Risk Managed

Risk Managed delivers Safety Training in manual handling for the disability and aged care sector, based in Croydon and Dubbo, NSW, with training reach extending nationally and internationally.

• SmartCare Online is an e-learning training package for community care workers built around seven principles (Eliminate, Engage, Evidence, Equipment, Enable, Empower, E Learning) to reduce unnecessary moving and handling risk.
• SmartCare for Health Professionals is a 20 week program of 1.5 hour webinars plus optional group supervision, teaching occupational therapists, nurses and physiotherapists to solve complex moving and handling problems.
• Founder Aideen Gallagher, an occupational therapist with a masters in Occupational Health and Safety, authored the Amazon number one bestseller The Manual Handling Revolution and was a 2018 Safe Work NSW Leadership Award finalist.
• Her related HoistEd training program has provided training to more than 1000 health professionals, and the company helped over 100 clients set up SmartCare Personal Care Routines in 2020.

Best for: disability and aged care providers or health professionals needing structured manual handling training to reduce injury risk in personal care routines.

Risk Managed also provides Safety Consultant services through on-site SmartCare Occupational Therapy Assessments for people with disabilities receiving NDIS or Home Care Package funding.

• Assessments are recognised as Functional Capacity Assessments under NDIS or Occupational Therapy Assessments under a Home Care Package, conducted in the client’s home.
• Consultants recommend equipment and routine changes, then issue a SmartCare Passport documenting the safe personal care routine for support workers.
• The practice has partnered with disability and aged care provider LiveBetter to implement the SmartCare passport approach across in-home care services.

Best for: NDIS or Home Care Package participants and care organisations needing an individual moving and handling risk assessment.