Health, Safety & Risk
Safe Storage and Administration of Medication
A practical medication course for support workers in children's residential homes, built around the point most training misses: where your role ends. It covers consent and the child's voice, refusal, self-administration and covert administration, the four categories of medicine and how each is handled, secure storage including controlled drugs and fridge medicines, and completing the MAR correctly.
A full lesson deals with errors and near misses, including the immediate steps, when it becomes a safeguarding matter, and when Ofsted must be told.
At a glance
What this course covers
- Explain your responsibilities and the firm limits of your role, and recognise when to hold a dose and escalate.
- Handle consent and refusal appropriately, support self-administration, and apply the rules on covert administration.
- Store, order, receive and dispose of medicines safely, including controlled drugs, fridge medicines, PRN and homely remedies.
- Complete the MAR accurately, correct a mistake properly, and report errors and near misses, including to Ofsted where required.
Who it is for
Residential support workers, senior support workers, team leaders and Registered Managers working in children's homes.
How it works in Nest Learn
Keep essential health and safety training current
This course is included with the wider Nest Learn library. Assign it, track renewal dates and keep each certificate with the staff record.