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Archive: Oct 2016

1. The Care Certificate April 2015

   14th October 2016 10:17 am Leave a Comment

   The Care Certificate was introduced in April 2015 and it is now the expectation of all those working in health and social care to undertake this learning as part of their induction programme.

   There are 15 standards that make up the Care Certificate and in order to be awarded this certificate workers must meet all of the outcomes and assessment requirements.

   The Care Certificate:

   -Applies across the health and social care sectors
   -Portable between sectors and organisations
   -Assessment of both knowledge and competence

   The standards

   1. Understand your role

   2. Your personal development

   3. Duty of care

   4. Equality and diversity

   5. Person centred values

   6. Communication

   7. Privacy and dignity

   8. Fluids and nutrition

   9. Mental health, dementia and learning disabilities

   10. Safeguarding adults

   11. Safeguarding children

   12. Basic life support

   13. Health and safety

   14. Handling information

   15. Infection prevention and control

   Contact LCE Training Services to book your staff onto our 4 day Care Certificate course!

2. The Mental Health Act Code of Practice (2015)

   24th October 2016 10:03 am Leave a Comment

   In April of this year the updated COP for the Mental Health Act 1983 went live and introduced an improved Code with amended and some completely new chapters.

   Key Changes:-

   – 5 new guiding principles

   – New chapters on care planning, human rights, equality and health inequalities

   – Consideration of when to use the Mental Health Act and when to use the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

   – Information to support victims (of part 3 patients

   – New sections on physical health care, blanket restrictions, duties to support patients with dementia, learning disabilities and autism and immigration detainees

   – Significantly updated chapters on the appropriate use of restrictive interventions, particularly seclusion and long-term segregation, police powers and places of safety

   – Further guidance on how to support children and young people

   There are also other less obvious changes made in response to, among other things, Winterbourne View and updated legislation and revised standards.

   Contact LCE Training Services to request training on the updates and other mental health legislation.

   Go online to browse the complete range of mental health training courses available.

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