Mandatory Training For Residential Home Staff

As residential care staff, your involvement in our CPD Accredited Mandatory Training is essential for delivering outstanding care and meeting regulatory standards. This comprehensive programme is designed to boost your skills and deepen your understanding across a range of key areas in care:

• Equality, Diversity, and Human Rights: Delve into appreciating and protecting the unique backgrounds and rights of individuals, while actively combating discrimination.

• Health, Safety, and Welfare: Grasp the crucial aspects of health and safety legislation, conduct risk assessments, and manage incidents in the care setting effectively.

• Infection Prevention and Control: Learn to maintain exemplary hygiene standards, prevent the spread of infections, and properly utilise personal protective equipment (PPE).

• Safeguarding Adults in Care Homes: Identify signs of abuse, understand how integral your role is in protecting adults, and respond appropriately.

• Safeguarding Children Level 1: Detect the various manifestations of child abuse and ensure a prompt, child-centric response when necessary.

• Basic Life Support Including Resuscitation: Acquire lifesaving skills, including CPR for adults, children, and infants, besides learning how to respond to choking emergencies.

• Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia, and Learning Disabilities: Enhance your comprehension of the challenges faced by individuals with mental health conditions, dementia, or learning disabilities, and adopt supportive practices.

• Communication: Bolster your communicative abilities to interact effectively with those in your care, your colleagues, and other stakeholders whilst maintaining confidentiality.

• Duty of Care: Understand your responsibility to act in the best interests of those you care for and how to navigate conflicts or ethical dilemmas.

• Information Governance: Familiarise yourself with the laws and best practices regarding handling information, ensuring data protection and privacy.

• Nutrition and Hydration: Gain insights into the importance of a balanced diet and adequate hydration, and learn to recognise signs of nutritional deficiencies.

• Privacy and Dignity: Uphold the privacy and dignity of those you support, encouraging independence and respect for personal boundaries.

• Understanding Your Role: Define your responsibilities, understand professional limits, and value the importance of teamwork in a care context.

• Work in a Person-Centred Way: Implement care principles that place the individuals receiving care at the centre of all decisions related to their care.

• Your Personal Development: Commit to ongoing learning and reflection to continually improve your skills in caregiving.

• Medication Management in Care Homes: Master crucial practices for managing medication, ensuring safe storage, precise record-keeping, and meticulous administration to safeguard residents’ health and prevent errors.

Interactive scenarios within each module will enable you to apply your newly acquired knowledge directly to your role. Completing this training will equip you to not only meet but exceed the standards set by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), demonstrating exceptional care and professionalism.