Caring is a vocation that is of paramount importance, staff need to be trained to the highest possible standards and across many areas.
We have put together a portfolio of courses, which we review on an ongoing basis, to take the burden off the employer and provide the carer with a sound knowledge base.
See below a brief overview of our courses and the subject matter of each: -
Manual Handling
Course includes: -
• Law & legislation relating to manual handling
• Anatomy/physiology of the human spine
• Risk assessment
• Banned lifts
• Safe manual handling procedures
Personal Care
Course includes: -
• Dressing & undressing
• Bathing/shaving/oral hygiene
• Continence
• Eating & meal preparation
• Medication
• Handling personal possessions & documents
• Manual handling
• Entering & leaving home
Basic Emergency Aid
Course includes: -
• CPR
• Shock
• Epilepsy
• Faints
• Fractures
• Wounds & bleeding
• Burns & scalds
• Choking
• Poisons
Food Hygiene
Course includes: -
• What is food poisoning?
• Food poisoning bacteria
• Prevention of food poisoning
• Food storage
• Food handler
• Food pests
• Cleaning & disinfect ion
Health/Safety
This 4-hour course includes: -
• Health & safety law/legislation
• Risk assessment
• Health safety hazards in your workplace
Protection of Vulnerable Adults
This 2-hour course includes: -
• What is meant by ‘Vulnerable Adult’
• Who may abuse
• Forms of abuse
• Recognising abuse
• Reporting & recording procedure
• What happens next?
Other specialist courses are available including: -
Diabetes
Stroke
Multiple Sclerosis
Parkinsons Disease
Dementia/ Alzheimers |
