The Care Certificate
- Applies across health and social care;
- Links to competences (National Occupational Standards(UK) and units in qualifications;
- Covers what is required to be caring;
- Will equip workers with the fundamental skill they need to provide quality care; and
- Gives them a basis from which they can further develop their knowledge and skills as their career progresses
Roles you can take on with Care Certificate:
- Activities worker
- Day Care Assistant
- Day Care Officer
- Domiciliary care worker
- Home care worker
- Nursing Assistant (in a nursing home or a hospice)
- Personal Assistants
- Reablement Assistant
- Residential Care Worker
- Senior Home Care Worker
- Support Worker
Duration of Programme: Six Months
Care Certificate: Course Content
- Understand your role
- Your personal development
- Duty of care
- Equality and diversity
- Work in a person centred way
- Communication
- Privacy and dignity
- Fluids and nutrition
- Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disability
- Safeguarding adults
- Safeguarding Children
- Basic Life Support
- Health and Safety
- Handling information
- Infection prevention and control
National Caregiver Certification Course (NCCC)
National Caregiver Certification Course covers the core essential areas of caregiving that include basic supervision, personal care, behavior management and caring for residents unable to direct self-care such as those with Alzheimer’s and Dementia.
The fundamental idea behind the training course is not so much to cover ‘every’ aspect of caregiving. Rather, it is our intent to provide you with the most relevant and useful information that you should know before you begin a career as a caregiver. This is a terrific starter course for anyone wanting to break into the caregiver field.
Who takes the National Caregiver Certification Course?
- New caregivers
- Experienced caregivers
- Those looking to satisfy an insurance requirement
- Family caregivers
- Caregivers who wants to pad their resume with added certification
- Caregivers who want to further explore the subject of caregiving
- Those interested in starting their own caregiver service business
- Caregivers who need to fulfill a continuing education requirement (CEU)
- The ACA grants 120 hours of in-class credit for the NCCC course.
Duration of Programme: On Demand (You can start when you are ready and also learn at your pace)
Topics covered in the NCCC include:
- Managing Personal Stress
- Preventing Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation
- Controlling the Spread of Disease and Infection
- Record Keeping and Documentation
- Service Plans
- Nutrition, Hydration and Food Services
- Assisting in the Self-Administration of Medications
- Social, Recreational and Rehabilitative Activities
- Fire, Safety and Emergency Procedures
- The Aging Process
- Assisting Residents with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
- Vital Signs
- Medications
- Oral Hygiene, Grooming & Bathing
- Skin Integrity
- Residents with Dementia & Alzheimer’s Disease
- Communicating with Residents Unable to Direct Self-Care
- Providing Services and Life Skills
- Managing Difficult Behavior for Residents Unable to Direct Self-Care
- Developing & Providing Social, Recreational & Rehabilitative
- Activities for Residents Unable to Direct Self-Care
- Risk Management, Fall Prevention and Ambulation
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