Understand health and safety basics in the workplace. Ensure legal responsibilities are met.

This course has been designed to ensure that you understand what stress is.

The main points covered are:

– Understand what causes stress and how to spot it

– Describe how stress can affect a team

– Describe ways of coping with stress

This course has been designed to ensure that you hold an awareness of risks and understand how risk assessment should be conducted.

The main points covered are:

– The meaning of risk and risk assessment

– Legislation

– Heinrich Bird’s Accident Triangle (1969)

– Conducting risk assessment

– Vulnerable people

– Understand the different classification of medication

– Name relevant government legislation relating to medication

– Describe your responsibilities as a care worker when giving medication

– Understand what constitutes good medication administration process

– Understand the need for safe storage and disposal of medication

– Recognise the need for proper record keeping and information sharing

– Describe the role of the CQC

– Understand relevant legislation

– Define personal data

– Describe who the GDPR applies to

– List the 7 key principles

– Describe what is meant by a lawful basis for processing

– List an individual’s rights under the GDPR

– Describe what is meant by security under GDPR

– Understand the need for getting further guidance on GDPR

– Describe how medicines are administered

– Understand the need for recording the giving of medication

– Describe how medication should be disposed of

– Understand what causes medication errors and how to reduce the risk

– Describe possible side effects of medication and what to do

– Describe what moving and handling is

– Name some key pieces of legislation relating to moving and handling

– Identify your company policy on moving and handling

– Understand different types of injuries and accidents in the workplace

– Describe the risk assessment process

– Learn or refresh key skills for moving and handling 

– Practice moving and handling tasks frequently used in your workplace

– Explain what is meant by the term safeguarding adults at risk

– Identify the types of abuse

– Describe some signs and symptoms of possible abuse

– Describe what you should do if you have a concern about an adult’s welfare or safety 

– Explain what is meant by the term safeguarding children

– Identify the various types of intervention and their thresholds

– Describe signs and symptoms of possible abuse

– Describe what you should do if you have a concern about a child’s welfare or safety

– Managing incidents

– Basic life support – CPR

– Control of bleeding

– Choking

– Anaphylaxis

– Examination of a casualty

– Unconsciousness

– Head injury

– Strains and Sprains

– Shock

This course has been designed to ensure that you possess a theoretical knowledge and practical skills in supporting people living with disability to achieve their potentials, and will assess your ability to do the following:

– Be able to put into practice care values

– Gain understanding of equality and diversity

– Gain insight in upholding equality and diversity

– Gain understanding of the single assessment process in person centred care

– Know the legislations governing disability

– Define the term Mental health

– Describe how you might spot a possible mental health disorder

– Make referrals

– Supporting those with mental health disorders

– Discrimination and stigma

– Treating mental health disorders and side effects of medication