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Personal Care

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Depending on experience
Mandatory training to work in care

1 day course covering:

An introduction to working in Care

Codes of Practice, Dignity and Respect, The Holistic Approach.

  • Personal Hygiene
  • Washing and Dressing
  • CVA patients
  • Patients in Pain
  • Contracted Patients
  • Catheter Care and Potential Complications
  • Continence
  • Foot Care
  • Denture Care and Oral Hygiene
  • Fluid Balance
  • Positional Changes
  • Pressure Damage
  • Pressure Damage Prevention
  • Documentation
  • Ethical and Legal Responsibilities
  • Behaviour
  • Confidentiality
  • Uniform

Mandatory

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Certificates not issued

1 day course covering:

  • Food Hygiene
  • Safeguarding Adults and Children including abuse awareness
  • Infection Control
  • First Aid and CPR
  • Information Governance (Caldicott Standards and Data Protection)
  • Lone Worker
  • Complaints Handling

Mandatory

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1 day course covering:

  • Moving and Handling Theory and Practical
  • Introduction to Administration of Medication
  • Health and Safety - Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (CoSHH)
  • Reporting of Injuries
  • Diseases and Dangerous Occurences Regulations (Riddor)
  • Fire Safety
  • Accident and Risk Incident Reporting
  • Culture and Diversity
  • Confidentiality

Violence and Aggression & PMVA

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Mandatory training to work in General hospitals

Half day course covering:

  • Violence and Aggression
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Mental Health Workshop
  • Mental Health Act
  • Eyesight Observation
  • Arms Length Observation
  • Intermittent Observation
  • General Observations
  • General Risk Assessment
  • Incident Reporting
  • Use of Alarms
  • Warning signs that may escalate in to Violent Situations
  • An Overview of Trust Policies and Procedures.

Essence of Care

1 day course covering:

Modules

  • General Social Care Council - Codes of Practice
  • Dignity & Respect
  • The Holistic Approach
  • Personal Hygiene
  • Washing & Dressing
  • CVA patients
  • Patients in Pain
  • Contracted Patients
  • Catheter Care & Potential Complications
  • Continence
  • Denture Care & Oral
  • Fluid Balance
  • Positional Changes
  • Pressure Damage
  • Pressure Damage Prevention
  • Behaviour / Professionalism
  • Routine & Structure
  • Documentation
  • Ethical & Legal Responsibilities
  • Confidentiality
  • Foot Care
  • Dysphagia
  • Uniform Care

Mandatory

1 day course covering

Modules

  • Food Hygiene
  • Nutrition & Safety
  • Dementia Care
  • Safe Guarding Adults And Children (Level 1&2)
  • Information Governance (Caldicott And Data Protection)
  • Lone Working
  • Complaints Handling
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Epilepsy Awareness
  • Infection Prevention & Control (Clostridium, Difficile, MRSA, ESBL, Pseudomonas)
  • Basic First Aid
  • Moving And Handling Of People & Inanimate Objects (Theory & Practical)
  • Basic Administration Of Medication
  • Health And Safety
  • Counter Fraud
  • RIDDOR
  • Control Of Substances Hazardous To Health (COSHH)
  • Fire Safety
  • Accident And Risk Incident Reporting
  • Equality And Diversity & Prevention Of Radicalisation
  • Confidentiality
  • Violence And Aggression
  • Dysphagia

Prevention Management of Violence & Aggression (PMVA) GSA Approved

5 day course covering:

Modules

  • Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)
  • Assault Cycle
  • Ligatures
  • Professionalism
  • Wrist Grabs
  • Clothing Grabs
  • Communication & Correct Vocabulary
  • De-Escalation (Verbal & Non Verbal)
  • Types of Aggression
  • Hair Pulls
  • Strangles
  • Ground Assaults & Rape Scenarios
  • Key Grabs
  • Bear Hugs
  • Bites
  • Punches & Kicks (Duck & Cover)
  • Friendly Come Along's
  • Figure of Four
  • Forearm Hold
  • Fist Hold
  • Thumb in Palm
  • Finger & Thumb
  • 2 Patients Fighting
  • Entanglement
  • Documentation Competency
  • Wraps & Approaches
  • Seated Restrains & De-Escalation
  • Seclusion Exits
  • Supine Restraint (Upper Lower & Beanbag)
  • Prone Restraint (Upper & Lower)
  • Role of the Head Person (Supine & Prone)
  • Risks to Restraint
  • Sections of the Mental Health Act
  • Use of Force & The Law
  • NICE Guidelines
  • De-Breifing & Closing the Loop
  • Sections of the Mental Health Act
  • Observations

Immediate Life Support (ILS)

1 day course covering:

Modules

  • Airway Management & Ventilation
  • ALS Algorithm
  • Causes & Prevention of Cardiac Arrest
  • Choking (Adult & Paediatric)
  • Initial Resuscitation (CPR) and Defibrillation
  • NEWS Scoring
  • Observations
  • Recognition of the Deteriorating Patient
  • SBAR
  • The ABCDE Approach
  • The Chain of Survival
  • Post Resuscitation Care