Intimate Care Training

DATE:       Thursday, 29th January 2026
TIME:        7pm - 8.30pm
VENUE:    Online Via Zoom

Target Audience: Primary and Post Primary SNA’s and Teachers

Intimate Care refers to any personal care activity that a child/student may need assistance with, and which involves physical closeness, personal privacy, or contact with private areas of the body. It usually applies to younger children or students with additional care needs.

The course will include reflection of our legal requirements and best practice and reference the importance of your local policy within your education setting.

• Toileting (e.g., assisting a child who has a toileting accident)
• Changing clothes
• Washing or cleaning a child after an accident
• Menstrual care if a student needs support
• Medical or personal hygiene tasks requiring privacy

Presenter: James McLoughlin 

Workplace Training and Compliance, work with early years, primary schools, post primary schools and 3rd level education settings in providing tailored education sector related training to all staff. We focus on best practice, recent guidance to ensure you can meet the  requirements place on staff to assist and heighten the child’s/student’s capacity to function while also ensuring we meet our safeguarding requirements.