Course overview

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Flexible Medicines Management Training for Children’s Services

Momentum People has designed a course in medication training that can be delivered to all the relevant areas within children’s services. It is specifically for nurses, healthcare assistants, carers and personnel who may be required to administer medicines on site within a children’s services environment.

Upcoming training – June 4, 2026

One day Safe use of Medicines training with competency assessment. Single places available just £95 + VAT, limited seats available so book quick.

Course content

This course will provide participants with in-depth knowledge for best practice in handling and administering medicines within a children’s services role.

The training is relevant for all healthcare and children’s service personnel and carers. 

  • Introduction
  • What is a medicine?
  • How do medicines work?
  • Reducing medication errors
  • Legal categories of medicines
  • Dosage and strength of medicines
  • Names of medicines
  • Medicine labels
  • Medication policy
  • The law and handling medicines
  • Ordering prescriptions
  • Receiving prescriptions
  • Controlled drugs
  • Homely remedies or over the counter remedies
  • Storage
  • Disposal of unwanted medication
  • Confidentiality and consent for children and young people
  • Medicines administration records

Training is designed to be engaging and participants are encouraged to work in collaboration to broaden everyone’s knowledge and have a safe environment to ask questions and share experiences.

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Who is this course designed for?

The Medicines Management for Children’s Services course has been designed to match the needs of all carers and health assistants working with children and young people.

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Course reviews

It was good training due to the trainer being so knowledgeable and experienced. It was upbeat, never boring, and easy to follow. One of the best medication training I’ve ever received :-)

Michelle Brindley, Cannock Resource Centre

I feel that this course would be beneficial to newly approved carers for them to be aware and have the knowledge and be trained by a professional not hearsay. Thank you TeeJay.

Jo Stewart, Foster Carer

An invaluable training for all foster carers – it should be a core training alongside first aid.

Sharon Parsons, Staffordshire County Council

A very informative, useful course with just the right amount of true stories to make you appreciate that the safe use of medicines is so important.

Ricard Nowell, Shaping Futures

Would highly recommend this course, it was very enjoyable, no jargon and very understandable.  TeeJay delivers an excellent course, all her approaches are understandable and relevant to my role – Thank you.

Cheryl Middleton, Hawthornes, Burton-on-Trent
As a nurse of 28 years who is now a foster carer I found the application of this course really useful. Issues I had not identified such as secondary dispensing offered a good opportunity for discussion.
Kate James, Family Link

I’d highly recommend it. Very thorough and informative. Not boring, very interactive. Really interesting, learned a lot and TeeJay was great.

Emma Featherstone , Staffordshire County Council

The course is helpful and refreshes important points about safe medication use.

Hannah Mayne , Action for Children

It was really beneficial and engaging with breakout space, stories and games to help the information stay in my head and I would recommend it to anyone!

Jodie White , Action for Children

Course duration

The Medicines Management for Children’s Services Training course is a full day course. Please allow for a duration of hours which includes breaks and lunch.

Course outcome

At the end of the course, participants will have a thorough understanding of medicines, what they are used for and how to competently and confidently administer them if needed.

Practical and engaging content delivered by an expert in the use of medicine in children’s services will cover the fundamentals of policy, record keeping and medicine stock control.

Course screenshots

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Ways to study

The Medicines Management for Children’s Services course is delivered as an online (via Zoom or Teams) course or as a face-to-face session.

 

Medicines Management for Children’s Services fees

Full day in-house training £850 + VAT and travel where applicable for up to 20 participants.

Why use Momentum People?

Momentum People’s training courses introduce diverse coaching and training styles using a holistic approach to ensure personal sustainability as well as practical knowledge and upskilling.

Specialist behaviour, communication and business strategy disciplines blend with pharmaceutical expertise to ensure courses are engaging, fun and hands-on.

Join thousands of professional healthcare individuals, teams and leaders who have already benefited from learning with Momentum People.

To book or ask a question call 0330 100 2821 or email training@momentumpeople.co.uk