How to track training, close gaps and maintain oversight across carers, shifts and branches. Managing mandatory training across a domiciliary care workforce requires one reliable training record, requirements matched to each worker’s duties, clear management responsibilities and consistent follow-up. Managers also need to distinguish completed courses from the practical competence required to provide care safely….
Mandatory Training Requirements for Care Homes in England Plan the right training for every care home role. Care homes in England must ensure staff have the training, support and competence needed to carry out their duties safely. Common training areas include safeguarding adults, infection prevention and control, fire safety, health and safety, moving and handling,…
Choose training that fits your team and budget. Credits pay for individual course enrolments; subscriptions pay for access over a set period; unlimited training removes per-course charges within an included catalogue. Credits can be economical when staff need a few courses. A subscription can offer better value when employees need substantial induction, refresher and specialist…
The Six Principles of Safeguarding Explained The six principles of safeguarding are empowerment, prevention, proportionality, protection, partnership and accountability. They guide adult safeguarding practice, helping staff respond to abuse and neglect while respecting the person’s rights, wishes and involvement. This guide explains each principle with practical examples for care homes, homecare services and other adult…
What Is the Care Certificate? 16 Standards and Assessment Explained Understand the standards, online learning and workplace sign-off. Applies to: England | Guidance checked: 4 October 2026 The Care Certificate is a set of 16 standards describing the knowledge, skills and behaviours expected of health and adult social care support workers in England. It…
A Practical Guide to Home Care Training and Compliance. Online training for domiciliary care agencies should cover the knowledge, skills and behaviours care workers need to provide safe, person-centred care in people’s own homes. This will typically include the Care Certificate for workers new to care, safeguarding, medication, moving and handling, infection prevention and control,…
A practical guide to care home training, costs and CQC requirements in 2026. Running a care home means ensuring staff have the knowledge, skills and competence to provide safe, effective and person-centred care. Training is therefore not simply an induction exercise or a collection of certificates. It is part of how a care home demonstrates…
A practical guide to choosing cost-effective online training for small care teams. For a small care agency, choosing online training is not simply a matter of finding the cheapest course. If you employ 5–50 care workers, you need a training system that helps you answer five practical questions: What training does each employee need? When…
Courses, costs and features compared for care providers. Choosing an online care training provider is not simply a question of finding the lowest course price. Care providers also need to consider the range and relevance of courses, accreditation, Care Certificate support, Learning Management System (LMS) functionality, reporting, certificate management, refresher reminders and how easily training…
Understanding CPD Accreditation in Care CPD accredited care training is training that has been independently assessed by a CPD accreditation organisation against its standards for continuing professional development. It provides an additional form of quality assurance around the structure and educational value of a learning activity. However, CPD accreditation does not automatically make a care…
Understanding endorsement, CPD accreditation and CQC compliance. If you are choosing training for a care home, domiciliary care agency, supported living service or other adult social care organisation, you may see providers describing themselves as “Skills for Care endorsed”, “CPD accredited”, “CQC compliant” or even “CQC approved”. These terms do not mean the same thing….
Mandatory & Statutory Training for Adult Social Care: What Employers Need to Know If you run a small care home, domiciliary care agency or other adult social care service, working out exactly what training your staff need can be confusing. What training is actually mandatory? What is statutory? Does every care worker need the same…
