The 1 Day Mandatory course is designed to provide the learner with an introduction into the Health and Social Care Industry and will help learners understand issues pertaining to safety. The learner will cover part of the legal aspects of health and social care as well as how to protect themselves, the client and others from accidents, hazardous substances, injury, abuse, exploitation and how to assist an unconscious breathing and non-breathing casualty.
1 Mandatory Courses
The day will cover the following courses; Health and Safety, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults, Moving & Handling, Infection Control and Basic Life Support.
Health and Safety – This course provides the learner with skills such as the importance of safety in Health and Social Care focusing on meeting the client safety requirements according to CQC quality and safety standards, the legislation, policies and procedures and understand the responsibility of the employee and the employer in regards to safety.
Learners will know the various potential accidents, sudden illnesses and comprehend risk assessments. The course will discuss medication and other healthcare related tasks as well as the safe handling of hazardous substances, fire safety and dealing with stress in the working environment.
Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults – Learners will be able to understand the principles of safeguarding vulnerable adults, appreciate the importance of protecting the client from abuse, neglect, harm and exploitation and their legal responsibilities in regard to the protection of the service user from all forms of abuse, the different types of abuse and their respective signs and indicators. They should be able to respond appropriately to disclosed, suspected or confirmed abuse.
Moving & Handling – In this module, the learner will understand the importance of avoiding manual handling and using the appropriate equipment provided by the employer. They will understand the risks associated with manual handling as well as all moving and handling processes in the working environment.
They will learn how to use various equipment popular in the health and social care environment as well as how to protect all individuals when moving and handling injuries. The course is conducted practically in a face-to-face classroom setting.
Infection prevention & Control – In this module learners will be able to learn the causes of infectious illnesses, the chain of infection as well as how to break the chain of infection, the workers responsibility regarding the prevention of infectious illnesses by practicing good infection prevention and control measures and the safe disposal of waste.
Basic Life Support – Learners will learn how to conduct a primary assessment prior to assisting a casualty. They will be able to assist an unconscious breathing and non-breathing casualty as well as assist a choking individual. The course is conducted practically in a face – face classroom setting according to the resuscitation council guidelines.
All of the courses above are aligned to the CSTF Framework as per Skills for Care and the learning outcomes meet the learning framework.
