Care Certificate Induction: Mental Health

Care Certificate Induction: Mental Health

Level:
Level 2 & 3.

Accreditation:
This course is CPD certified.

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About this course

Further to completion of the Care Certificate course, this course is designed to support health and social care workers, who are new to supporting individuals with a mental health condition, to achieve minimum standards where more specialist skills are needed.

The course begins by defining mental health. It then sets out how to support individuals with a mental health condition by relating the theory of the relevant care certificate standards to working practice. For example, ‘duty of care’ looks at legislation and the impact of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Mental Health Act 1983 for the individual, ‘Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disabilities’ provides examples of mental health conditions and potential causes, and ‘health and safety’ explains the importance of risk assessment and mitigating risks.

In module 2, the final stage of the course, we look at scenarios and strategies that will strengthen the knowledge through examples of experience. The scenarios support each standard relevant to caring for individuals with a mental health condition.

Guided Learning Hours: up to 30 minutes, dependent on learner’s skills and abilities.

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Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course learners should know and understand the following:

  • What Mental Health is

  • Their role supporting individuals with mental health conditions

  • Their duty of care

  • How to ensure equality and diversity

  • Working in a person-centred way

  • The importance of communication

  • How to enable privacy and dignity

  • The role of fluids and nutrition

  • How to support health and wellbeing

  • Health and Safety: How to mitigate risks

Course Syllabus Includes

  • What is mental health?

  • Fostering working relationships

  • MCA and your duty of care

  • How to ensure equality, diversity and inclusion

  • Identity

  • Working in a person centred way

  • Addressing communication barriers

  • How to enable privacy, dignity and respect

  • Eating disorders

  • The importance of early diagnosis and how to support health and wellbeing

  • How to mitigate risks for individuals with a mental health condition

  • Your health and safety

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