The Care Certificate
The Care Certificate defines the minimum standard of skills, knowledge and behaviours expected of care workers. Every individual new to the health and social care sector, as well as those changing jobs within it, is required to undertake a thorough induction programme that meets the Care Certificate standards and allows them to provide evidence of completed objectives.
The Care Certificate eLearning
Our Care Certificate eLearning course provides underpinning theory-based knowledge for all 15 standards.
The Care Certificate Manual
Our simple solution to the Care Certificate distance learning package comes with a workbook and knowledge book.
Care Certificate Training
First Response Training provides a range of Level 1 Awards to cover all 15 of the Care Certificate standards and provide the essential basic knowledge and training that all care workers must complete in order to provide safe, effective care and support.
Role of the Care Worker and Personal Development
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to understand their role, ways of working and their responsibility for their own personal development.
Duty of Care
Aim: To ensure that healthcare support workers and adult social care workers understand their duty of care and how to fulfil it, with consideration for legislation, workplace policies and possible conflicts.
Safeguarding Aults
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with an awareness of safeguarding issues and how they can effectively safeguard adults at risk of harm.
Person Centred Care and Support
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with an awareness of the concept of person centred care and support.
Moving and Assisting Awareness
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to understand their role, ways of working and their responsibility for their own personal development.
Health, Safety and Fire Awareness
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with an awareness and understanding of key health and safety issues.
Food Safety, Nutrition and Hydration Awareness
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to understand how to prepare and handle food safely and hygienically and understand the importance of good nutrition and hydration.
Medication and Healthcare Tasks Awareness
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with basic knowledge of medications, their effects and safety issues and how to assist with healthcare tasks.
Handling and Recording Information
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to explore and understand the principles of handling information and maintaining records.
Infection Control and Prevention Awareness
Aim: To introduce healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to the principles of infection control and prevention.
Effective Communication
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to communicate effectively to improve outcomes for individuals they support.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Awareness
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers understand the principles of equality and diversity, how to promote inclusion and reduce discrimination.
First Aid Awareness
Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with an awareness and understanding of basic first aid principles and techniques.
Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability Awareness
Aim: To raise learners’ awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disabilities and how to promote positive wellbeing.
CPD Points Available
These training courses are CPD accredited. This means that your staff members can receive nationally recognised CPD points for completing our high quality, externally verified training programmes.