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Care Home Training

Care Home Training

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This Care Home Training learning outcomes include; Understand Deprivation of Liberty (DoLS), Moving and Handling of people, prompting medication with Safeguarding Adults (PoVA), BLS, caldicott protocols, spillages, sharps and conflict resolution. Health and safety essentials; Fire and emergency, risk assessments and CoSHH.
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Showing 10 of the 43 included eLearning lessons in this course. The whole course takes on average 5 hours, 1 minutes

An introduction to Moving and Handling, the manual handling of people who are unable to move themselves.

Learn about First Responders and the expectations of the first person at an accident, whilst they await a trained First Aid or Medical Professional and understand the recovery position.

Learn about Basic Life Support awareness for adults, children and infants with information about the different approaches for health professionals and non-health professionals alike including a familiarisation with AED (Automated External Defibrillator).

Understand the barriers and good practises regarding dignity and respect for patients within the health and social care industry. Learn about Person Centred Approaches, being patient, promoting independence, managing confidentiality and respecting privacy.

Understand why and how we can be fair to all people, regardless of background, race, disability, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

Safeguarding adults (formerly known as POVA, Protection of Vulnerable Adults) explains how to identify how adults may become vulnerable, the common types of abuse including Honour Based Violence, Modern Slavery, FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) along with the requirements for Disclosure and Barring services (DBS), Regulated activity (including illustrative examples) and an understanding of the Mental Capacity Act.

Some people may lack capacity to consent to care or treatment they need, understand how to handle this situation with our detailed scenarios.

Understand assisting, supporting and prompting of medication principles, the types of medication, contraindications and groups at risk. Learn about consent, the management of prescriptions, medicine supplies in addition to storage and disposal of medication.

Understand where to find information about the key points of the management of Health and Safety within an organisation and how it is integrated.

Understand the importance of informing colleagues of who their First Aider is and that medication such as pain relief is not to be administered during first aid. This module does not replace First Aid training.

Understand epilepsy and how to handle it on a day-to-day basis by raising awareness of seizures and how to recognise them.

Understand infection control, MRSA and other common infections and how they might be controlled in a healthcare environment as well as information about up-to-date immunisations.

Learn how to correctly handle spillages of body fluids such as; blood, faeces, vomit, urine, pus etc.

Understand sharps injuries and the main risks posed within the healthcare industry and what action to take when receiving a sharps injury.

Understand legionnaires disease and the potential harmful impacts associated with the management of water systems in workplaces. Learn the sources of exposure for every-day workers, the effects on health, and how to control them.

Understand the safe systems of work for colleagues who work by themselves or without close or direct supervision and the precautions to be taken where personal safety is a concern within the workplace.

Understand the importance of dealing with and reporting complaints in a professional manner within the healthcare industry.

Learn about the 5 step guide on how to approach conflict within the industry. Gain an understanding of anger and the strategic tools for preventing violence such as de-escalation techniques.

Understand the fundamentals of violence and aggression within a healthcare environment and which actions can be taken to improve the situation.

Understand the identification, reporting and effective management of harassment and bullying instances at work.

Understand the importance of the 7 Caldicott principles including the control and handling of information, patient confidentiality and the differences between Duty to Share and Duty to Protect.

Understand the types of authority organisations and the extent of their powers during enforcement of their legislation compliance requirements along with an explanation of the enforcement notices such as Improvement and Prohibition.

Understand computer workstation safety (aka DSE), the appropriate positioning of workstations and how to correct or adapt work chairs to improve an "ergonomic posture".

Understand the potential harm of driving for work and how to take a proactive role in health and safety when driving.

Understand the types of hazardous substances that may be found in the workplace, and their potential impacts upon health. Also provides an understanding about the types of hazard warning symbols and their meaning.

Understand the dangers of disabling or bypassing safety features and safeguards on electrical equipment.

Understand the importance of regular workplace inspections to ensure that hazards are identified in order to pro-actively reduce risk.

Understand what working at height within the work environment actually means with examples to demonstrate suitable types of equipment and good practice.

Understanding accidents, incidents, near miss events and the legal reporting requirements of RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations).

Familiarisation with key principles of the 3 types of asbestos, Chrysotile (White), Crocidolite (Blue), Amosite (Brown) and the harm it can do, why buildings have asbestos and how is it managed.

Understand the key principles of fire safety and how workplace fires can cause significant harm before reaching you. Learn about good housekeeping practices and other emergencies such as bomb threat and how they should be addressed in an emergency plan.

Understand the benefits of actively communicating occupational health issues to line managers.

Learn about an employers legal duty to protect pregnant women and their unborn children from any work-related risks and understand the elements to be considered within a risk assessment that might affect women who are pregnant, breast feeding or have given birth within the past six months.

Understand why portable or moveable equipment may suffer additional wear, potentially causing harm to workers, we describe the factors which might contribute to this and actions to be taken by day-to-day workers and also by management such as user checks, formal visual examinations, and formal inspections/tests.

Learn the details of the Risk Assessment process while following the HSE's 5 Steps to Risk Assessment. Understand the key elements such as the PEME approach along with initial and residual risk factors using our realistic scenarios.

Learn about the different types of safety signs, such as; mandatory, prohibition, warning, safe condition and how to recognise them.

Understand the importance of reporting potential causes of slips, trips and falls.

Learn about the management of visitors within premises and in the cases of an emergency.

Understand the different types of work equipment machine guards including; Fixed, Adjustable, Automatic and Interlocking. Learn about Emergency Stop, Trip and Two Handed control devices and the types of harm that can occur if they are removed or tampered with.

Learn about negative stress, positive stress and pressure along with it's various sources and how they can be work or home related. Understand how to recognise the symptoms and which actions can achieve a healthy work/life balance.

Understand that young persons should be considered within risk assessments for events or activities within the workplace.

Learn about food hygiene principles and an explanation of requirements when preparing and handling food.

All trainees receive a globally recognized & subject informative Certificate of Completion as proof of successfully completing the training. Certificates are permanently stored in your account, always accessible online, and downloadable in PDF format too.

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Level 2
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Care Home Training

This online course includes all of the 43 lessons above. It is designed to develop the trainees Care Home Training skills for health and safety compliance in the workplace, providing valuable real-world learning outcomes at a high speed. It's used by individuals, groups and businesses to train their workforce across industries including Care Homes & Domiciliary Care, among others.

Provided by IBIS Training based in London, it's accessible at anytime online from an internet connected device at work or home, such as a computer, tablet or smart phone. Teams have access to a highly rated LMS and all successfully completing trainees achieve a Certificate of Completion.

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Care Home Training eLearning

This Care Home Health & Safety Induction course provides a detailed grounding for those working in the Care Home environment, focusing on those industry specific issues such as People Handling, First Response, Protection of Vulnerable Persons, Infection Control, in addition to the basic principles of workstation safety (DSE), manual handling and fire safety etc.

One of the benefits of this course is its customisation feature option. We understand that Care Homes and other similar organisations sometimes have varying approaches to day to day activities, and so our development team can review your health and safety management practices and training requirements if required, to identify how we can customise the course to match your organisations needs.

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