Description
Welcome to Halo Staffing Care Certificate Standards: Standard 2 – Understand Your Role.
We will explain how to identify your learning and development needs, contribute to your personal development plan, and understand who should be involved in agreeing and supporting your development.
We will then explain how feedback can help you improve your performance and development, and how the literacy, numeracy, communication and digital skills required for your role can support effective working.
You will then be able to identify sources of information, support and guidance to develop your skills, and understand how reflection on learning activities, workplace experiences and feedback can improve your knowledge, skills and understanding.
We will also inform you how to measure your knowledge, performance and understanding against relevant standards, record your progress towards development goals, identify learning opportunities, and recognise the importance of continuing professional development in improving your practice.
Is this for me?
This course has been carefully designed for carers, support workers, healthcare support workers, nurses, and managers who wish to develop their knowledge and understanding of Care Certificate Standard 2 – Your Personal Development, aligned with the March 2025 update from the Department of Health and Social Care. As specialists in workforce and staffing solutions, Halo Staffing delivers training that is relevant across a range of sectors, particularly health and social care. This course has been developed to help learners identify their learning and development needs, contribute to and maintain a personal development plan, reflect on their practice, and make effective use of feedback to improve performance. It also supports learners in developing the literacy, numeracy, communication and digital skills required for their role, whilst promoting continuous professional development (CPD) and lifelong learning. By completing this course, learners will be better equipped to maintain professional competence, improve the quality of care and support they provide, and progress within their careers. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded a certificate, which will be valid for 1 year.
Why should I take this course?
You should take this course if you or your team need to develop the knowledge, skills and understanding required to perform your role effectively and maintain high standards of practice within health and social care. This course supports learners in identifying their learning and development needs, creating and contributing to personal development plans, reflecting on their practice, and using feedback to improve performance. It also helps learners develop the literacy, numeracy, communication and digital skills needed for safe and effective working, whilst promoting Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and lifelong learning. Aligned with the Care Certificate Standards (March 2025), the Health and Social Care Act 2008, the Care Act 2014, and Care Quality Commission (CQC) expectations, this course will help you maintain professional competence, improve the quality of care and support you provide, and take responsibility for your ongoing career development.
What are the benefits of taking this course?
This course helps learners take ownership of their personal and professional development by identifying learning needs, setting development goals, and creating effective personal development plans. It supports individuals in developing the knowledge, skills and understanding required to perform their role safely, effectively and confidently within health and social care settings. By completing this course, you will gain a better understanding of how reflection, feedback, supervision and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) can improve your practice and enhance the quality of care and support you provide. The course also promotes the development of essential literacy, numeracy, communication and digital skills, helping you meet professional standards, adapt to changes in best practice, and progress within your career. The knowledge gained will support ongoing learning, increase confidence and competence, and contribute to delivering high-quality, person-centred care.
What will I learn?
This course will provide you and/or your team with a comprehensive understanding of how to plan, develop and continuously improve the knowledge, skills and understanding required to perform your role effectively within health and social care. We will begin by exploring how to identify your learning and development needs, contribute to the creation of a personal development plan (PDP), and understand the process for agreeing development goals with managers, mentors and other relevant individuals. We will then examine the importance of feedback, reflection and self-assessment in supporting personal and professional growth, and how these can be used to improve ways of working and enhance the quality of care provided. The course will also cover the literacy, numeracy, communication and digital skills required to carry out your role effectively, along with the sources of information, support and guidance available to help you develop these essential skills. In addition, learners will gain an understanding of how to measure their knowledge, performance and understanding against relevant standards, record progress towards personal development goals, and make use of learning opportunities and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities. By the end of the course, you will have the knowledge and confidence to take ownership of your development, maintain professional competence, and continuously improve your practice to support safe, effective and person-centred care.
Course Duration: 30 minutes.
