MANDATORY COURSES

This course follows the principles NHS passport scheme, covers 6 modules and is delivered over 2 days (1st day theory, 2nd day practical skills)

Module A – Introduction, legislation, Employer & Employee Responsibilities

Module B - Handling and Practical application of Ergonomics

Module C - Sitting, Standing and Walking

Module E - Lateral Transfers

Module F – Hoisting

Additional Module  - Safe Wheelchair Use

This course certificate will last for 3 years (with annual intrim refreshers advised)

This course is delivered over 1 day and covers the legislation, employer & employee responsibilities, safer handling practices and is a mix of theoretical and practical elements.

This course certificate will last for 1 year.

This 1 day course covers the scene & primary surveys, cardio pulmonary resuscitation, choking, agonal breathing, as well as some common first aid emergencies such as shock, burns, bleeding etc.  It will teach staff how to keep people safe whilst delivering first aid, reporting and recording responsibilities under legislation. This course also covers how to sucessfully use an AED.

This course certificate will last 1 year.

This 1/2 day awareness course will provide your staff with an understanding of their responsibilities relating to preparing and serving food safely. The course will cover legislation, responsibilities, bacterial contamination, cross contamination and how their actions can prevent them, personal hygiene and how important it is and can also include your organisational policies and procedures relating to food safety.

This course certificate lasts 1 year.

This course is delivered over 1 full day and is aimed at those who work within a kitchen setting. it will ensure that staff receive full knowledge and understanding of food hygiene regulations and their responsibilities, principles of safer food, microbiological hazards and controls, food poisoning, food premises and pests, as well as effective cleaning practices. The course will also discuss recording systems, and staff responsibilities following the principles of HACCP.

This course certificate lasts 3 years.

Every care worker plays a vital part in minimising the risks associated with cross infection. This ½ day course provides staff with the knowledge required to keep themselves and their clients safe. Staff will gain understanding of the chain of infection, how infection is spread, blood borne diseases, how to minimise risks when dealing with accidental spills, effective hand washing techniques and more. The course works within NICE guidelines and those set out by the Department of Health.

This course certificate last 1 year.

Medication Administration is a very important part of the role of care workers and is such it is important they recieve the correct level of training and understand in order to reflect that importance. This full day course will cover medication storage, administration and disposal. It will provide staff with their responsibilities under legislation, policies and procedures. Monitored dosage systems, medication, drugs and PRN administration and their possible side effects. This course also covers the various recording systems available and how to sucessfully use them.  It also provides a medication compentancy test.                                                                                
It can also encompass your company policies and procedures relating to medication administration.

This course certificate last 1  year.

The protection of vulnerable adults should be at the forefront of all care and support staff’s minds. Reporting adult abuse is everyone’s responsibility. Therefore this course is an essential component of care and support work.

This course will explore:

What makes an adult vulnerable to abuse

The different types of abuse and their indicators

It will discuss whistleblowing and how to report suspected or actual abuse both internally and externally.

This course is a mix of presentation, case studies and discussion and includes all relating legislation including the Care Act 2014, the Social Services (Wales) and Wellbeing Act 2016, and the latest Inspection and Regulation Act 2018.

This course certificate lasts 1 year.

This ½ day course is care home focused it will cover areas of fire management including how a fire starts, spreads and is extinguished. It looks at the fire risk assessments and individual PEEPS and how these will impact staff support. The course aims to show how the action of staff can alter the outcome of a fire in progress. It discusses the various evacuation procedures available and explores which would best serve the setting

The course can include a walk around before the course date. This will ensure that each fire safety course is truly tailored to the individual environment.

This course certificate lasts 1 year.

This ½ day course is tailored to be care home focused. It will cover employer and employee responsibilities under legislation, risk management and both formalised and dynamic risk assessments. It will provide staff with the essential knowledge needed to identify hazards and risks, control measures and how to perform their role safely.

This course certificate lasts 1 year.

This ½ day course is essential for anyone who uses chemicals in the workplace and aims to provide knowledge on the hazardous substances in the care environment. It will look at legislation, COSHH assessments and their importance, how chemicals enter the body and the potential harmful effects of short and long term exposure. The course covers how to use chemicals correctly and shares the correct procedures for various tasks using chemicals, as set out in the HSE care home guidance. it also covers correct disposal  methods of chemicals.

The course certificate lasts 1 year.