Mandatory Training For Support Workers

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As support workers in care homes, your role in managing medication is vital. It includes tasks like preparing, giving out, and logging the medication for each resident. Ensuring that medicines are stored correctly and that you’re fully trained in how to handle them is key. Because our residents rely heavily on us, we must strictly follow the medication management guidelines to keep them safe and healthy. This also means reducing the chance of any medication mistakes. By carrying out frequent checks, we make sure our methods meet the highest standards of care and safety for everyone we look after.

Duration: 18 Hours     CPD Points: 18

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Madatory training for support workers Training Objectives

As support workers, your participation in our CPD Accredited Mandatory Training is vital in providing high-quality care and maintaining compliance with care standards. The training includes multiple modules, each designed to develop your skills and knowledge in specific areas of care:

Equality, Diversity, and Human Rights: Learn to value and respect each individual’s unique background and protect their rights while preventing discrimination.

Health, Safety, and Welfare: Understanding workplace health and safety legislation, identifying risks, and effectively handling care environment incidents is crucial.

Infection Prevention and Control: Gain insights on maintaining hygiene standards, preventing infections, and properly using PPE.

Safeguarding Adults Level 1: Recognize abuse signs, understand your role in safeguarding adults, and know how to respond appropriately.

Safeguarding Children Level 1: Identify different forms of child abuse and ensure a swift, child-centered response to any concerns.

Basic Life Support Including Resuscitation: Learn life-saving CPR techniques for adults, children, and infants, and how to address choking emergencies.

Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia, and Learning Disabilities: Enhance your awareness of the challenges faced by individuals with mental health issues, dementia, or learning disabilities, and how to support them.

Communication: Improve communication skills to interact effectively with those in your care, your team, and other stakeholders, while keeping information confidential.

Duty of Care: Understand your duty to act in the best interests of those you care for and navigate conflicts or dilemmas you may face.

Information Governance: Learn the laws and best practices for managing information, ensuring data protection, and securing personal information.

Nutrition and Hydration: Recognize the importance of a balanced diet and hydration in maintaining health, and how to spot signs of nutritional deficiencies.

Privacy and Dignity: Uphold the privacy and dignity of individuals you support, promoting independence and respect for personal space.

Understanding Your Role: Clarify your responsibilities, professional boundaries, and the value of teamwork in care settings.

Work in a Person-Centred Way: Apply person-centred principles in your work to keep care recipients at the center of care decisions.

Your Personal Development: Engage in ongoing learning and reflective practice to improve your care providing skills continuously.

Medication Management In Care Homes: Learn the correct procedures for managing medication, including safe storage, accurate record-keeping, and careful administration, to safeguard the health of residents and prevent errors.

Interactive and relevant scenarios within each module ensure that you can apply what you’ve learned directly to your day-to-day work. After completing the training, you’ll be well-equipped to meet and exceed the Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards, demonstrating exceptional care and professionalism.

Who is this for?

Who is this support worker training for?

Our tailored training programme is specifically designed to cater to a wide array of roles within the UK’s care sector, ensuring comprehensive coverage:

Care Assistants and Workers: They are essential for offering daily support to clients in various settings, including residential homes and domiciliary care, playing a critical role in the wellbeing of those they support.

Support Workers: Provide indispensable aid in daily living and personal care under the guidance of healthcare professionals. They assist with everything from meals to maintaining personal hygiene, crucial for ensuring clients’ dignity and life quality.

Healthcare Assistants: An integral part of the healthcare team, supporting doctors and nurses in hospitals and other healthcare facilities with patient care and administrative tasks, contributing significantly to the health service delivery.

Social Workers: Dedicated to improving the social and psychological wellbeing of individuals in vulnerable situations, advocating for their clients’ rights and access to necessary resources and services.

Nurses and Nursing Staff: Though often already specialised, the mandatory programme reinforces their commitment to current best practices, health and safety protocols, and care quality standards.

Care Managers and Supervisors: They lead by example, ensuring their teams not only meet but exceed the legal and professional standards, leading to the highest quality of care and operational efficiency.

Personal Care Assistants: Work closely with clients in their own homes, assisting with everyday tasks and personal care, fostering a supportive and personalised relationship.

Occupational Therapists: Specialists who enable clients to overcome daily life challenges resulting from health issues, ensuring their practice remains compliant with care quality and regulatory standards.

Registered Mental Health Nurses: Focus on psychiatric care, with the programme reinforcing their skills in safeguarding and ethical treatment practices.

Care Coordinators: Play a crucial role in synchronising and overseeing a client’s care plan, ensuring a cohesive approach across various healthcare professionals and services.

This training is indispensable for anyone engaged in providing direct or indirect care within the health and social care sector in the UK, aligning with the standards of regulatory bodies such as the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Completion of this programme is a testament to a commitment towards professional development and maintaining exemplary standards of care, enhancing the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care across the sector.

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Your course is instantly allocated to you upon completion of your purchase.

Yes, the mandatory support worker training has been assessed and awarded a CPD accreditation by the CPD standards office.

Upon successful completion of the quiz at the end of the course, you will be instantly awarded a CPD accredited course certificate for each course to download or print at home for free. We also have an option for you to request a hard copy of the certificate sent to your home or work address.

Yes, the mandatorysupport worker training course comes complete with unlimited exam retakes

Yes, the mandatory support worker training will aid refresher training. It will give evidence of an understanding for staff induction. It will evidence awareness and improve your knowledge aiding your current skillset. A certificate is awarded upon completion.

We offer a complimentary learner management system to view the learner's course progress, view quiz results and certification. We also offer a dedicated compliance matrix to aid with audits and inspections. 

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You will be given a multiple-choice exam available at the end of the learning, you will be graded. On a pass mark of 70% or higher a certificate is issued.

You may retake the test at your convenience at no additional cost.

On completion of the exam, a free certificate is instantly available for you to download or print.

A hard copy certificate printed on certificate grade paper can be purchased for a nominal fee via your learner dashboard and are dispatched within three working days to your address. Please note at this time we currently only mail certificates to the United Kingdom. 

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