Understanding your Role in Care

Social care is the provision of social work, personal care, protection or social support services to children or adults in need, or at risk, or adults with needs arising from illness, disability, old age or poverty.

Choosing a job in health and social care means you want to make a difference to other people’s lives by supportingand caring for them, so they can thrive, and their quality of life is enhanced.

To work in a professional manner and provide the best quality of care, you need to know the duties, responsibilities,and boundaries of your job.

This course will define social care and talk about why people choose it as a career and what its goals and objectives are. It will also cover job descriptions, person centred care, understanding code of practices and the basics of government legislation. Finally, it will touch on dealing with conflicts at work.

Target Audience

People working the social care sector

Course Aims

This course will define social care and talk about why people choose it as a career and what its goals and objectives are. It will also cover job descriptions, person centred care, understanding code of practices and the basics of government legislation. Finally, it will touch on dealing with conflicts at work.

Assessments

This course is made up of 7 modules –

Course ModuleNumber Module Name Pass %Required
Understanding yourRole 1 The course structure 70
Understanding yourRole 2 Understanding socialcare 70
Understanding yourRole 3 Relationships 70
Understanding yourRole 4 Agreed ways of working 70
Understanding yourRole 5 Keeping up to date 70
Understanding yourRole 6 Working in partnership 70
Understanding yourRole 7 Resolving conflicts 70

Certification

Upon successfully passing the online assessment a certificate approved by CPD

Course Duration

40 minutes (Note: This is based on the amount of video content shown and is rounded off. It does not account inany way for loading time or thinking time on the questions).

Course fees

£25.00 per licence. Discounts available for 5 or more licences

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