Enhanced Care Specialist training PLUS Care Practitioner Skills courses bundle
Care Specialists training courses bundle
The Senior Care Support Worker & Personal Assistant courses bundle is a premier learning solution designed for individuals dedicated to a professional career in health and social care.
Aligned with the 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 Specialist
Our unique structured programme eliminates the confusion of multiple certificates by combining the essentials into one cohesive six-month journey.
This bundle covers four 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.
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.
See All Care Workforce Pathway Qualifications
Refund Policy & Terms
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Access Equals Acceptance: Once a learner logs into the LMS, accesses any course, or communicates with a tutor, the right to a refund is waived, even within the first 14 days.
Refund Eligibility: Eligible refunds are issued via credit note.
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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),
Health and Social Care UK National Standards and Codes of Conduct
Care certificate Standard 1 - Understand Your Role
Care certificate Standard 2 – Your Personal Development
Care certificate Standard 3 – Duty of Care
Care certificate Standard 4 – Equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights
Care certificate Standard 5 – Work in a person-centred way
Care certificate Standard 6 – Communication
Care certificate Standard 7 – Privacy and dignity
Care certificate Standard 8 – Fluids and nutrition
Care certificate Standard 9 – Awareness of Mental Health and Dementia
Care certificate Standard 10 – Adults Safeguarding
Care certificate Standard 11 – Safeguarding Children
Care certificate Standard 12 – Basic life support
Care certificate Standard 13 – Health and Safety
Care certificate Standard 14 – Handling information
Care certificate Standard 15 – Infection control
Care certificate Standard 16 – Awareness of Learning Disability and Autism
Mental Health and Resilience Training
Core Skills for health and social care workers
Conflict Resolution and dealing with challenging behaviour
Moving and Handling (Manual Handling)
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
Level 2 Adult Care Worker Expected Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours
Level 2 Introduction to Duty of care in health, social care, and children’s and young people’s settings
Level 2 Principles of personal development in adult social care settings
Level 2 Principles of diversity, equality and inclusion in adult social care settings
Level 2 Understand how to handle information in social care settings
Level 2 Understand the role of the social care worker
Level 2 Understand Health and safety in social care settings
Level 2 Understand Person-centred approaches in adult social care settings
Level 2 Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care
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
Level 2 Diploma in Care course essentials
Level 2 Responsibilities of a care worker
Level 2 Personal development in care settings
Level 2 Communication in care settings
Level 2 Duty of care in care settings
Level 2 Equality and inclusion in care settings
Level 2 Implement Person-centred approaches in care settings
Level 2 Safeguarding and protection in care settings
Level 2 Health, safety and wellbeing in care settings
Level 2 Handling information in care settings
Level 2 Care planning
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
Level 2 Support individuals to access and use information about services and facilities
Level 2 Infection prevention and control
Level 2 Move and position individuals in accordance with their care plan
Level 2 Support Independence in tasks of daily living
Level 2 Awareness of sensory loss
Level 2 Introduction to medication types and processes
Level 2 Understand the safe administration of medication
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
Level 3 Lead Adult Social Care Worker Standards for Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviours
Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care essentials course
Promoting Effective Communication, Independent Advocacy and Confidentiality (16 hours)
Implement Data Security in Storing and Accessing Information (9 hours)
Promote Personal Development and Reflective Practice (8 hours)
Promote Personal Wellbeing, Self-Care, and Resilience (6 hours)
Promote the application of Person-Centred Practices (10 hours)
Promote Individuals' Right to Make Choices and their Independence (10 hours)
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
Level 3 Promoting Individuals’ Health and Wellbeing in Care Settings
Level 3 Promoting Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Human Rights in Care Settings
Level 3 Promoting General Health and Safety in Care Settings
Level 3 Promoting Specialised Health and Safety in Care Settings
Level 3 Promoting Infection Prevention and Control in Care Settings
Level 3 Care Worker Responsibilities and Ways of Working
Level 3 The Principles of Duty of Care in Care Settings
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
Level 3 The Principles of Mental Capacity and Restrictive Practice in Care Settings
Level 3 Understand the process and experience of dementia
Level 3 Understand Sensory Loss
Level 3 Understand Advance Care Planning
Level 3 Facilitate person centred assessment, planning, implementation and review
Level 3 Support use of medication in social care settings
Level 3 Supporting individuals with specific communication needs
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.
