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Running a care home means preparing your team for the realities of day-to-day care, not just the predictable parts of the role. Whether your service supports people living with dementia, individuals receiving palliative or end-of-life care, or residents with complex clinical needs, your staff need the right knowledge, confidence, and practical skills to respond safelyContinue reading “The Importance of Skills Training for Care Homes”

The Learning and Development Support Scheme (LDSS) is a way for adult health and social care employers to receive funding for their staff training.  The importance of effective training for adult social care workers cannot be understated, but in the past employers weren’t able to spare enough budget and time to organise training for theirContinue reading “Leveraging the LDSS for your Adult Social Care Courses”

The Department of Health and Social Care has released information about a new support scheme that is now available for eligible, non-registered support staff.

As a specialist provider of clinical skills training courses to the healthcare sector, we wanted to inform all previous delegates of a change to the National Early Warning Score (NEWS)

“Complex care training” is considered unhelpful terminology because it is somewhat vague and doesn’t convey a clear understanding of what it involves.

Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) training is essential for teachers, health care workers, and people who care for anyone with behaviour that impacts upon their quality of life.

The RRN (Restraint Reduction Network) is a registered charity of network organisations dedicated to reducing the need of restrictive practices when caring for people with learning disabilities.

An Acute Adrenal Crisis is a life-threatening condition caused by a lack of cortisol production from the kidneys.

Within the care industry as a whole, there is a shortage of nurses. This shortage feeds into the care patients receive, putting more strain on the healthcare team and creating dependency on agency workers. Care home assistant practitioners work alongside registered nurses to reduce the strain and provide high quality, person-centred care to patients andContinue reading “Introducing the Role of Care Home Assistant Practitioner (CHAPS)”