Core and Mandatory Care Training & Courses

FLUIDS & NUTRITION: 3 hrs  Importance of nutrition in maintaining functional capacity & quality of life: achieving a balanced diet; fluid intake; chronic illness and specific nutritional needs

FOOD HYGIENE: 3 hrs  Sound knowledge of food hygiene & safety regulations, control food risks, contamination, signs and symptoms, hazards and prevention.

HEALTH AND SAFETY: 3 hrs  The purpose & content of the Health & Safety at Work Act; Employer's & Employee's Duties; EEC Regulations; COSHH and RIDDOR, define a Risk & Hazard

INFECTON PREVENTION & CONTROL: 3 hrs  Definition, routes of transmission, signs and symptoms of various infective disorders, the laws: RIDDOR, COSHH, Health & Safety at Work Act, Food Hygiene Regulations, Personal Protective Equipment, Immunization, Universal

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MEDICATION MANAGEMENT: 3 hrs     Aims to enable care staff to administer medication effectively and safely.  We define Drugs, and look at Prescription and Drug Categories, guidelines for self-medication, their ordering, storage, administration & disposal, and

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MENTAL CAPACITY ACT & DoLs: AN INTRODUCTION: 3 hrs  Looks at key principles of decision making on others’ behalf, the difference between restriction and deprivation of liberty, the legal framework, safeguards surrounding substitute decision making,

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MOVING & HANDLING OF PEOPLE:  New Staff - 6 hrs  Causes of back pain, anatomy, principles of safe lifting, Manual Handling Regulations, high risk problems, Risk Assessment, and, for care staff, practice of various manoeuvres and

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MOVING & HANDLING OF PEOPLE: Refresher - 3 hrs  Causes of back pain, anatomy, principles of safe lifting, Manual Handling Regulations, high risk problems, Risk Assessment, and, for care staff, practice of various manoeuvres and use of

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PERSON CENTRED CARE PLANNING: 3 hrs  Definition of Person Centred Care, its importance & values in Health & Social Care, ways to put it into practice.