Senior Care Assistant

Welcome to Senior Care Assistant, the course that will provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to excel in this rewarding field. Our comprehensive curriculum covers a wide range of important topics, including career guidance, healthcare and social care, communication, principles and policies, equality and diversity, legal and professional standards, safeguarding, risk management, and health and safety.

In Module 1, you'll get a clear map of the career path of a senior care assistant, including the roles and responsibilities you can expect to take on. Module 2 covers the basics of health and social care, including an overview of healthcare and social care, the roles of different healthcare providers, and the importance of this field as a career choice.

Module 3 focuses on the rights and responsibilities of health and social care workers, including ethical dilemmas and conflicts of interest. Module 4 explores the role of healthcare professionals and caregiving partnerships, and Module 5 covers the essential skills of communication in the health and social care setting.

Module 6 delves into the principles and policies that govern health and social care settings, including legal responsibilities, ethical dilemmas, and the process for dealing with complaints. Module 7 examines the concepts of equality, diversity, and rights in the health and social care context, and Module 8 covers legal and professional standards in the healthcare setting.

Module 9 looks at safeguarding vulnerable individuals, including how to identify and respond to abuse. Module 10 covers risk management in health and social care settings, including principles of risk assessment and positive risk management strategies. Finally, Module 11 focuses on health and safety in the health and social care sector, including identifying hazards and responding to emergencies.

By the end of this course, you will have a deep understanding of the role of a senior care assistant and be well-prepared to enter this rewarding career. With expert instruction and a comprehensive curriculum, this is the best course available for anyone interested in this topic. Don't miss this opportunity to invest in your future – enrol in Senior Care Assistant today!

Why choose Skill Excel to be your learning partner?

• Study Materials Prepared to Maintain the UK Education Standard
• Exclusive Training to Support Learners’ Knowledge and Skill
• Career Guidance Mapping with Each Course
• Dedicated “Learning Success Support” Team to Assist Every Learner
• Premium Learning Experience at Lowest Possible Price

• Module 1: Health and Social Care – Career Guidance Map 02:00

  • 1: Health and Social Care – Career Guidance Map 02:00

• Module 2: Health and Social Care – Healthcare and Social Care 04:00

  • 2: Health and Social Care – Healthcare and Social Care 04:00

• Module 3: Health and Social Care Worker – Rights and Responsibilities 09:00

  • 3: Health and Social Care Worker – Rights and Responsibilities 09:00

• Module 4: Healthcare Profession and Caregiving 06:00

  • 4: Healthcare Profession and Caregiving 06:00

• Module 5: Communication in Health and Social Care Work 11:00

  • 5: Communication in Health and Social Care Work 11:00

• Module 6: Principles and Policies in Health and Social Care Setting 05:00

  • 6: Principles and Policies in Health and Social Care Setting 05:00

• Module 7: Equality and Diversity 11:00

  • 7: Equality and Diversity 11:00

• Module 8: Legal and Professional Standards in Healthcare Setting 23:00

  • 8: Legal and Professional Standards in Healthcare Setting 23:00

• Module 9: Safeguarding 10:00

  • 9: Safeguarding 10:00

• Module 10: Risk Management in Health and Social Care 08:00

  • 10: Risk Management in Health and Social Care 08:00

• Module 11: Health and Safety in Health and Social Care Sector 10:00

  • 11: Health and Safety in Health and Social Care Sector 10:00

Course Curriculum

With 11 Learning Modules, our 'Senior Care Assistant' course is the best Knowledge Based course to meet your career demand.

Module 1: Health and Social Care – Career Guidance Map

Module 2: Health and Social Care – Healthcare and Social Care

• What is Health and Social Care?
• Healthcare Overview
• Who provides Healthcare?
• Social care overview
• Social care needs assessment
• Who provides social care?
• Healthcare vs Social Care
• Why is health and social carer a valuable career?
• And Many More

Module 3: Health and Social Care Worker – Rights and Responsibilities

• Role of Health and Social Care Workers
• Additional Duties of Health and Social Care Workers
• Can carers be charged for support?
• Ways to Improve Quality of Service
• Information Sources
• Reflective Practice
• Development
• How to evaluate your own performance
• Reflective writing
• What are your rights as a carer?
• Conflicting Rights and Responsibilities
• And More

Module 4: Healthcare Profession and Caregiving

• Values promoted by Health and Social care worker
• Health Care Professionals
• Social Services
• Partnerships in Health Care Profession
• Advantages of Working Partnerships
• And More

Module 5: Communication in Health and Social Care Work

• Necessity of Communication in Health and Social Care
• Communication in the context of Caregiving
• Forms of Communication
• Types of interpersonal interaction
• Communication and language needs and preferences
• Building Rapport
• Environmental factors that influence communication
• Barriers to communication
• Strategies for overcoming communication barrier
• And More

Module 6: Principles and Policies in Health and Social Care Setting

• The legal responsibility
• Other duties and principles
• Needs
• Conflicts and Dilemma
• Consent for care or for treatment
• Consent Validity
• Ethical Dilemmas and Care Conflicts
• Complaints
• Who gets to make a complaint?
• The complaints process
• Policies in Dealing with Complaints
• And More

Module 7: Equality and Diversity

• Understand concepts of equality, diversity and rights in relation to health and social care
• The benefits of diversity
• Health and social care settings
• Active promotion of equality and individual rights
• Individual rights
• Discriminatory practices in health and social care
• The effects of discriminatory practice in health and social care
• How anti-discriminatory practise is promoted in health and social care settings
• Personal beliefs and value systems
• And More

Module 8: Legal and Professional Standards in Healthcare Setting

• Doctor Patient Confidentiality or Implementation of P.L.R.C
• Access to the Patient Records Legislations
• Adult safeguarding and support Legislations
• Abortion Legislations
• Mental Capacity & Mental Health Legislations
• Drugs Control, Supervision, management & Health Protection Legislations
• And More

Module 9: Safeguarding

• Safeguarding
• Who are vulnerable individuals?
• Dealing with safeguarding issues
• What Is Abuse?
• Types and Signs of Abuse
• Adults, Young People and Children at Risk from Abuse
• Environmental factors that may make abuse more likely
• How to Deal with Suspected Cause of Abuse and Disclosure of Abuse
• Minimising the Risk of Abuse
• And More

Module 10: Risk Management in Health and Social Care

• What is risk in health and social care?
• Principles of Working with Risk
• Risk Assessment in Health and Social Care
• Who might be harmed?
• Evaluate the risks
• Record your significant findings
• Regularly review your risk assessment
• Managing Risk Positively
• Principles of Working with Risk
• Framework for Positive Management of Risk
• Why have a Risk Register
• And More

Module 11: Health and Safety in Health and Social Care Sector

• Understanding Potential Hazards in Health and Social Care Environments
• Managing Health and Safety
• Roles and Responsibilities Involved in Health, Safety and Security
• Responding to incidents and emergencies in a health and social care environment
• COSHH Policies
• COSHH Essentials
• Special Consideration in Residential Social Care Settings
• And More

Senior Care Assistant course is effective for the individuals who are looking to enter in Health and Social Care profession. Individuals especially the part-time learners can take this Health and Social Care course to make their way in Health and Social Care sector. The demand of health & social care professionals is increasing in the UK and you can establish a better career in Health and Social Care sector.

Skill Excel doesn’t set any particular standard for learners to enrol or start the Health and Social Care course. However, we strongly recommend you to be 18 years old to get the best result out of learning.

With experience and training one could specialise in particular areas like dementia care, stroke management or in supporting people with learning disabilities.
Individuals could also progress to become an assistant practitioner, deputy service manager or care home manager.

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