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Care planning in health and social care

Online CPD short course for health and social care practitioners

Provided by Laser Learning

Summary

Price
£25 inc VAT
Study method
Online, On Demand What's this?
Duration
0.7 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
Certificates
  • Reed Courses Certificate of Completion - Free

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Overview

There’s little that is more important to working in a person-centred setting than good care planning.

In the hands of an enthusiastic and competent care team, good care planning can turn around care and support completely.

Certificates

Reed Courses Certificate of Completion

Digital certificate - Included

Will be downloadable when all lectures have been completed.

Curriculum

4
sections
10
lectures
0h 43m
total
    • 1: Tutorial video: Care planning 02:57
    • 2: Transcript: Care plans 02:00 PDF
    • 3: Presentation: Understanding care plans 06:00 PDF
    • 4: Reading text: Person-centred planning 02:00 PDF
    • 5: Reading text: Care planning process 03:00 PDF
    • 6: Reading text: Care plan contents 03:00 PDF
    • 7: Reading text: Advance Decisions and Advance Statements 05:00 PDF
    • 8: Presentation: Goal setting and action planning 04:00 PDF
    • 9: Activity sheet (optional) 03:00 PDF
    • 10: Multiple-choice quiz 12:00

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Description

Learning outcomes

  • You will understand the process of care planning from pre-admission assessment to evaluating the plan and making improvements
  • Good care plans promote choice, independence, and dignity by solving problems like pain and sensory loss. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to create a care plan that achieves this.
  • You will know good practice for setting up a care plan folder

Advantages of this course

  • If you support someone with dementia, a care plan will be an important aspect of the care you provide. Many people living with dementia feel as though they’re losing control of their lives, which can be frightening. It can help to know that certain daily events will always happen at a certain time; most people like to have a routine and a person with dementia is no exception.
  • This course will ask you to consider how you could improve the lives of those of support and anchor their days
  • Website and video resources are utilised to explain your role and responsibilities further
  • There is also suggested extended reading that gives both practical information and links to websites to expand knowledge

Who is this course for?

This short course will serve as a refresher to an experienced practitioner about the importance of care planning, and as an introduction of the concept to a practitioner who is new to role. This course may also be of benefit to a manager of a care team with responsibility for care planning.

Requirements

A computer, mobile, or tablet and an internet connection

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Provider

Laser Learning

Laser Short Courses are flexible, self-guided bursts of e-learning designed to support your Continuous Professional Development or help you land that dream job.

Our short courses are written by industry professionals with an expertise in the subject and a wealth of knowledge to share. They are designed to be simple and easy to navigate, and are accessible to anyone with an internet connection and a computer, mobile, or tablet.

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