Care Practitioner Skills training - From Starter to Care Professional

Rigorous, CQC-aligned training — from Care Certificate standards to care professional skills. 
 Whether you are arranging your own training or a manager inducting new starters or upskilling frontline care staff, it is critical that all staff develop genuine competence, confidence, and a deep understanding of person-centred care, capacity, consent, and fundamental standards for safe care in England.
 Our comprehensive Care Training from Starter to Care Professional bundle builds lasting expertise, satisfies regulatory compliance, and drives excellence. 
 What’s Included?
This all-in-one bundle covers over 330 hours of in-depth, high-impact learning divided into clear, progressive stages: 
1. Care Certificate Courses (Standards 1–16) 
2. Specialised & SMT Core Training 
3. Knowledge Training for Care Support Workers (97 Hours) 
4. Practical Skills Training for Care Support Workers (240 Hours)

Duration and Size of this learning bundle
Duration and Size of this learning bundle

This bundle content delivers at least 500 hours of learning.

Most learners will complete all the learning within 6 months, depending on their motivation.

Completion is not a race.

Access to learning materials is 12 months, providing ample time for learning.

Once assess has expired, payment will be required for another 12 months of access.

The Level 2 courses in this learning bundle are aligned to the National Occupational Standards for Care Assistants, Support Workers, and Personal Assistants.

The duration depends on the learner.

Most learners will complete all the courses within 12 months,
Who is this learning bundle for?
This learning bundle is for everyone, regardless of job role or previous educational attainment.

This Health & Social Care Diploma course bundle with Care Certificate Bundle and extras, deliver training for anyone who works within a care service or aspiring to start a career in the relevant field, including:
- Health Care Assistant
- Mental Health Social Worker
- Elderly Care Worker
- Mental Health Care Worker
- Homecare Assistant
- Daycare Worker
- Residential Support Worker
- Health visitors
- Care Assistant
- Care Support Worker
- Mental Health Care Worker
- Midwife
- Nursing Assistant
- Occupational Therapist
- Rehabilitation Counsellor
- Mental Health Care Worker
- Social Care Worker
- Assistant Practitioner
- Healthcare Assistant
- Home Care Worker
- Child Support Worker
- Social Worker
- Care Worker
- Mental Health Care Worker
- Psychologist
- Counsellor
Why this learning bundle became necessary
This learning bundle is designed to support anyone who works in adult care in the UK, whether in social care including residential and domiciliary, hospitals, other areas of healthcare, community care and more.

Prospective learners can use this learning bundle to educate themselves on all aspects of the job role of Adult Care Worker, Health Care Assistant, and Support Worker.

This large bundle of courses is a comprehensive learning programme that will take the average learner between 6 to 12 months to complete.

All learners are allowed 12 months access from the date of enrolment.
Care Certificate Courses (Standards 1–16)
1. Care Certificate Courses (Standards 1–16)
- Overview of the Care Certificate & Fundamentals of Safe Care
- Standard 1: Understand Your Role
- Standard 2: Your Personal Development
- Standard 3: Duty of Care
- Standard 4: Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Human Rights
- Standard 5: Work in a Person-Centred Way
- Standard 6: Communication
- Standard 7: Privacy & Dignity
- Standard 8: Fluids & Nutrition
- Standard 9: Awareness of Mental Health & Dementia
- Standard 10: Adult Safeguarding
- Standard 11: Safeguarding Children
- Standard 12: Basic Life Support
- Standard 13: Health & Safety
- Standard 14: Handling Information
- Standard 15: Infection Control
- Standard 16: Awareness of Learning Disability & Autism
How to use this learning bundle
The Health and Social Care Support Worker Skills training + Care Certificate delivers at least 500 hours of learning and development for anyone working or aspiring to work in any part of the health and social care sector.

Employers, managers, trainers, can use this learning bundle for staff induction, staff re-training, and ensuring all staff are trained to be competent. The learning resources can also form a basis for group training and staff supervision.

The certificates of completion provided by each learner that completes a course means that the employer can provide independent evidence in staff files for each completed learning activity.

Individuals arranging their own learning and development can use this learning bundle to ensure they are up to date and competent.

The different certificates of completion make it easy for the person to provide evidence of each completed learning and development activity.
How to pay for learner enrolment
How to pay for learner enrolment

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If you are enrolling more than 1 learner, on the Cart change the number from 1 to the number of learners you want to enrol.

After completing payment, the buyer will receive a link to a downloadable acknowledgement explaining the next step.

The process of learner enrolment is as follows:

The buyer will be contacted by email within 24 hours of payment, to obtain the names and details of each learner.

Please reply to the email, and provide the details requested.

Once the buyer replies to the email request and provides the requested details, each learner gets a separate Learner Account on the Learning Management System (LMS), gets enrolled into the relevant learning resources.

A login email is sent to each learner with instructions on how to use their unique express sign-in link to login and access their learning account.
2. Specialised & SMT Core Training
2. Specialised & SMT Core Training
- Mental Health & Resilience Training
- Understanding and Applying Core Skills at work
- Conflict Resolution & Dealing with Challenging Behaviour
- Fire Safety in Health, Social & Community Care Settings
- Moving & Handling (Manual Handling) & Ergonomics
3. Knowledge Training for Care Support Workers
3. Knowledge Training for Care Support Workers (97 Hours)
- Health & Social Care UK National Standards & Codes of Conduct (3 hrs)
- Adult Care Worker Expected Knowledge, Skills & Behaviours (3 hrs)
- Understanding Communication in Care Settings (8 hrs)
- Understanding Personal Development in Care Settings (8 hrs)
- Understanding Diversity, Equality & Inclusion in Care Settings (9 hrs)
- Understanding Safeguarding & Protection (14 hrs)
- Understanding Duty of Care in Care Settings (5 hrs)
- Understanding the Role of the Social Care Worker (5 hrs)
- Understanding Person-Centred Approaches in Care Settings (17 hrs)
- Understanding Health & Safety in Care Settings (20 hrs)
- Understanding Handling Information in Social Care Settings (5 hrs)
4a. Practical Skills Training - part 1
4a. Practical Skills Training for Care Support Workers (240 Hours)
- Overview of Care Support Worker Skills (5 hrs)
- Care Worker Responsibilities, Professional Boundaries & Quality Assurance (8 hrs)
- Communication & Confidentiality (10 hrs)
- Personal Development & Occupational Competence (12 hrs)
- Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Challenging Discrimination (9 hrs)
- Safeguarding, Protection & Reducing Abuse (14 hrs)
- Duty of Care, Candour & Handling Dilemmas (5 hrs)
- Implementing Person-Centred Care, Consent & Active Participation (20 hrs)
- Health, Safety & Wellbeing (17 hrs)
- Handling Information, Records & Data Breaches (6 hrs)
4b. Practical Skills Training - part 2
4. Practical Skills Training for Care Support Workers (240 Hours)
- Sensory Loss Awareness Skills (9 hrs)
- Infection Control & Prevention Skills (15 hrs)
- Positioning & Moving Individuals & Impact of Specific Conditions (14 hrs)
- Supporting Individual Independence for Daily Living (18 hrs)
- Supporting Individuals Who Are Distressed (11 hrs)
- Care Planning, Implementation, Recording & Reviewing (8 hrs)
- Medication Types, Legislation, Processes & Audits (17 hrs)
- Handling Medication & Record-Keeping (17 hrs)
- Medication Administration, Risk Management, Safeguarding & Monitoring Effects (25 hrs)