Become a caregiver with this free online course that explains how to provide health and social care to the infirm. A care assistant may be called a ‘caregiver’, ‘social care worker’, ‘healthcare assistant’ or simply a ‘carer’. They support their clients depending on their needs. Do you enjoy making a real difference in people's lives? This course provides the basic skills needed to become a competent caregiver. We lay out safeguarding principles, compare health and social care and explain how to protect the wellbeing and dignity of those in your care.
| Course Category | Care Assistance, Health Care |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Outline the three elements of health care provided by care assistants • Identify the steps taken by a local authority to provide social care services to those who need it • Recall the UK laws that govern the preparation and handling of food that protect the public from contamination hazards • Describe how food-borne diseases are caused and how to control them • Summarise how to help a victim of discrimination and how you can improve the quality of your work and workplace as a health and social care worker • List the four areas of social care • Indicate the types and signs of abuse and how to respond to them • List the six principles of safeguarding detailed in the UK Care Act 2014 • Recognise the importance and categories of communication in caregiving • Analyse how to make decisions for care users who are mentally impaired • Define common medical jargon terms |
| Course Code | 5211 |
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