Our mandatory induction training includes all training mandated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

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All Caregivers must successfully complete induction training in both practical and theory of home care before they can give personal care to our Clients/Customer.

The induction training includes the following mandatory courses - but the training is not limited to these courses:

 

Please Note: The list below will be updated as CQC guidelines, legislations and regulations change.

 

INDUCTION TRAINING COURSES (All Caregivers)

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Standard 1- Understand Your Role and  Responsibilities

Standard 2- Personal Development

Standard 3- Duty of Care

Standard 4- Equality and Diversity

Standard 5- Work in a Person Centred Way

Standard 6- Communication Training Module  (Verbal & Written) 

Standard 7- Privacy & Dignity Training 

Standard 8- Fluids & Nutrition

Standard 9- Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia & Learning Disabilities

Standard 10- Safeguarding Adults

Standard 11- Safeguarding Children

Standard 12- Basic Life Support (BLS) for care workers

Standard 13- Health & Safety at Work

Standard 14- Handling Information (Information Governance (Includes Caldicott Principles))

Standard 15- Infection Control (including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) /                                       Clostridium difficile (CDiff ) / RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous                               Occurrences Regulations 2013) & COSHH ) 

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•   Duty of Care

•   Employee Handbook​

•   Handbook Induction, Including Policies and Procedures

•   Induction Awareness

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In addition to completing the mandatory induction training our caregiver should also aim at completing the Care Certificate within six months of working with us as  a community caregiver.

 

ANNUAL MANDATORY COURSES

These are courses that all our caregivers must take every year:

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•   Basic Life Support  and assessment CPR - (Includes Practical Session)

•   Blood borne Pathogens

•   Catheter Care

•   Communication Skills (Verbal & Written) 

•   Confidentiality

•   Consent

•   Continence  Awareness and Promotion 

•   Dementia Awareness

•   Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Essentials

•   Dying Death and Bereavement

•   End of Life

•   Equality, Diversity and Human Rights

•   Fire Safety Awareness ((1) Hazards & Prevention (2) Drills & Evacuation)

•   First Aid Skills

•   Fluids and Nutrition

•   Food Safety and Hygiene and Nutrition /  Dietary Needs

•   Handling Information - GDPR & Data Protection

•   Health and Safety

•   Infection Prevention and Control

•   Infectious Disease Control and Prevention

•  Information Governance (Includes Caldicott Principles)

•   LGBTQ+ (Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning Plus)

•   Lone Working promotion of staff safety

•   Medication Administration

•   Mental Health Awareness

•   Mental Capacity Act Essentials

•   Moving and Handling of People -(Includes (Moving & Handling) Theory and Practical Sessions)

•   Oliver McGowan Part 1 and 2

•   Oral Health Care

•   Person-centred Care

•   Personal Care

•   Positive Behaviour Support

•   Pressure Care course

•   Privacy and Dignity in Care

•   Safeguarding Adults

•   Safeguarding Children

•   Skin Care

•   Stroke Awareness

•   Wound Care

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ADDITIONAL TRAINING COURSES

​These are optional courses, but we encourage and assist our community caregivers to take every two years.

•   Acquired Brain Injury

•   Administration of Medicines for unqualified staff

•   Adult Abuse - prevention of adult abuse

•   Ageing
•  Alcohol Misuse

•  Autism and Autism Awareness

•  Autistic spectrum Disorder

•  Alcohol Misuse

•   Anxiety

•   Arthritis

•   Assessing-Needs
•   Autistic spectrum Disorder

•   Bloodborne Pathogens 

•   Catheter Care

•   Cerebral Palsy
•   Challenging Behaviour Management

•   Child Health and Well-being
•   Child Protection
•   Clinical Record Keeping

•   Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CBT

•   Communicating Effectively

•   Communication Skills (Verbal & Written) 
•   Communication with People with Learning Disabilities

•   Confidentiality
•   Conflict Management and Disengagement

•   Consent
•   Continence Awareness

•   Continence Promotion
•   Controlled Medication Protocols

•   Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH )
•   Dementia Awareness

•   Depression 

•   Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Essentials
•   Develop As A Worker
•   Diabetes Awareness

•   Duty of Care
•   Dying, Death & Bereavement

•   End of Life

•   Enteral (PEG) Feeding
•   Epilepsy Awareness
•   Fire Training
•   First Aid Awareness

•   First Aid Skills 

•   Food & Nutrition

•   Fluids and Nutrition 
•   Food Safety and Hygiene
•   Hand Hygiene

•   Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) HACCP

•   Hazards & Prevention (2) Drills & Evacuation)

•   Hepatitis
•   Induction Awareness

•   Latex Allergy
•   Learning Disability and Awareness
•   Loss & bereavement

•   Managing of Violence and Aggression/Conflict Management
•   Medication for Unqualified staff

•   Medication Administration Management
•   Motor Neuron

•  Manual Handling -(Includes (Moving & Handling) Theory & Practical Sessions Assessment)
•   Multiple Sclerosis
•   Muscular Dystrophy
•   Palliative Care/End of Life

•   Parkinson's Disease
•   Person Centred Planning & Care

•   Pressure Care course
•   Principles of care

•   Recording & Reporting and Confidentiality

•   Record keeping
•   Risk Assessment

•   Risk Incident Reporting
•   Role of the Care Worker

•   Safeguarding of Vulnerable People ( Adults and Children)
•   Sensory Impairment
•   Stroke Awareness
•   Supervision and Appraisal
•   Supported Living

•   Tracheostomy + Ventilation
•   Train the Trainer
•   Understanding and responding to challenging behaviour in the elderly
•   and many more other courses available

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All courses and training are in line with the new Care Certificates. The training is carried out by (1) Internal - qualified, certified trainer, Hassan Kanray Bangura, FRSPH*, (our CQC Registered Manger); (2)  External -the Health & Safety Group, please visit their website at: The HEALTH & SAFETY GROUP Healthcare; (3)  External – the Flourish (Greymatterlearning Click); for further details visit their website at : https://flourish.co.uk/sectors/adult-social-care/

 

All of our trainers are experienced and knowledgeable in the health care sector and we encourage and support our healthcare staff to carry out their challenging roles with care and diligence - meeting and exceeding the standards taught in certified training.

 

We offer support and guidance on nurses revalidation with the Nursing and Midwifery council in the UK.

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​Footnote:  FRSPH stands for Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health.

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