Our Safeguarding Adults at Risk course explores the signs and symptoms of abuse and how to reduce the risk of abuse, understand what to do if abuse is suspected, as well as the importance of whistleblowing and multi-agency cooperation. This course also covers key topics such as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), trafficking, and safer recruitment to ensure learners have a well-rounded understanding of key safeguarding areas. This ensures learners are equipped with the knowledge need to identify a wide range of potential abuse.
Aim
- To provide basic awareness of adult safeguarding.
- To understand that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility
- Learning Outcomes:
- By the end of the session learners will be able to:
- Understand what safeguarding is and your role in safeguarding adults at risk.
- Be able to recognise signs of abuse and neglect.
- Know how to act upon a concern or disclosure.
- Be aware of relevant legislation and local policy and procedures for supporting and protecting adults.
Content
- What is Safeguarding?
- What is adult safeguarding?
- Who is an adult at risk?
- Who is an adult at increased risk?
- Key principles of safeguarding
- Mental Capacity Act (2005)
- Making safeguarding personal
- Types of abuse in adults
- Examples of abuse
- Responding to concerns – The 4 Rs
- Dealing with disclosure
- Professional safety
Assessment
Students will be tested formatively through question and answer sessions during the lesson. Safeguarding scenarios and role plays will also demonstrate understanding of the learning outcomes.
A final summative test will be administered at the end of the session. Students are required to achieve an 80% pass mark.
- Teacher: Audrey EC
Personal Care is important in Health and Social Care for maintaining both the physical and mental health of the individual. Providing personal care to an individual should be person-centered and provided by appropriately trained staff member with sensitivity, compassion and respect for the person's privacy and dignity.
Personal Care in Health and Social Care involves any task done for the Service User that’s of a personal nature.
This Personal Care training course explains how to provide personal care in a safe and hygienic way including hand washing, use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and disposal of waste.
These include:
- Personal hygiene – bathing, showering, full body wash, strip wash, hair washing, shaving, oral hygiene and nail care.
- Continence management – toileting, catheter care, skincare, incontinence laundry and bed changing.
This Personal Care training course will provide a practical approach to personal care and will include the importance of providing personal care for Service Users in a safe and hygienic way including hand washing, use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and disposal of waste.
- Teacher: Audrey EC
Course Summary
Our Medication Management Training course offers face-to-face training for all care workers on the topic of medication management. Our course helps care workers to understand legislation, relevant policy and procedures relevant to administration of medication, and provide practical training for administering and monitoring medication safely.
Aim
The aim of this Medication Administration Training is to update or impart medication knowledge in accordance with Eden Care at Home’ policies and procedures. The course is essential for our support workers who need to safely handle and administer medication on a daily basis.
Learning Outcomes & Content
- To understand why it is necessary to do medication training
- To realise the importance of maintaining the service user’s privacy, dignity, independence, choice, safety and consent
- To be aware of the legislation surrounding medication
- To become familiar with the organisation’s medication policies and procedures
- To know the role you play in giving medication
- To be aware of your boundaries when assisting with medication
- To understand Eden Care at Home’ policies and procedures in relation to medication
- Medicines Act 1968 and amendments
- Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Controlled Drugs) and amendments
- Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999 (COSHH)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012
- Service user independence
- Classification of medication
- Types of medication
- Medication routes
- Contra-indications
- Consent
- Risk assessment
- The 6 ‘Rights’ of medication administration
- Checking medication
- Problems with checking medication
- Preparing to administer medication
- Administering medication
- Reporting and seeking advice
- Recording
- Medication and storage
- Audits of stock
- Disposal of medication
- Conclusion
- Competency testing
- Practical demonstration of skills and practice
Assessment
Students will be tested formatively through question and answer sessions during the lesson.
Competency testing exercises are done throughout the training.
Group work
Skills of medication administration are observed and assessed for competence.
A final MCQ 20 Questions test is administered at the end of the session. Students are required to achieve an 80% pass mark.
- Teacher: Audrey EC
Aim
The aim of this course is to provide an awareness of the topic by exploring the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) and Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) in detail, covering key principles and legal responsibilities of service providers. This course only gives the an awareness of the theoretical knowledge needed for the Care Worker’s role.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the session learners will be able to:
- Understand what is covered by the MCA
- Understand the principles of the Act
- Understand what is meant by “Best Interest”
- Know when to involve an Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA)
- Know what is meant by Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS)
Content
- What is the Mental Capacity Act (2005)
- Using the Mental Capacity Act
- Assessment of the Mental Capacity Act: 2 stage test of capacity
- What is capacity?
- Best Interests: Duty to act
- Who takes Best Interests decisions?
- What is Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA)?
- The role of the IMCA
- Mental Capacity Act Section 5
- Mental Capacity Act Section 44: criminal offence
- Human Rights Act
- What is Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards?
- What is Deprivation of Liberty?
- Assessment of Deprivation of Liberty
- What is Liberty Protection Safeguards?
- Key messages of Liberty Protection Safeguards
- Assessment of Liberty Protection Safeguards
- Power of Attorney: Lasting, Enduring and Ordinary
Assessment
Students will be tested formatively through question and answer sessions during the lesson. A final summative test is administered at the end of the session. Students are required to achieve an 80% pass mark.
- Teacher: Audrey EC
This Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) course is designed to give Learners the knowledge and understanding of how to work safely in environments where there is a risk of infections transferring. The aim of this infection Control Awareness course provides knowledge and understanding of infection, how they spread, preventing spread, personal hygiene, and the relevant legislation.
By the end of your course, Learners will be aware of:
- Individual and company responsibilities
- How individuals become infected through the chain of infection
- The different types of germs/infections including Health Care Associated Infection
- The different ways to prevent infections including:
- How to wash hands effectively and appropriately
- Personal protective equipment PPE and the indications practice
- The importance of policy and legislation regarding infection control.
Assessment
Students will tested formatively through questions and answers during the session and summatively using short answer questions. Students are required to achieve an 80% pass mark.
- Teacher: Audrey EC
Effective communication in people who has cognitive impairment, explores the importance of communication as a skill and aims to increase understanding of communication skills and to help to consider how communication could be perceived by others. The course includes areas such as verbal and non-verbal communication, written communication and using your communication skills in challenging and diverse situations, including dementia.
Aim
The purpose of this course is to assist learners in the enhancement of communication skills that will be useful in working with cognitively impaired patients.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the lesson students will be able to:
- Understand why effective communication is important in health and care.
- Define key concepts of communication.
- Understand the process of communication.
- Understand the barriers to effective communication and how to overcome them.
Content
- Why is effective communication important in Health & Care?
- Cognition
- Cognitive ability
- Definition of key concepts in the process of communication
- Cognitive Impairment
- Communication
- Types of communication
- Communication skills
- Communication techniques
- Effective Communication
- Emotional Intelligence
- Effective Communication Skills
- SOLER Technique
- Communicating with people who are cognitively impaired
- Barriers to communication
- Overcoming barriers to communication
- Communication: Dignity in Care
Assessment
Students will be tested formatively through question and answer sessions during the lesson.
Group work and role play sessions.
A final short answer test of 10 questions is administered at the end of the session. Students are required to achieve an 80% pass mark.
- Teacher: Audrey EC
This course aims to improve staff awareness of the main issues relating to confidentiality and the importance of protecting all personal identifiable information. Staff must know and understand the legal aspects of confidentiality and data protection.
By the end of this session students will understand:
- The principles and terminology of the new Data Protection legislation – GDPR
- The differences between the Data Protection Act and the GDPR
- How GDPR impacts on our work area & ensuring compliance
- Potential penalties for non compliance
- Where to find further guidance and support
Assessment
Students will be tested formatively through question and answer during the session. There are no formal assessments for this course.
- Teacher: Audrey EC