Saint Aims’s Care Training

There are 15 training courses that are mandatory for all our staff. We check for certification for these training before onboarding staff and also refresh these courses on a regular basis. In addition, we have also included bonus tranining courses that are essential for our staff to fulfill their roles to our Service users. These are:
o Skills for Care -Care Certificate Induction Training
o Safeguarding Adult
o Autism and Learning Disability Awareness
o Medication Administration Awareness – Level 1,2 & 3 where necessary
o Infection prevention and Control
o Personal Care
o Pressure Care prevention and Management
o Health & Safety
o Basic life Support First Aid
o Moving & Handling
o Food Hygiene
o Mental Health and Dementia Awareness
o Equality & Diversity
o Infection control
o Mental Capacity Act including DoLS
o Behaviour that challenges
o Care Planning & Recording
o Communication skills
o Confidentiality awareness
o Mental Health Awareness
o Basic First Aid
o Fire Safety

Working with the elderly, children and young people can be incredibly rewarding; but it also comes with a good deal of responsibility. One of the most important aspects of this responsibility is your obligation to keep those who are in your care safe from harm. Safeguarding training gives a thorough overview of the different ways in which particular individuals might be vulnerable.

• Recognising tell-tale signs of abuse and neglect. …
• Improve your team’s communication ability. …
• Increase trust in your institution. …
• Enable staff to record and report abuse and neglect appropriately

Attention to the dignity of older people who need assistance with toileting, incontinence or bladder or bowel care in health or social care is of utmost importance. In our continence management workshop, we train our staff on how  to support our service users to better control their bladder or bowel functions through tips on how to keep the bladder healthy, continence assessment, identifying a suitable course of treatment if necessary and emotional support and advice.

Food Hygiene relates to the way in which food and drink is handled, prepared, stored and served to prevent it from causing illness. (Food hygiene can be compromised too by poor hygiene, with regards to utensils used and handler’s personal hygiene)

This training offers Training on good personal hygiene, the safe handling of food, effective cleaning procedures, allergen control, safely storing food, following cooking temperature guidelines, and preventing cross-contamination