DHSC Enhanced Care Worker & Personal Assistant courses bundle

Level 3 Enhanced Care Worker & Personal Assistant courses bundle

Elevate Your Career with the DHSC Care Workforce Pathway

The Level 3 Enhanced Care Worker and Personal Assistant Bundle is a premier learning solution designed for individuals dedicated to a professional career in health and social care.

Aligned with the DHSC Care Workforce Pathway updates, this programme bridges the gap between basic care support and advanced clinical delegation, ensuring you are never "out of your depth" in increasingly complex community and residential settings.

A Streamlined Journey: From Foundation to Senior

Our unique structured programme eliminates the confusion of multiple certificates by combining the essentials into one cohesive six-month journey.

This bundle covers four DHSC primary job categories:

New to Care: For those starting their journey.
Care or Support Worker: Building core competency.
Enhanced Care Worker: Developing specialist expertise.
Personal Assistant: Empowering 1-to-1 tailored support.

This "Super Bundle" prepares you for high-responsibility roles such as Lead Adult Care Worker, Team Leader, Shift Supervisor, Senior Care Assistant, and Care Coordinator.

What’s Included in the bundle?

This intensive programme consists of 76 online courses organized into five specialised sections:

Care Certificate (16 Standards): The essential bedrock of care.
Statutory and Mandatory Training (SMT): Fully updated to December 2025 Skills for Care/Skills for Health standards.
Level 2 Preparing to Work: Delivers 20 credits of foundational knowledge.
Level 2 Care diploma Bundle: Skills training for frontline Care Assistants and PAs.
Level 3 Adult Care diploma Bundle: Advanced leadership and delegated clinical knowledge for senior roles.

Who Is This For?

Individual Workers: To fast-track personal development and seniority.
Managers & Owners: To implement a trackable, standardized induction.
Supervisors: To provide a framework for performance management.
Trainers: To enhance delivery with high-quality, pre-structured content.
Business Directors: To gain a comprehensive oversight of the care industry.

Course Structure & Requirements

To ensure total mastery, this programme follows a structured progression over six months.

Each section builds logically on the previous month; "jumping around" the curriculum is discouraged to maintain educational integrity and ensure learners fully grasp complex concepts before moving to senior-level material.

Important Note on Qualifications:

This bundle provides comprehensive training and knowledge; however, this bundle is NOT a regulated qualification.

To obtain a formal Ofqual-recognised RQF qualification, learners must separately enrol in the Level 2 or Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care.

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Month 1 Study Schedule and Contents
Training for DHSC “New to Care” job category - Part 1

Core standards from Care Certificate 16 Standards, and the updated Statutory and Mandatory Training (SMT),
1. Health and Social Care UK National Standards and Codes of Conduct
2. Care certificate Standard 1 - Understand Your Role
3. Care certificate Standard 2 – Your Personal Development
4. Care certificate Standard 3 – Duty of Care
5. Care certificate Standard 4 – Equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights
6. Care certificate Standard 5 – Work in a person-centred way
7. Care certificate Standard 6 – Communication
8. Care certificate Standard 7 – Privacy and dignity
9. Care certificate Standard 8 – Fluids and nutrition
10. Care certificate Standard 9 – Awareness of Mental Health and Dementia
11. Care certificate Standard 10 – Adults Safeguarding
12. Care certificate Standard 11 – Safeguarding Children
13. Care certificate Standard 12 – Basic life support
14. Care certificate Standard 13 – Health and Safety
15. Care certificate Standard 14 – Handling information
16. Care certificate Standard 15 – Infection control
17. Care certificate Standard 16 – Awareness of Learning Disability and Autism
18. Mental Health and Resilience Training
19. Core Skills for health and social care workers
20. Conflict Resolution and dealing with challenging behaviour
21. Moving and Handling (Manual Handling)
22. Fire Safety in health, social and community care settings
Month 2 Study Schedule and Contents
Training for DHSC “New to Care” job category - Part 2

Gain knowledge and understanding for working in Adult Social Care courses bundle
1. Level 2 Adult Care Worker Expected Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours
2. Level 2 Introduction to Duty of care in health, social care, and children’s and young people’s settings
3. Level 2 Principles of personal development in adult social care settings
4. Level 2 Principles of diversity, equality and inclusion in adult social care settings
5. Level 2 Understand how to handle information in social care settings
6. Level 2 Understand the role of the social care worker
7. Level 2 Understand Health and safety in social care settings
8. Level 2 Understand Person-centred approaches in adult social care settings
9. Level 2 Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care
10. Level 2 Principles of communication in adult social care settings
Month 3 Study Schedule and Contents
Training for DHSC “Care or Support Worker” job category - Part 1

Adult Care Worker skills and competence-based learning aligned to Level 2 Diploma in Care
1. Level 2 Diploma in Care course essentials
2. Level 2 Responsibilities of a care worker
3. Level 2 Personal development in care settings
4. Level 2 Communication in care settings
5. Level 2 Duty of care in care settings
6. Level 2 Equality and inclusion in care settings
7. Level 2 Implement Person-centred approaches in care settings
8. Level 2 Safeguarding and protection in care settings
9. Level 2 Health, safety and wellbeing in care settings
10. Level 2 Handling information in care settings
11. Level 2 Care planning
12. Level 2 Support individuals who are distressed
Month 4 Study Schedule and Contents
Training for DHSC “Care or Support Worker” job category - Part 2

Adult Care Worker skills and competence-based learning based on Level 2 Diploma in Care
1. Level 2 Support individuals to access and use information about services and facilities
2. Level 2 Infection prevention and control
3. Level 2 Move and position individuals in accordance with their care plan
4. Level 2 Support Independence in tasks of daily living
5. Level 2 Awareness of sensory loss
6. Level 2 Introduction to medication types and processes
7. Level 2 Understand the safe administration of medication
8. Level 2 Understand Record-keeping for Medication
Month 5 Study Schedule and Contents
Training for DHSC “Enhanced Care Worker” or "Personal Assistant" job category - Part 1

Lead Adult Care Worker and Senior Care Assistant competence-based courses aligned to Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care
1. Level 3 Lead Adult Social Care Worker Standards for Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviours
2. Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care essentials course
3. Level 3 Promoting Effective Communication in Care Settings
4. Level 3 Effective Handling of Information in Care Settings
5. Level 3 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in Care Settings
6. Level 3 Promoting Personal Wellbeing
7. Level 3 Promoting Person-Centred Practice in Care Settings
8. Level 3 Promoting Choice and Independence in Care Settings
Month 6 Study Schedule and Contents
Training for DHSC “Enhanced Care Worker” or "Personal Assistant" job category - Part 2

Continuing Lead Adult Care Worker and Senior Care Assistant competence-based training based on Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care
1. Level 3 Promoting Individuals’ Health and Wellbeing in Care Settings
2. Level 3 Promoting Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Human Rights in Care Settings
3. Level 3 Promoting General Health and Safety in Care Settings
4. Level 3 Promoting Specialised Health and Safety in Care Settings
5. Level 3 Promoting Infection Prevention and Control in Care Settings
6. Level 3 Care Worker Responsibilities and Ways of Working
7. Level 3 The Principles of Duty of Care in Care Settings
8. Level 3 The Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in Care Settings
Month 7 Study Schedule and Contents
Training for DHSC “Enhanced Care Worker” or "Personal Assistant" job category - Part 3

Continuing Lead Adult Care Worker and Senior Care Assistant competence-based training based on Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care
1. Level 3 The Principles of Mental Capacity and Restrictive Practice in Care Settings
2. Level 3 Understand the process and experience of dementia
3. Level 3 Understand Sensory Loss
4. Level 3 Understand Advance Care Planning
5. Level 3 Facilitate person centred assessment, planning, implementation and review
6. Level 3 Support use of medication in social care settings
7. Level 3 Supporting individuals with specific communication needs
8. Level 3 Principles of Assessing vocational skills, knowledge and behaviours (KSBs) in the work environment
Progression to higher DHSC category phases
Phase 4 Progression: Management & Strategy (Duration 8 to 23 Months)

Role: Supervisor to Registered Manager

Shifts from "Direct Care" to "Business Operations" to run a care service, manage a budget, lead a team, manage the external business environment, and more.
- Month 8: Administrative training. Learn the "business" side of care, with Business Regulation, Stakeholder Management, IT systems, and Project Management.
- Month 9: Team Leadership with Managing People, Finance, and Operational Management, Leadership Styles, etc.
- Month 10: Practice Leadership. Study CQC Regulations and Fundamental Standards, learn to lead inclusive practices and professional supervision.
- Month 11: Deputy Manager preparation with 20 "bite-sized" specialist modules of Level 4 Leadership, covering Governance, Resource Management, and Innovation.
- Month 12: Registered Manager (Level 5). Master Strategic Leadership, Quality Management, Recruitment and Selection, Facilitate Coaching and Mentoring, the Visionary Direction of a care service, and lead your organisation through CQC Monitoring and Regulation under the Single Assessment Framework.
Key Benefits of full training on all 8 DHSC job role categories include:

Skilled Care Workers: Meeting the Care/Health SMT requirements and the DHSC Role Categories.
- CQC Regulatory Focus: Covers the legal status of the Registered Manager, prepares for the "Fit and Proper Person" interview and ongoing inspections.
- Employers develop a Registered Manager from within rather than recruiting one from outside.
- CQC Evidence on Autopilot: Provide immediate, documented evidence that your workforce development is aligned with the DHSC Care Workforce Pathway.
- Retention Tool that provides a "growth guarantee," reduces turnover by showing a clear path to promotion.