General Health & Safety Awareness training for your team
Licence this training for just the staff who need it. No CareStream subscription, no minimum order, no annual contract. One licence covers one member of staff for the complete General Health & Safety Awareness training, in the language they think in.
- CPD Certified CourseCertified by The CPD Certification Service, worth 1 CPD hour. Every certificate carries the CPD Certified mark.
- Teach, then assessA full lesson with a real care scenario, followed by an assessment that checks they can apply it.
- Over 60 languagesStaff read the lesson and answer in their first language. Your records stay in English.
- Wrong answers get followed upA short micro-lesson goes back to the staff member on the exact point they missed, then they retry.
- Evidence you can hand overA dated completion record and a certificate per person, ready for your CQC file.
General Health & Safety Awareness, start to finish.
Eight short lessons, each with a care scenario, an interactive activity and a quick check with an explanation. You start with a five question knowledge check so your learning gain can be measured, and finish with a 32 question assessment with a pass mark of 80%. This is the same training CareStream subscribers get, written for care settings rather than adapted from a generic course. It runs about 60 minutes and ends with a 32 question assessment.
- Health and safety law and your responsibilities
Health and safety law protects everyone in a care setting: staff, the people you support, visitors and contractors.
- Risk assessment
A hazard is anything with the potential to cause harm, such as a wet floor, a hot tap, a chemical or an aggressive dog in someone's home.
- Common hazards in care settings
Slips, trips and falls are among the most common causes of injury at work and a major cause of harm to the people you support.
- Hazardous substances
Many products used in care can harm health if they are not used correctly: cleaning chemicals, disinfectants, bleach, descalers, dishwasher and laundry products, some medicines, and body fluids that may carry infection.
- Security and lone working
Security protects the people you support, their belongings and their information, and it protects you.
- Stress, violence and your wellbeing
Your own mental health and wellbeing are part of health and safety.
- Accidents and sudden illness
Accidents and sudden illness can happen at any time: falls, cuts, burns and scalds, choking, fractures, fainting, seizures, heart attack, stroke, a severe allergic reaction or a very low blood sugar in someone with diabetes.
- Recording and reporting
Every accident, incident and near miss should be recorded and reported through your workplace's procedure, usually an accident book or electronic incident system.
What your team will be able to do.
- Explain the health and safety duties of employers and employees, and your own responsibilities at work
- Describe the five steps of risk assessment and apply them to everyday situations in care
- Identify common hazards in care settings, including hot water, windows, slips and trips, and hazardous substances
- Apply security and lone working measures that keep you and the people you support safe
- Recognise signs of work related stress and know how to look after your own mental health and wellbeing
- Know what you can and cannot do when someone has an accident or sudden illness, and how to record and report it
General Health & Safety Awareness in facts.
About 60 minutes, 8 lessons
32 questions, pass mark 80%
Every year
None, completed fully online
What staff come away with
Your employer must keep you safe; you must take reasonable care of yourself and others and cooperate
Risk assessment: identify hazards, assess risks, control them, record findings, review
Bath and shower water no hotter than 44°C; window openings restricted to 100 mm
Never mix chemicals, keep them in their original containers, and follow the safety data sheet
Check identity, keep doors and codes secure, and follow your lone working procedure
Work related stress is a health and safety issue: talk to your manager and use the support available
In an emergency, keep yourself safe, call for help and 999, and act only within your training
Three steps, and nothing to set up.
Checkout takes a minute. Your licences and a receipt arrive by email straight away.
Enter their names and emails, or paste a list. They get an invite to the hub on any device.
You see who has finished, their score, and their certificate as each one comes in.
Everything a licence includes.
Dated, named, and downloadable as a PDF for your training file.
Over 60 languages, chosen per staff member. Your reporting stays in English.
Buy training for one person if that is all you need. Nothing recurring.
Licences do not expire the moment you buy. Staff have a year to complete.
Before you buy.
How long does General Health & Safety Awareness training take?
About 60 minutes, across 8 short lessons, followed by a 32 question assessment with a pass mark of 80%. Staff can stop and pick up where they left off.
What does the General Health & Safety Awareness training cover?
8 lessons: Health and safety law and your responsibilities, Risk assessment, Common hazards in care settings, Hazardous substances, Security and lone working, Stress, violence and your wellbeing, Accidents and sudden illness and Recording and reporting. Each one pairs the teaching with a care scenario and a quick check.
How often do staff need to refresh General Health & Safety Awareness?
CareStream sets this training so it renews every year. Staff and managers are reminded before a certificate lapses, so the refresher is booked before the gap appears.
Is General Health & Safety Awareness completed fully online?
Yes. It is knowledge based, so staff complete the lessons and the assessment online and receive their certificate at the end. There is no practical sign-off.
Do I need a CareStream subscription to buy this?
No. This page exists precisely so you do not. You buy the licences you need, your staff complete the training in the CareStream hub, and that is the end of it. There is no trial to start, no card kept on file, and no subscription that begins quietly afterwards.
If you later decide you want the full platform, anything your staff have already completed carries across into your account.
What does one licence actually cover?
One licence covers one named member of staff for this training, including the lesson, the assessment, any follow-up questions triggered by a wrong answer, and their certificate. Licences are not shared between people, because the completion record has to belong to an individual to be worth anything at inspection.
How quickly can staff start?
Immediately. The licences are on your account as soon as the payment clears, and staff get their invite the moment you add them. There is no onboarding call and no setup period.
Can staff complete it in another language?
Yes. Each staff member has a first language on their profile, and the lesson, the questions and the feedback all arrive in it. They answer in that language too. What you see as a manager stays in English, so the record reads the same whoever completed it.
What if someone fails the assessment?
Nothing is lost. A wrong answer triggers a short follow-up lesson on that specific point, and they retry it. The record shows the improvement from the first attempt to the latest, which is stronger evidence than a single pass mark, because it shows the gap was found and closed.
Can I buy for more than one service?
Yes. Buy the total number of licences you need and allocate them across your services when you add staff. If you are licensing for a group and want an invoice rather than a card payment, get in touch and we will raise one.
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