Overview

The Care Certificate has been developed to help ensure that health and social care workers are knowledgeable, safe and able to provide compassionate, high-quality care to vulnerable people.

This online course gives learners access to 16 units, each comprised of a series of short, engaging and interactive courses designed to provide learners with knowledge and understanding of the Care Certificate’s standards.

This course provides the knowledge and information to help the Learner pass the Care Certificate, but does not include the workbook segment of the Care Certificate.

Objectives

• Understand the role of a health and social care worker
• Be aware of the importance of effective communication and how to meet the needs of service
• Know the principles of safeguarding within health and social care
• Understand the roles and responsibilities relating to health and safety and awareness of the related key legislation

Modules

• Introduction to the Care Certificate
• Understand your role
• Your personal development
• Duty of care
• Equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights
• Work in a person-centred way
• Effective communication
• Compassion, dignity and privacy
• Fluids and nutrition
• Mental health and dementia
• Adult safeguarding
• Safeguarding children
• Basic life support
• Health and safety
• Handling information
• Infection prevention and control
• Awareness of learning disability and autism