Skills for Care Learning

Welcome to this module focused on leading person-centred care Everything you do as a leader and manager in adult social care must facilitate, promote and embed person-centred approaches to care and support and enhance the lives of the people accessing your service. Person-centredness should underpin everything you and your team do, ensuring that individuals’ are able to live meaningful, fulfilled and productive lives, being seen and treated as complete individuals, engaged with their loved ones and within their communities. In this module, you’ll start to explore some of the skills you need to ensure you lead truly person-centred services. The module is aligned to Standard 6 of the Manager Induction Standards and will cover the following 4 topics: Leading person-centred practice Positive risk Relationships Equality, diversity and inclusion   100% of the cost of these modules can be reimbursed via the Adult Social Care Learning and Development Support Scheme (LDSS). Read more

Welcome to this module focused on Safeguarding and Mental Capacity Safeguarding adults means protecting a person’s right to live in safely, free from abuse and neglect. As an adult social care employer, it’s important to understand your responsibilities around safeguarding and the standards you need to follow. In this module, you’ll start to explore some of the underpinning knowledge you’ll need to embed best practice in safeguarding and mental capacity. The module is aligned to Standard 7 of the Manager Induction Standards and will cover the following 4 topics: Safeguarding adults Safeguarding children Mental capacity Restrictive practices 100% of the cost of these modules can be reimbursed via the Adult Social Care Learning and Development Support Scheme (LDSS). Read more

Welcome to this module focused on making decisions A key component of a manager's role in adult social care is to make decisions and provide direction. The service and team members you lead will look to you to make decisions on how to provide the best possible care and support to the people accessing your service. These same team members may be able to contribute and provide their views, but part of your role is to hold responsibility for the final decision and set the direction of your service as a whole. The module is aligned to Standard 8 of the Manager Induction Standards and will cover the following three topics: Decision Making in adult social care Making decisions Involving and empowering others in the decision-making process. 100% of the cost of these modules can be reimbursed via the Adult Social Care Learning and Development Support Scheme (LDSS). Read more

Welcome to this module focused on managing resources in adult social care Understanding your role in managing resources is vital to enable to you provide good and outstanding care.   The module is aligned to Standard 9 of the Manager Induction Standards and will cover the following 5 topics Resources in adult social care People as a resource Financial management  Using technology to manage resources Sustainability of resources   100% of the cost of these modules can be reimbursed via the Adult Social Care Learning and Development Support Scheme (LDSS). Read more

Welcome to this module focused on learning & innovating It’s important to continually respond to and learn from what is going well, and what isn’t going so well. This enables you to make improvements to your service and offer that benefit everyone – especially those accessing care and support. The module is aligned to Standard 10 of the Manager Induction Standards and will cover the following 3 topics: Comments and complaints Continuous improvement Creating change   100% of the cost of these modules can be reimbursed via the Adult Social Care Learning and Development Support Scheme (LDSS). Read more

Welcome to this module focused on your personal development and wellbeing As a manager in adult social care, focusing on yourself is essential for you to be able to deliver good and outstanding care. Sometimes this can be hard - but how can you look after others if you don’t first look after yourself? The module is aligned to Standard 11 of the Manager Induction Standards and will cover the following 4 topics: Your own development Being self-aware Managing your workload Your personal wellbeing   100% of the cost of these modules can be reimbursed via the Adult Social Care Learning and Development Support Scheme (LDSS). Read more