Welcome to the Halo Staffing eLearning course on – Technical skills for using technology.
We will begin this course with some basic information about technology.
We will then list the digital devices you as a care professional would be working with daily.
Here, we will list the relevant legislations in the UK.
We will then match the available technologies to the relevant care tasks.
Having done that, we will inform you how to make use of accessibility tools on devices and help others to use these tools.
The next section will be about the internet – how to access websites, use search engines, send and receive emails etc.
Finally, we will inform you how to solve basic problems when using technology.
You can view the introduction video of this course below.
Is this for me?
This course has been carefully designed for carers, support workers, nurses and managers who want to learn about the skills required to make efficient use of technology in a care setting. As specialists in providing staffing solutions Halo Staffing’s courses are relevant for many industries including health and social care for carers, support workers, nurses and managers. Completing this course will ensure that you are fully up to date with relevant content to provide you with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in your field. On successful completion of this course, you will be issued with a certificate which will be valid for 1 year.
Why should I take this course?
You should take this course if it’s necessary for you or your team to learn about the skills required to make efficient use of technology in a care setting, protect people and keep them safe from harm and abuse in a health care setting. Keeping in line with The Human Rights Act 1998, The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000, The Mental Capacity Act 2005, The Equality Act 2010, The Health and Social Care Act 2008, The Care Act 2014, The UKGDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) Regulations.
What are the benefits of taking this course?
This course will inform the care staff about the technical skills, the devices, the software and the technologies which are being used now and the ones which will be common in the near future. This course will also educate them about the focus of the Department of Health and Social Care in the UK with regards to digital skills, which technologies are best suited for which care needs, what are accessibility tools and how can they be beneficial for the service users, how to use the internet, the mail servers and the search engines in a safe and effective manner and how to solve a few basic issues which they may encounter during this process.
What will I learn?
This course will provide you and/or your team with a clear understanding of the skills required to make efficient use of technology in a care setting. We will establish the basics about technology at the beginning, having done that, we will focus on the digital devices which are being used now and will be used in the future, relevant legislations in the UK, match the care needs to the relevant technology, accessibility tools, the safe and effective use of the internet, the mail servers and the search engines and finally, how to solve basic problems with technology.
