Statutory and mandatory care training

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These are the courses/ topics that Skills For Care has deemed ‘statutory and mandatory’ for adult social care employers. These include 

  • Health and safety awareness
  • Fire safety
  • Moving and handling objects
  • Infection prevention and control
  • Adult safeguarding
  • Basic life support
  • Assisting and moving people
  • Child safeguarding
  • Food hygiene
  • Medication administration 
  • Learning disability and autism awareness (The Oliver McGowan training is the suggested training for this topic, so not currently provided by Proactive Care Training as is available for free for tier 1) 

 

  • The face-to-face training can be delivered at your place of work, which can ease pressures of losing valuable staff for a long period of the day.
  • The face-to-face training can be delivered at various times during the day, to assist you in planning staff rotas and shifts to ensure all can attend.

The courses offered will help managers and care providers meet regulatory requirements and standards.

First aid training 

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We deliver the following first aid courses at your place of work:

  • Basic life support
  • Emergency first aid at work
  • First aid at work
  • Paediatric first aid

All of our courses are designed in line with standards set by leading organisations, including the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Skills For Care, National institute for Social Care Excellence (NICE), the department for Education and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). 

 

Specialist care training 

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We deliver specialist care and specific conditions training at your place of work.

Specialist care training includes topics that may require technical or clinical skills such as:

  • Continence care
  • Pressure ulcer prevention
  • Oral healthcare

Specific conditions training includes topics that require a deeper understanding of health conditions to develop empathy attributes required to support individuals.

Specific conditions training includes:

  • Dementia
  • End of life care
  • Mental health and mental capacity
  • Parkinson’s disease.

All of our courses are designed in line with standards set by leading organisations, including the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Skills For Care, National institute for Social Care Excellence (NICE), the department for Education and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).