BESPOKE COURSES
Services List
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Dementia AwarenessDementia Awareness
Dementia affects 850,000 people in the UK. With an ageing population this number is increasing with most people needing support. This 1/2 day course is essential for those who support individual living with dementia and will provide staff with a better understanding of the challenges that face people living with the condition.
This course aims to:
Identify the various different types of dementia howevers focuses on the 4 main types including Alheizmers, vascular dementia, dementia with lewy bodies, frontotemporal dementia.
Examine how each type can affect different people
Explore the challenges that people living with dementia may face
Explore how to communiate, and support those individual effectively to live full and active lives
This course is a mix of presentation, discussion and real case study. It will provide support staff with a basic knowledge of the condition which can be tailored to fully suit your needs.
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Epilepsy Awareness of Adults or ChildrenEpilepsy
Epilepsy is a very individualised condition, so no two people with that condition will share the same experiences.
This introductory course will explore:
The different aspects of epilepsy.
The different types of seizures and how each of them could manifest itself. It includes the new 2017 classification of seizures. What is Sudep? and how to reduce risks.
Seizure management programmes and how they work.
How to safely support a person before, during and after a seizure.
This course is a mix of presentation, discussion and case study. It will provide support staff with a basic knowledge of the condition which can be tailored to fully suit your needs.
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Mental Health Awareness
Mental Health is a fast growing problem in the care industry this one day course looks at what is a mental illness? the different types of mental illness and how these will affect the individual. The factors that can increase the risk of developing a mental illnes, and how to sucessfully support an individual with a mental illness.
This course is a mix of presentation, case studies and discussion with interactive activities designed to challenge preconceptions surrounding mental illness.
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Autism awareness This ½ day course will provide staff working with those individuals on the autism spectrum with knowledge on the different conditions within the spectrum.
Autism awareness
The course aims to explore:
How autism affects people
Possible causes and characteristics.
Diagnosis and treatment options
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Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS)Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS)
This ½ day course is vital to anyone working with individuals who may lack capacity. Since its implementation in 2009 the subject has become a high priority for managers and external regulators. The aim of this course is to provide delegates with what constitutes a deprivation of liberty and the application process. Key roles will be explained, as well as how deprivations can be unlawful. This course also includes the latest developments in (DoLs) including the proposed replacement Liberty Protection Safeguards.
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Equality & DiversityEquality & Diversity
Challenges in the workplace is something that we can all face.
This ½ day introductory course will look at:
the Equality Act 2010 and what are protected characteristics?
Employer and employee responsibilities
Prejudice stereotyping and the different types of discrimination
The course will inform delegates how to report both internally and externally. The course can be tailored to explore discrimination within each client group and looks at the medical and social model of disability. It is a mix of presention and discussion to explore how to reduce the risk of being exposed to discrimination and how to challenge it.
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Effective Record Keeping
Producing comprehensive records is an integral element of working in the care industry. This 1/2 day introductory course is aimed at those who are required to document information in a factual format for a variety of different purposes both internal and external organisations. The course looks at the purpose of documented, the different forms of record keeping, how to produce clear, factual, honest records which comply with the principles of recording keeping and your responsiblities and limitations within the law.
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Introduction into Effective Communication
Being able to communicate effectively is a huge advantage to those working in the care industry. It helps to develop and maintain both professional and personal relationships. This 1/2 day introductory course looks at the different kinds of cummunication, and their barriers, the communication process and how to become an effective listener and communicator. How communication impacts on the care setting, GDPR and how it fits with communication.
This course can be delivered at a stand alone course or work well along the effive record - keeping.
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Diabetes Awareness
This 1/2 day awareness ains to provide those who support individuals with diabetes with a greater understanding of this medical condition. It discussess what diabetes is, and how it affects the individual from diagnosis to management and gives information to staff on how to support individuals through hypos & hypers.
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Skin Integrity & Wound Care Management
Maintaining good skin health is a very important aspect for those working in the elderly care sector. This full day comprehensive course explores the importance of skin integrity and the various different conditions can impact the skin. It covers ageing dry skin, bruising and blister management, mositure lesions and skin tears . Reducing the risk of pressure ulcers can be an extremely challenging element of skin integrity, this course covers the management of pressure ulcers and includes the All Wales Tissue Viabilty Skin bundle , who should be on a skin bundle and how to implement it into your setting.
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