Care Home Courses

Delivering these cost effective courses in Stoke on Trent or nationally; Health and social care workers require adequate induction training and annual refresher training to ensure that they remain up to date with recommended practice and regulatory requirements. Training is defined as mandatory if it meets one or more of the following criteria: 

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• It is a statutory requirement (such as the Health and Safety at Work Act). 

• All staff across the organisation require the training. 

• It is a CQC or local authority requirement.

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The most common mandatory training subjects for care homes include:

• Health and Safety

• Fire Safety

• Equality, Diversity and Human Rights

• Infection, Prevention and Control

• Manual Handling

• Food Hygiene/Food Safety Awareness 

• Safeguarding Adults

• Safeguarding Children

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The full list of mandatory training requirements for an organisation depends on the services it provides, as well as the organisation’s type and size. All care organisations have a legal responsibility to provide staff with Health & Safety awareness training, including Fire Safety. Moving and Handling training is also mandatory and if staff are involved with preparing food or assisting at meal times then Food Safety and Hygiene training will also be mandatory. Additional mandatory training requirements might include Data Protection/Information Governance, Complaints Handling etc...

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Check out our courses listed below (all courses are On-Site unless specified and up to 12 delegates):