Training Courses

To achieve good standards of health and safety it is necessary to combine knowledge with common sense, this manual aims to increase your awareness of the causes of accidents and ill health and provide you with ideas to improve safety.

The majority of people living in care homes take some kind of medicine. Some will be administering their own medication; others may take medicines that can only be administrated by trained doctors and nurses. As a care worker you will need to be famailiar with the medicines taken by your clients and you may even be trained to administer a number of them; you shuld be aware of issues concerning their control and must have knowledge of your home's own policies and procedures.

Caring for people with dementia takes patiance, understanding and kindness. Every person is an individual with different abilities and needs, this course does not lay down a set of rules for dealing with poeple with dementia, rather it is intended to increase your understanding of the illness and to provide ideas for helping your clients to cope with it.

Food Hygene legislation exists to ensure that all food procedures, no matter how large or small their operations, observe good hygene practices. You as food handlers must have basic knowledge of the principles of food hygene and safety, and be able to apply these in a practical way. It is the intention of this course to help you do this.

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is a law which received Royal Assent on the 7th April 2007 and came into force 1st October 2007. The Mental Capacity Act will affect the way in which we all work in care. The MCA works with other existing legislation eg. The Mental Health Act 1983. The MCA can be used to treat people with mental health problems who lack capacity. The MCA cannot be used to detain people or deprive them of their liberty.

The new Act applies to every person who works in a health and social care setting that is involved in care, treament or support of people aged over 16 years living in England and Wales, who are unable to make all or some decisions for themselves.

This course is designed to make you aware of all aspects of Manual Handling Operations. It concentrates  on the principles behind safe prectice to help you reduce accidents and injury.

The following areas are covered:

• Emplyers' duties

• Emplyees' duties

• Training requirements

• In-house policies and prcedures

• Anatomy and physiology of the Spine

• Facts about the back

• Risk assesments

• Individual responsibilities

• Team work

When someone is terminally ill, there are many issues to be addressed. For example, the clinical aspects of terminal care; the ethics around whether to treat or not to treat; most importantly, encouraging independence. These issues need to be looked at in detail alongside offering choices, protecting quality of life, caring for the whole person, and providing palliative care in a residential home or in their own home. The provision of holistic, person – centred care provides quality of life for the person concerned which should also address the fact that we all have spiritual needs and that these are different to religious needs. The course also covers the social and psychological factors that affect the client’s family or friends with regards to personal experiences of death and bereavement.

This course covers violence in the workplace-“any incident in which a person is abused, threatened or assaulted in circumstances related to their work” as well as the law that employers have a duty to uphold. Personal safety, self defence, personal boundaries and understanding others are some of the topics discussed as well as the importance of good communication-“The meaning of your communication is the response you get, and if the response you get is not what you wanted, change the way you are communicating”. Reading the signs of aggression is emphasised and strategies for defusing and containing aggression are discussed.

First Aid priorities of positioning the patient; taking any additional measures to improve the circulation; comfort and reassurance and obtaining appropriate medical assistance are discussed in full. The course also covers the importance of reporting and recording of all information. Basic Emergency Aid takes you through a variety of possible injuries from nose bleeds through to penetrating chest wounds; detailing the symptoms; how they may deteriorate and the immediate treatment required .The course also covers Burns and Scalds and how to deal with shock.