Care Certificate 16 Standards online courses bundle

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Standard 1 - Understand Your Role 

• Your responsibilities as a care worker,

• Understand own role

• Work in ways that have been agreed with your employer

• Understand working relationships in health and social care

• Work in partnership with others

Standard 2 – Your Personal Development 

• importance of personal development at work, 

• understand different types of qualifications in the UK

• how to create your personal development plan and why this is important.

• how to develop your own knowledge, understanding and skills

• Understand core skills,

• use of supervision, appraisals and SMART objectives.

Standard 3 – Duty of Care 

• the importance of duty of care in your role,

• how duty of care contributes to safe practice,

• support available for addressing dilemmas that may arise about duty of care,

• the ways to deal with comments, complaints, incidents, errors and near misses in your work,

• using policies and incident forms.

Standard 4 – Equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights

• the meaning of equality, diversity, discrimination, 

• the different types of discrimination, at the barriers to equality and diversity in care, The Equality Act 2010 and the nine protected characteristics.

• how to work in an inclusive way

Care certificate Standard 5 – Work in a person-centred way 

• Understand person-centred values

• the importance of working in a person centred way, including the 6Cs of care,

• factors that may cause discomfort or distress 

• how to support individuals to minimise pain or discomfort

• how to support the individual to maintain their identity and self-esteem 

• how to support individuals using the person-centred approach, the Care Act 2014 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

Care certificate Standard 6 – Communication 

• effective communication and why it is important in your role,

• different types of communication, including verbal and non-verbal communication,

• how to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals,

• how to support the use of communication aids and technologies 

• why confidentiality in care is vital, and when confidentiality can be broken.

Care certificate Standard 7 – Privacy and dignity

• the principles that underpin privacy and dignity in care,

• how to maintain and respect privacy and dignity, and raise concerns

• helping individuals to make informed choices

• how to support active participation

Care certificate Standard 8 – Fluids and nutrition 

• the importance of nutrition and hydration,

• importance of food safety and the relevant food safety legislation

• how to assess nutrition and hydration needs in a person-centred way

• circumstances that may affect an individual’s food and drink choice, such as beliefs, preferences, health conditions, medicines and support needed for individuals to eat and drink.

Care certificate Standard 9 – Awareness of Mental Health and Dementia 

• awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disabilities,

• relevant key legislation, 

• the ways to promote communication with individuals who have learning disabilities,

• common mental health problems,

• meaning of mental capacity in relation to how care is provided

Care certificate Standard 10 – Adult Safeguarding  

• the importance of safeguarding vulnerable adults 

• what constitutes harm

• why an individual may be vulnerable to harm or abuse

• types of abuse that can occur, including Domestic Violence and Abuse Awareness

• signs and symptoms that indicate when a person is being abused,

• relevant legislation that applies to safeguarding vulnerable adults,

• how to reduce the likelihood of abuse

• how to record and report any safeguarding concerns.

Care certificate Standard 11 – Safeguarding Children 

• the importance of safeguarding children,

• types of abuse children can experience

• signs and symptoms that indicate a child is being abused.

• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

• Risk factors that increase the likelihood of abuse of a child in their own home

• Your Role in Safeguarding Children

• how to record and report safeguarding concerns.

Staard 6 – Communication  

• Why effective communication is important for your job role.

• different types of communication

• verbal and non-verbal communication,

• meeting the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals,

• supporting use of communication aids and technologies 

• why confidentiality in care is vital, and when confidentiality can be broken.

Standard 7 – Privacy and dignity 

• Principles underpinning privacy and dignity in care,

• maintaining and respect privacy and dignity

• raising concerns

• helping individuals to make informed choices

• supporting active participation

Standard 8 – Fluids and nutrition 

• the importance of nutrition and hydration,

• importance of food safety

• relevant food safety legislation

• assessing nutrition and hydration needs in a person-centred way

• factors affecting an individual’s food and drink choice, such as beliefs, preferences, health conditions, medicines and support needed for individuals to eat and drink.

Standard 9 – Awareness of Mental Health and Dementia 

• awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disabilities,

• relevant key legislation, 

• promoting communication with individuals with learning disabilities,

• common mental health problems,

• mental capacity in relation to how care is provided

Standard 10 – Adult Safeguarding 

• the importance of safeguarding vulnerable adults 

• what constitutes harm

• why an individual may be vulnerable to harm or abuse

• types of abuse 

• Domestic Violence and Abuse Awareness

• signs and symptoms that indicate abuse

• relevant legislation for safeguarding vulnerable adults,

• reducing the likelihood of abuse

• record and report any safeguarding concerns. 

Standard 11 – Safeguarding Children 

Care certificate Standard 12 – Basic life support

Standard 12 – Basic life support 

• basic life support training,

• importance of CPR and the role of hand-only CPR,

• signs and causes of cardiac arrest,

• causes of an obstructed airway

• treatment of choking in adults, infants and children

• UK Resuscitation Council Resuscitation Guidelines

Standard 13 – Health and Safety 

• health and safety in care settings, 

• main health and safety legislation that apply to health and social care workers, employer and employee responsibilities,

• health and safety in relation to administering medication, needles and sharps, moving and handling and using correct PPE

• promoting fire safety

• working securely

• managing stress

Standard 14 – Handling information 

• agreed ways of working and legislation regarding the recording, storing and sharing of information,

• importance of secure systems for recording, storing and sharing information,

• the eight Caldiott Principles,

• data protection principles and relevant legislation,

• how you can report concerns regarding the recording, storing or sharing of information internally, whistleblowing and reporting concerns externally

• data breaches and how to avoid them

• principles of good record keeping

• responsibilities of health and social care organisations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 

Standard 15 – Infection control  

• different types of infections, 

• the chain of infection, the entry and exit routes of transmission and how to break the chain of infection, 

• short-term and long-term consequences of infections 

• employer and employee responsibilities regarding infection control 

• effective hand hygiene

• principles of safe handling of infected or soiled linen and clinical waste 

Standard 16 - Awareness of Learning Disability and Autism 

• Understanding learning disability 

• Understanding autism 

• Communication and accessible information 

• Reasonable adjustments

See the Care Certificate category for other study options of the 16 Standards of the Care Certificate bundles with additional courses, at:  

https://www.leaderinadultcare.com/category/care-certificate-16-standards 

and

https://www.leaderinadultcare.com/category/bundles-of-courses 

The courses and bundles are not interchangeable, and therefore you must be clear on which option you want before making payment.  

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