

Positive Positioning ltd is please to offer a new course ‘Safer Handling in Bariatrics’

The aim of this is enable to practitioner to carry out a risk assessment for the bariatric person including identifying the most suitable equipment.

The course is an interactive discussion based learning experience with hands-on activities. It is designed to instil confidence in the participants in carrying out risk assessments in identifying the safer handling techniques for the people they support. it encourages people to take into consideration the secondary health issues often encountered by the bariatric population.

Demi, Oldham

"The service I have received from Gill has been amazing. She is a very knowledgeable person and very caring and wants only best for the person she is helping. She shows compassion and strives to help improve a persons quality of life. I would highly recommend as she is brilliant at the job she does!"

E in Normanton

"I always have a fantastic experience at my physiotherapy sessions. I've had sessions with my therapists Gill and Jan for many months now. They are knowledgeable and took the time to understand and be attentive to my needs. I have always felt at ease with them, supported and encouraged throughout my treatment, and I am steadily making progress with them. They will ensure they work you hard to challenge you and get the most out of the time during the sessions. Thanks to their expertise, I've regained some mobility and confidence in my body. I highly recommend their services to anyone seeking top-notch physiotherapy care!"

Neil Stirk

I've been working with Positive Positioning for circa 4 years now to improve my physical and general wellbeing and I highly recommend their services. I reached the stage where I desperately needed help, although I was initially very weary as previous errors in my treatment by other medical professionals led to my conditions worsening, I was immediately put at ease on meeting Gill.

She spoke to me with professionalism, was genuinely interested in my problems, and more importantly, treated me like the person I am, not just a patient. During this conversation, seemingly little things had been picked up on, even without physical examination, such as my pelvic positioning, that was contributing to my pain. Gill contacted the relevant ppl to get my wheelchair adjusted to sort this problem and it made a massive difference. It was this expertise and eye for detail that was used to improve many areas of my life, often with only small adjustments turning out to be life changing.

When products from external companies were required to improve my conditions, Gill and Positive Positioning were on hand to liaise and attend appointments with suppliers, to ensure the correct equipment was supplied for my needs and prevent me from becoming a victim of the 'hard sell'. Gill and Positive Positioning are always willing to go the extra mile to help out and with my issues being degenerative, it is great to know I can contact them when needed and be confident I will receive the help required.

Coincidentally, I undergo hydrotherapy on a regular basis, where I see Gill and many of her other clients, and the working relationship, and humour that accompanies it, which means so much to me, is apparent with all under her care. I would like to thank Gill and her team for all the support I have received so far and am confident I will continue to receive the help I need in the future. Thank you Positive Positioning.

Caroline Poskitt

"Thank you so much for making a difference to our clients wellbeing. I Can honestly say that I have noticed a difference in the last two weeks, not only the service users looking and acting more healthy but our staff are in high spirits and getting a lot out of your sessions. You have really made a difference for the better and we look forward to the future of helping more of our clients to achieve a higher level of fitness and more durability in their joints."
Deputy Manager, Mental Health & Physical Impairment, Leeds Adult Social Care

Ian, Leeds

"Following a stroke in Nov 2012 which resulted in the loss of use of my left side, I had the statutory ten weeks NHS physio. Not wanting to regress, I went on-line to find a neuro physio. Gill had excellent reviews and has worked with me now for seventeen months with great improvement in my ability. Gill also helped to obtain a stand aid which has been a great bonus. I strongly recommend Gill Arnett as an excellent and very friendly professional."

Chris Wainmann, LLB

"Gill is very approachable and immediately gives you the confidence to know that any problem with posture will be solved. Having Cerebral Palsy and therefore sitting in a powered wheelchair all the time, I was constantly leaning to one side. Gill visited me at home, did a thorough assessment and concluded that my pelvis needed more support. I now have a specially designed and purpose made pressure cushion. I sit more evenly which means more comfortably and I also have much less of a problem with pressure sores. Gill is happy to come back in the future and check that all is well. I have no hesitation in recommending her to anyone with a posture problem. She has made such a difference to my life."

MS of Leeds 2016

"When Louise Haigh (Stroke Co-ordinator) visited me she recommended Positive Positioning for some neuro-physiotherapy. I spoke to Gill who was very helpful, and then to Jan, who said the treatment would be in my own home — this made all the difference to me. And what a difference it has all made!

From the start Jan has been professional, efficient, friendly, encouraging and totally reliable. For ages I felt ‘in limbo’, but having a plan of action led to motivation to do the exercises which were hard, but I persevered, and was encouraged to realise I was improving. I was ‘stretched’ by an increase in repetitions, more exercises, less support. We talked about other things happening in my life, and worked on holistic coping strategies. I feel my confidence has improved and to a large extent have ‘got my life back’. My posture has certainly improved: friends have commented on it.

It doesn’t all come to a sudden halt after the visits. I'm working on my ‘maintenance programme’ of daily exercises to keep up the work Jan started. I'll be forever grateful for Jan’s amazing teaching, reasoning, good communication, wide knowledge of physiotherapy applied to my situation - all with her positive outlook."

Hydrotherapy

I witnessed my sister's first hydrotherapy session 2 days ago, and this was an emotional experience for me as I saw my sister (P) walk for the first time in many years. I was particularly impressed with P's relationship with Gill, the physio. P was clearly very fond of Gill and was thoroughly enjoying the hydro. The bond between therapist and client was clear and obvious, and my sister must benefit hugely from the physical contact with another person whom she is fond of. When she is out of water she is wheelchair bound and therefore cannot experience hugs and close physical contact with another human being, which is important for all of us.

Gill has known P for 15 years and P is benefiting greatly from this therapeutic relationship.

Many thanks,Gill

Dr Andrew E. Cohen