Our range of Care Sector courses are designed to meetthe needs and desires of most care sector premises, our Care Sector courses can be delivered either on your premises, at an agreed venue or at our training rooms in Bolsover. The list of courses is developing and growing all the time to meet new needs as they arise.
The list of courses include:
Challenging behaviour courses, Safeguarding, Autism & Asberger Syndrome, Dementia courses including Activities, Disability awareness, Epilepsy Awareness, Equality & Diversity, Medication, Mental Capacity & DOLS, Person Centred Care, Record Keeping, Sharps Awareness, Stress Awareness, Loss & Bereavement and Tissue Viability, all courses can be adapted to suit your particular circumstances. If the course you are looking for is not listed, please phone.
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Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
Course content :
- What is abuse
- The bounds of confidentiality
- Roles and responsibilities
- Legislation
- Different kinds of abuse
- Causes of abuse
- Actions to take if abuse is seen or suspected
Duration 3hrs
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Autism & Asperger Syndrome
Course content :
- What is autism?
- What is asperger’s syndrome?
- The characteristics of autism and asperger’s syndrome
- Myths, facts and statistics
- Causes of autism and asperger’s syndrome
- Diagnosis
- Symptoms
- Care
Duration 3hrs
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Challenging Behaviour
Course content :
- What is challenging behaviour?
- The language of behaviour
- History and major life events
- Observing behaviour and record keeping
- Anchored emotional states
- The physical environment
- Social background
- Biological and health issues
- Possible interventions
- The phases of the assault cycle
Duration 6hrs
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Challenging Behaviour
Course content :
- What is challenging behaviour?
- History and major life events
- Observing behaviour and record keeping
- Anchored emotional states
- The physical environment
- Social background
Duration 3hrs
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Dementia Activities
Course content :
- What is an activity?
- The benefits of activity
- The carers abilities as a resource in providing activities
- The clients needs and abilities
- Preparing an activity
- Carrying out an activity
Duration 3hrs
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Dementia Awareness
Course content :
- Understanding dementia
- Understanding person centred care
- Understanding challenging behaviour in the context of dementia
- Applying a person centred approach to dementia care
Duration 6hrs
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Dementia Awareness – Refresher
Course content :
- Principles of person centred care
- Life history
- Communicating with people with a dementia
- Personal care using a person-centred approach
Duration 3hrs
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Disability Awareness
Course content :
- What is a disability
- Legislation affecting disables people
- Cultural and social influences
- Barriers to ability
- Education/employment
- Housing/transport
- Access to leisure activities
- Mental and physical awareness (affects of medication)
Duration 2hrs
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Epilepsy Awareness
course content :
- What is a seizure
- How the brain works
- Types of seizure
- First aid for epilepsy
- Anti-epileptic drugs
- Sleep and epilepsy
- Photo-sensitivity and other triggers
Duration 3hrs
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Loss & Bereavement
Course content :
- Positive caring for people who are dying
- The four stages of grief
- Abnormal grief
- Some dos and don't s
- Different religious customs
- Helping people to cope with a personal crisis
Duration 2hrs
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Medication
Course content :
- Receiving
- Ordering
- Storage
- Administration
- Refusal
- Controlled Medication
- Error
- Administration Format
- Side Effects
- Accountability
- Audit
Duration 3hrs
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Mental Capacity & DOLLS
Course content :
- Introduction
- The Five Key Principles
- Support and help people to make their own decisions
- Definition of the lack of capacity and the single test
- Explanation of best interest
- Protection for people providing care
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- How people can plan ahead
- Advanced decisions
- The role of the court of protection
- The role of the Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAS)
Duration 3hrs
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Nutrition & Hydration
Course content
- Anatomy and physiology of the Gastro intestinal tract
- Information on forms of nutrition- content of diet and healthy eating
- Causes of problems with eating and drinking including changes to the brain
- Mental capacity and choice- including how to ensure the service user receives the dietary choice they want irrespective of capacity
- Preparation and presentation of food and drink
- Choices of diet, location of where to eat, choice of companions
- Documentation
- Principles of good practice
- Clinical Audit
- Research carried out into Nutrition- Hungry to be Heard (Age concern) and Enhanced Nutritional care (RCN)
Duration 3hrs
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Person Centered Care
Course content :
Focusing on activities of daily living
- Life history
- Focusing on activities of daily living
- Focussing on needs of the individual
- Care planning around the needs of the individual
- Rights and choices
- Mental capacity act
- Discrimination
Duration 3hrs
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Record Keeping
Course content :
Values of good record keeping
- Activities of daily living
- Values of good record keeping
- Personal Hygiene & Dressing
- Care planning process
- Assessments
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Requirements of completed records
Duration 2hrs
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Sharps Awareness
Course content :
- What is a sharp?
- What action should be taken?
- Who must be aware/alert
- Precautionary measures
- Safe disposal
- Needle-stick injuries
- Medical awareness
- Protection
- Risk assessment
Duration 2hrs
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Stress Awareness
Course content :
- Causes of stress
- Understanding stress
- Dealing with stress at work
- Measuring performances
- Stress self-assessment
Duration 2hrs
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Tissue Viability
Course content :
- What are pressure sores
- Anatomy & physiology of the skin
- Prevention
- Observation
- Grading
- Treatment
- Management
Duration 2hrs
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Equality and Diversity
Course content:
- · Equal opportunity
- · Diversity
- · Person centred care
- · Mental capacity act
- · Training and development
- · Bullying and harassment
- · Equal opportunities law
2 Hr course.
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Diabetes awareness
Course content:
- · Introduction to what diabetes is
- · The types of diabetes
- · Treatment, diet and exercise
- · Daily care and monitoring
- · Illness, foot care, hypoglycaemia
- · Case studies
3 Hr course.
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Common induction
Course content:
1 Role of the health and social care worker
2 Personal development
3 Communicate effectively
4 Equality and inclusion
5 Principles for implementing duty of care
6 Principles of safeguarding in health and social care
7 Person-centred support
8 Health and safety in an adult social care setting
We can deliver any required element, or combination of elements from the above list.
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Physical intervention and breakaway techniques.
Course content:
- · Legislation and guidance.
- · RIDDOR.
- · Definitions of aggression.
- · Signs of aggression.
- · Typical assault cycle.
- · Examples of physical violence.
- · Examples of non physical violence.
- · Behaviour to look out for.
- · Common emotional reactions.
- · Coping with aggression and violence.
- · Diffusing the situation.
- · Consequences of assault.
- · Personal precautions.
- · Environmental factors.
- · Breakaway techniques.
- · Criminal law act.
- · Appropriate use of restraint.
2, 3, or 4 day course to include all or part of the above, please ring the office for details.
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End of life / palliative care
Course content.
- · What is end of life care
- · Seven principles
- · Levels of staff training
- · 4 key competencies
- · Symptom management, maintaining comfort and well being
- · Advance care planning
- · Pain scoring
- · Stages of grief
2 Hour course
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