Health & Social Care

Infection Control

• • Department of Health guidelines on control of infection in residential & nursing homes

  • Disinfection of sharps

  • Who must be alert & aware?

  • Safe disposal

  • Needle stick injuries

  • Risk assessments

  • Communicable infections

  • Personal protective equipment (PPE)

  • Safe storage & disposal of substances hazardous to health

  • Who is responsible?

  • What we need to document & why

  • Precautions and actions to be taken

Course duration: 2 hours

Cost of course: £230.00 for up to 12 delegates

Plus £23.00 per additional delegate

Tissue Viability/Pressure Ulcer

• • How do Pressure Ulcers Occur?

  • Pressure Ulcer risk factors

  • Common sites for pressure ulcers

  • Grades of Pressure Ulcers

  • Preventative Care

  • Pressure relieving devices

  • Anatomy and physiology of the skin

Course duration: 2 hours

Cost of course: £240.00 for up to 12 delegates

Plus £24.00 per additional delegate

Medication Awareness in the Care Home

• • Legislation

  • Types of medication

  • Storing medication safely

  • Supporting independence and self administration

  • Contra-indications, allergies and overdoses

  • Monitored dosage systems

  • Recognising and reporting changes

  • Classification of medication

  • Prescribing

  • Safe disposal of medication

  • Reporting mistakes

Course duration: 2 hours

Cost of course: £240.00 for up to 12 delegates

Plus £24.00 per additional delegate

Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults

Course Syllabus:

• • Legal Issues

  • Confidentiality Boundaries

  • Action to be taken if witnessed or suspected

  • Causes of Abuse

  • What is Abuse?

  • Types of Abuse

Course duration: 3 hours

Cost of course: £240.00 for up to 12 delegates

Plus £24.00 per additional delegate

Mental Capacity/Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

Course Syllabus:

• • Mental Capacity Act

  • What is capacity?

  • 5 Key Principles

  • Making informed decisions

  • Best Interests

  • Lasting Powers of Attorney

  • Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCA’s)

  • Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

  • Restrictions

  • Restraints

  • Bournewood Case

Course duration: 2 hours

Cost of course: £240.00 for up to 12 delegates

Plus £24.00 per additional delegate

Equality & Diversity/Dignity & Respect

Course Syllabus:

• • What is Dignity?

  • What is Respect?

  • Common and Statute Law

  • Human Rights Act

  • The Dignity Challenge

  • Dignity Champion

  • Equality & Diversity

  • Discrimination

  • Equal Opportunities

  • Rights and Preferences

  • Wishes and Needs

  • Independence

Course duration: 3 hours

Cost of course: £240.00 for up to 12 delegates

Plus £24.00 per additional delegate

Dementia Awareness

Course Syllabus:

• • Dementia Case Studies

  • Who gets Dementia?

  • Causes of Dementia

  • Can Dementia be cured?

  • Symptoms of Dementia

  • Social attitudes

  • Helping Dementia Sufferers

  • Available Medications

Course duration: 3 hours

Cost of course: £240.00 for up to 12 delegates

Plus £24.00 per additional delegate

Dementia Activities

Course Syllabus:

• • Dementia Activities

  • Sights

  • Touch

  • Sound

  • Smell

  • Memory Games

  • Individual Activities

  • Group Activities

Course duration: 2 hours

Cost of course: £240.00 for up to 12 delegates

Plus £24.00 per additional delegate

Challenging Behaviour

Course Syllabus:

• • Types of behaviour

  • Noise making

  • Reasons for behaviour

  • Aggression

  • Persons needs

  • Safety & security

  • Understanding & responding

Course duration: 3 hours

Cost of course: £240.00 for up to 12 delegates

Plus £24.00 per additional delegate

Disability Awareness

Course Syllabus:

• • What is a disability?

  • Legislation regarding disabled people

  • Access to leisure activities

  • Mental and physical awareness, plus affects of medication

  • Ability barriers

  • Education and employment

  • Housing and transport

Course duration: 2 hours

Cost of course: £230.00 for up to 12 delegates

Plus £23.00 per additional delegate

Loss & Bereavement/Palliative Care

Course Syllabus:

• • A positive approach when caring for people who are dying

  • The four stages of grief

  • Handling death with dignity

  • Understanding spiritual, religious and cultural needs and rites and functions to be observed

  • Helping people cope who have been bereaved

Course duration: 2 hours

Cost of course: £240.00 for up to 12 delegates

Plus £24.00 per additional delegate

Person Centred Care/Care Planning

Course Syllabus:

• • Role of a Key Worker

  • Legislation and Confidentiality

  • Effectively Record Information

  • Methods of Evaluation

  • Various methods of care delivery

  • Person centred approach

  • Being non-judgmental

  • Importance of providing choice

Course duration: 2 hours

Cost of course: £240.00 for up to 12 delegates

Plus £24.00 per additional delegate

Record Keeping & Report Writing

Course Syllabus:

• • Records – Uses and purposes

  • Clarity, accuracy and legibility

  • Protocols and practices

  • Objective/subjective reports

  • Presentation and layout

  • Confidentiality

Course duration: 2 hours

Cost of course: £230.00 for up to 12 delegates

Plus £23.00 per additional delegate