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The Care Certificate
The Care Certificate is a set of national standards that all health and social care workers should be working to in their daily working roles. It is designed for non-regulated workers and aims to provide consistency of knowledge and practical competencies to improve the quality-of-service provision for adults with care and support needs.
The Care Certificate was jointly developed by Skills for Care, Health Education England and Skills for Health; it links to the National Occupational Standards for health and social care and other care qualifications.
Subject areas can include (but not an exhaustive list):
- Role of the Health and Social Care Worker
- Duty of Care
- Person Centred Care
- Equality and Diversity
- The Safe Handling and Administration of Medicines
- First Aid Awareness
- Moving and Handling
- Communication and Record Keeping
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
- Safeguarding Adults and Children
- Nutrition and Hydration
- Health and Safety
- Dementia Care
Further information and training can be found at Skills for Care can support you to maintain good practice within your business.