RoSPA Level 2 Award in Proportionate People Handling

The RoSPA Level 2 Award in Proportionate People Handling (610/5521/9) is the first Ofqual-regulated qualification of its kind, designed to support health and social care professionals to safely deliver proportionate, person-centred moving and handling. 

At Empeiria, this qualification is delivered by highly experienced trainers and assessors with extensive sector experience in health and social care, and safer people handling training.

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Duration: 8 Hours

Max Capacity: 10 Learners

Session Format: Classroom & Workplace Based

Course Overview

Our approach focuses on improving outcomes, enabling independence and supporting individuals to live safely and confidently in their own homes. This regulated qualification develops the knowledge, skills and confidence required to implement safe, proportionate people handling in practice. It supports professionals to deliver the right level of support, in the right environment, at the right time, based on individual needs and robust risk assessment.

Proportionate care is an enabling, person-centred approach to moving and handling. It ensures individuals receive the appropriate level of support rather than over-prescribed care — challenging the traditional assumption that two carers are always required, and supporting safe, evidence-based decision making.

This qualification aligns with national priorities around prevention, independence, hospital discharge and sustainable care models, and is suitable for those currently working, or intending to work, in a role that involves delivering proportionate safer moving and handling.

What's Involved

Delivered in a structured classroom and workplace setting, this qualification combines theoretical learning with hands-on practical assessment. Learners are guided by experienced trainers with clinical and operational backgrounds in adult social care and safer people handling.

Step 1 – Classroom Learning

Learners attend a structured session covering:
Principles of proportionate and person-centred care
Legal and safety requirements relating to people handling
Risk assessment and handling plans
Factors that increase risk of back injury during handling activities
Clinical reasoning and evidence-based decision making
Safe storage, maintenance and reporting requirements for equipment

Step 2 – Practical Assessment

Learners demonstrate competence in real moving and handling scenarios, including:
Pre-transfer assessment (load, individual, task, environment, equipment)
Assisting a person in bed — with and without equipment (slide sheets, in-bed systems)
Hoist transfers using active and passive hoists
Fitting and removing hoist slings in a chair and in bed
Sit to stand and walking — with and without equipment
Pre-use checks of mechanical equipment and slings

Step 3 – Implementation in Practice

Learners apply their skills within their job roles, supporting service transformation and embedding proportionate care as a sustainable, long-term approach.

Learning Outcomes

Explain how a proportionate safer people handling approach promotes health, wellbeing and enablement of the person being handled 

Describe key health and safety legislation relevant to safer people handling, including employer and employee duties 

Describe the purpose of risk assessment and handling plans in safer people handling 

Identify factors that increase the risk of back injury during people-handling activities 

State indicators that proportionate (one-handler) care is no longer suitable for an individual 

Outline safe storage, maintenance and reporting requirements for moving and handling equipment 

Conduct a pre-transfer assessment before undertaking proportionate people handling 

Apply efficient movement principles when assisting a person in bed, including use of slide sheets, in-bed systems and hoists 

Carry out hoist transfers safely, including fitting and removing slings in chairs and in bed 

Assist a person with sit-to-stand and walking, with and without equipment 

Perform pre-use checks on active hoists, passive hoists and slings in accordance with manufacturer instructions 

What are the benefits of this course?

Benefit for Local Authorities and commissioners

Supports prevention, early intervention and timely hospital discharge, helping reduce pressure across health and social care systems.

Benefit for Local Authorities and commissioners

Reduces long-term care admissions and enables more sustainable commissioned care packages through proportionate, strengths-based support.

Benefit for Local Authorities and commissioners

Improves workforce capability, strengthens compliance with person-centred practice, and demonstrates proactive development for inspection and assurance purposes.

Benefit for Organisations and providers

Creates safer, more consistent moving and handling practice across teams, helping to reduce variation and improve quality of care.

Benefit for Organisations and providers

Builds staff confidence, supports workforce retention, and helps reduce pressure by enabling more effective day-to-day practice.

Benefit for Organisations and providers

Strengthens governance, supports improved CQC outcomes, and aligns services with a nationally recognised, Ofqual-regulated standard.

Who Is This Course For?

This qualification is designed for health and social care professionals who are involved in, or responsible for, the moving and handling of people. It is intended for those who currently work, or intend to work, in a role that involves delivering proportionate safer moving and handling. Previous experience in moving and handling is desirable.

This course is ideal for:

Local authority workforce and reablement teams
Occupational therapists and physiotherapists
Nurses and community health professionals
Discharge teams and hospital-to-home services
Home care providers and residential care staff
Nursing home and supported living staff
Care providers seeking to implement proportionate care models

Why choose Empeiria Training?

Empeiria Training is all about offering training that is unique and bespoke to your organisation and its needs.
It's our mission to deliver a range of bespoke training solutions, underpinned by a diverse breadth of knowledge and experience. We offer a safe environment for face-to-face learning, with our specialism being working with people with learning disabilities.

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RoSPA Level 2 Award in Proportionate People Handling

Course Overview

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What's Involved

Step 1 – Classroom Learning

Step 2 – Practical Assessment

Step 3 – Implementation in Practice

Learning Outcomes

What are the benefits of this course?

Benefit for Local Authorities and commissioners

Supports prevention, early intervention and timely hospital discharge, helping reduce pressure across health and social care systems.

Benefit for Local Authorities and commissioners

Reduces long-term care admissions and enables more sustainable commissioned care packages through proportionate, strengths-based support.

Benefit for Local Authorities and commissioners

Improves workforce capability, strengthens compliance with person-centred practice, and demonstrates proactive development for inspection and assurance purposes.

Benefit for Organisations and providers

Creates safer, more consistent moving and handling practice across teams, helping to reduce variation and improve quality of care.

Benefit for Organisations and providers

Builds staff confidence, supports workforce retention, and helps reduce pressure by enabling more effective day-to-day practice.

Benefit for Organisations and providers

Strengthens governance, supports improved CQC outcomes, and aligns services with a nationally recognised, Ofqual-regulated standard.

Who Is This Course For?

Why choose Empeiria Training?

Related Courses

What our happy clients said

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