Laybrook FREE CPD Training Opportunities

This one‑hour workshop builds core skills for safely assisting someone to get their legs into bed. Through hands‑on practice and guided demonstration, participants learn safe body mechanics, use of friction‑reducing aids, and practical problem‑solving to minimise strain and risk. The session reinforces effective handling principles, equipment use, and decision‑making to improve safety, independence, and confidence in daily care practice.

Looking at the latest legislations and different styles of bed design in relation to bed safety. What are the must haves when looking at bed safety and how to approach and assess suitability correctly.

Looking at night time positioning and transferring to support in mobilising our patients that may spend a long time in bed.

Looking at suitable approaches to give confidence to mobilise our plus or plus sized clients. Particularly those that like to stay in a chair. We look at the physical effect of this and solutions to support independent standing transfers and chair sleeping in a more safer and health benefiting way.

Supporting hospital discharge to those that may not have a suitable sleeping arrangement down stairs or smaller alternative accommodations like mobile homes and studio flats etc. What products can support this?

 This practical CPD session focuses on proportionate moving and handling in sleep-related care, equipping practitioners with clinically informed techniques and assessment skills to support safe practice. Delegates will build understanding of how to assess and plan handling tasks using evidence-based approaches to reduce musculoskeletal strain, lower falls risk, and promote functional independence. The training also explores how appropriate equipment provision can be integrated into handling strategies to enhance comfort, dignity, and safety for both carers and the people they support. 

• Why intimacy and sexual identity should be part of holistic OT assessment
• How equipment can enable or restrict emotional connection
• How to approach “taboo” topics confidently and respectfully
• The role of reinforced profiling beds in safe, comfortable intimacy
• How personal identity and relationships link directly to wellbeing