Description
Course Description
Mandatory Training Courses for Nursing Homes and Care Home Staff – Skills for Care Aligned – Online Accredited Care Home Courses.Welcome to our online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff for front-line healthcare and social care providers. All our online training courses, programmes and qualifications are accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK).
This online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff package was developed in line with the latest UK legislation and meet the requirements set out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Skills for Care, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Skills for Health’s UK Core Skills Training Framework (UKCSTF) and other professional and regulatory bodies.
Mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff – CPD accredited courses package:
- Study method – Online, self-paced (Approx. 30 minutes per module)
- Course format – Online (24/7 access), modular
- Course Duration – Part-time (1-year access)
- Qualification – Certificate of completion
- Course Delivery – via desktop PC/MAC, laptops, tablets or smartphones
- Awarding Body – CPD Certification Service (CPDUK).
Who is this online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff package for?
This online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff package should be completed by all health and social care workers working in CQC regulated environments, including:
- Care Assistants
- Support Workers
- Adult Social Care Workers
- Care Home Nurses
- Care Assistants
- Residential Home Staff
- Nursing Home Care Staff
- Health and Social Care Support Workers
- Agency Care Workers
- Home Carers.
This online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff package has been designed for new and experienced healthcare and social care workers alike to meet the Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulatory requirements for all UK service providers.
What are the aims of these online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff?
This online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff e-learning package helps care home and domiciliary care staff to meet the UK statutory requirements. We are committed to keeping up to date with changes in relevant UK legislation, national directives and conditions on a mandatory training program to ensure that it reflects changing legal, risk and service needs.
To that end, our online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff are guided by the following:
- Standards set by Skills for Care, Health Education England and Skills for Health’s UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF),
- The Care Quality Commission (CQC) guidance for health and social care support workers, and
- National guidance issued for locum care agencies and care recruitment agencies.
*Each of the online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff provides essential and adequate detail as suggested by UK regulators (including the Care Quality Commission (CQC)).
Learning outcomes
The UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF) sets out 11 statutory and mandatory training topics for all staff working in health and social care settings. The CSTF includes nationally agreed learning outcomes and training delivery standards across all healthcare and social care settings.
We hve worked with a range of subject matter experts to develop high quality, statutory and mandatory e-learning training sessions, which address all the knowledge outcomes at level 1 and 2 and at level 3, where appropriate for e-learning.
These statutory and mandatory training courses sessions are suitable for all health and social care staff working across the various Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulated organisations, including NHS and private hospitals, mental health, care homes and domiciliary care providers.
It is the responsibility of individual health and social care employer organisations to ensure that their workforce complete the appropriate training to comply with their statutory and mandatory requirements. It is also an employer’s responsibility to determine the best mode of delivering the training, whether that is face-to-face, e-learning or a blended approach. The CSTF provides further guidance on this.
This online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff e-learning package meets the requirements of CQC regulated health and social care organisations.
What is covered in this online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff package?
This online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff package provides essential training that is relevant in most social care and health-care settings as follows:
- Professional Boundaries in Health and Care:
- Code of Professional Conduct (in accordance with CQC and Skills for Care requirements)
- Key Legislation and National Guidelines
- Understanding your Role and Responsibilities
- Criminal Convictions
- Fitness to Practice
- CSTF Health and Safety and Welfare, including:
- Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)
- Display Screen Equipment
- Risk Assessment
- Waste Management
- Bullying and Harassment
- Stress Management
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations
- CSTF Information Governance CSTF, including:
- Caldicott Principles
- Confidentiality
- Information Security
- Data Protection
- Record Management
- Counter Fraud
- Care Planning and Record-Keeping
- CSTF Conflict Resolution CSTF, including:
- Effective Communication
- Handling Violence & Aggression
- Managing Risk, Minimising Restraint
- Lone Workers
- Handling Violence & Aggression
- Complaints Handling
- CSTF Equality, Diversity and Human Rights
- CSTF Safeguarding Adults Levels 1 & 2
- CSTF Safeguarding Children Levels 1 & 2
- Mental Capacity Act & Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
- Mental Health Act
- Mental Health Awareness
- Learning Disability Awareness
- Dementia Awareness
- CSTF Infection Prevention and Control LevelS 1 & 2, including:
- MRSA
- Blood Borne Viruses
- Exposure Prone Procedures
- Spillages and Body Fluids
- Sharps Management
- Clinical Waste Management
- Food Safety Awareness Levels 1 & 2
- CSTF Fire Safety Awareness
- Manual Handling Objects Level 2
- CSTF Moving and Handling of People Level 2
- CSTF Resuscitation – Basic Life Support (BLS) Levels 1 & 2, including:
- National Early Warning Score (NEWS)
- SBAR for Care Workers
- First Response Awareness
- Medication Management (Safe Handling of Medicines).
If you are an agency health/care worker or locum, please check with your locum or care recruitment agency regarding the specific mandatory care training modules that you require to meet their compliance requirements.
Why are online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff essential?
This online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff e-learning package covers all the legislative and regulatory requirements for care workers to work safely and efficiently, as well as minimising litigation.
Mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff – meeting employers’ legal obligations
Our online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff e-learning bundle help health and social care employers and employees alike to fulfil their legislative duties. Our online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff provide the essential knowledge and understanding as required by regulatory authorities.
What are the benefits of the online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff package?
Health and social care workers and providers alike gain huge benefits from our online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff packages. Some of the benefits of our packaged online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff include:
- All the statutory and mandatory training courses you need to meet compliance requirements in one bundle
- Just pay one price and complete your statutory and mandatory training all in one day!
- Start your online training and finish in one go, or leave and pick up where you left off!
- Complete your statutory and mandatory training modules in your own time, anytime, anywhere
- Complete your mandatory online courses on any device, including desktop computers, tablets, laptops or even mobile phones
- Meet the CQC and NHS framework requirements for agency and locum workers
- Download, save print or email your certificates to your locum agency or employer
Which mandatory training courses do I need to complete?
The majority of NHS Trusts, private healthcare providers, nursing agencies, locum and other health and social care agencies now insist that healthcare and social care professionals working in their organisations should complete mandatory and statutory training that is aligned to the Skills for Health UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF).
All our core health and social care statutory and mandatory training modules are aligned to the Skills for Health UK Core Skills Training Framework (UKCSTF).
On successful completion of each of the online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff, you will be able to download, save and/or print a quality assured CPD certificate. Our CPD certificate can be used to provide evidence for compliance and audit (recognised internationally).
The CPD Certification Service (CPDUK) accredits all of our online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
Online assessment
On completion of each of these online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff, you will be required to complete an online assessment (pass mark of 80%).
If you don’t pass the first, don’t worry! You can take the online test as many times as you need with no extra charge.
Can the online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff be used for NMC revalidation?
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) now requires all registered nurses and midwives to complete ‘revalidation’ every three years. The NMC revalidation process for nurses and midwives requires registrants to provide evidence of their practice and that they have covered 40 hours of continuing professional development (CPD) over the preceding three-year period.
What is the Skills for Health’ UK ‘Core Skills Training Framework’ (CSTF)?
There is increasing recognition that there are wide variations in the quality and consistency of healthcare training provided across the UK. To minimise these challenges, we work with various UK health and social care organisations to develop statutory and mandatory training courses in line with Skills for Health’s UK Core Skills Training Framework. This includes mandatory training courses in the Skills for Health UK Core Skills Training Framework Subject Guide, clinical and other awareness courses for health and social care workers.
This online mandatory training courses for nursing homes and care home staff package was developed in line with the CSTF learning outcomes.
Why is Skills for Health aligned mandatory training essential?
This Skills for Health aligned practical mandatory training day and e-Learning courses are designed for health and social care workers who work in NHS hospitals, private hospitals and related settings. This includes nurses, doctors, allied health professionals and health and social care support workers, as well as locum doctors, agency nurses, support workers and healthcare assistants. This online mandatory training package has been designed for busy healthcare and social care professionals.
It has additional online learning resources that provide more details for learners to refer to during the course and in practice. For those who have completed statutory and mandatory training before, this training package provides you with the critical legal and professional issues as specified in the Skills for Health’s UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF).
The Skills for Health UK Core Skills Training Framework recommends that health and social care workers who do not have client facing roles may be required only to take some of these statutory and mandatory courses. Please check with your employer which courses you need. LearnPac Systems and The Mandatory Training Group will not be responsible if you take the wrong courses.
You will be provided with the optional statutory and mandatory training courses that are required for your area of work. You can, however, choose the mandatory training modules that are most suited to your specific clinical environment. If you are a locum doctor, agency worker or agency nurse, please check with your locum agency regarding the specific mandatory training modules you require to meet the compliance requirements.
You can also select from our wide range of individual CPD courses in our e-learning for the healthcare and social care course catalogue..
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