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The Care Certificate

Vital training for new Health and Social Care staff.

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View our full suite of mandatory training courses for Health and Social Care staff.

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For Health and Social Care staff required to carry out more specialist tasks in their day to day roles.

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Mental Health

Mental health training courses designed by our highly qualified and experienced curriculum team.

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Health and Safety in Care

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Safe Handling and Administration of Medicines

The distance learning manual on the safe handling and administration of medicines aims to provide essential information about the principles and practices involved in safely handling and administering medications. It emphasizes the role of employees in ensuring medication safety and highlights the relevant legislation governing this area.

Throughout the manual, there are case studies, examples, and exercises to help learners apply the knowledge and understand the complexities of safe medication handling. Learners will also be encouraged to reflect on their own practices and consider ways to improve medication safety in their workplace. This workbook costs £14.95 per learner. Prices may vary based on your requirements.

Learning Objectives

  • Law and Legislation
  • Classification of Medicines
  • Forms of Medicine
  • Prescribing and Dispensing
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Checks and Records
  • Storage of Medicines
  • Routes of Administration
  • Medication Administration Records (MAR)
  • Self-Administration
  • Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
  • Professional Care Values

Mandatory Training Courses

Aim: To provide healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with information on health, safety and fire to help them stay safe while delivering care.

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eLearning Health and Safety
eLearning Fire
Distance learning

Aim: To introduce healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to equality, diversity and inclusion, so that they can be promoted and discrimination reduced.

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eLearning course
Distance learning

Aim: To enable healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to understand the importance of food safety, including hygiene, in the preparation and handling of food and the importance of nutrition and hydration in maintaining health and wellbeing.

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eLearning course
Distance learning

Aim: To ensure that healthcare support workers and adult social care workers can identify abuse and respond appropriately to situations where abuse may occur.

Classroom training
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eLearning course
Distance learning

Aim: To provide healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with information in order to minimise, prevent and control the spread of infection.

Classroom training
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eLearning course
Distance learning

Aim: To provide healthcare support workers and adult social care workers with information to ensure the safe handling and administration of medications.

Classroom training
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eLearning course
Distance learning

Aim: To ensure healthcare support workers and adult social care workers recognise the principles of moving and assisting people safely and the importance of risk assessment prior to any moving and assisting task.

Classroom training
eLearning course

Aim: To enable healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to communicate effectively and understand communication needs to help improve outcomes for individuals they support.

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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.

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Aim: To make healthcare support workers and adult social care workers aware of person centred planning/thinking/care and their role in implementing person centred approaches.

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Aim: To help healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to explore and understand the principles of good record keeping.

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Aim: To enable healthcare support workers and adult social care workers to understand their role, their relationship with others, how to work in ways that have been agreed with their employer and in partnership with others.

Classroom training
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