Data Protection

Description

Welcome to the Halo Staffing eLearning course on Standard 14 – Handling Information of the Care Certificate. In this course, we will take you through everything you’ll need to know in order to be able to safely and securely keep records in compliance with the law.

This course will cover the limitations that are in place concerning how you can store and process information, how to do so while complying with confidentiality, why record keeping is important, and what to do if there are any problems with this process.

You can view the introduction video for the Data Protection course below.

 

Is this for me? 

This course has been carefully designed for carers, support workers, nurses and managers who want to learn more about Standard 14 – Data Protection. 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 and digital badge 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 keep people safe and if it’s important for you to safely and securely document, store and share information within the workplace. Keeping in line with Skills for Care and the key legislation such as the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) and General Data Protection Regulation 2016.

What will I learn? 

This course will provide you and/or your team with an understanding of what the agreed ways of working are, what legislation is and why it is put in place, what the secure systems for recording, storing and sharing information are, how you need to act to maintain confidentiality, how to keep records that are up to date, complete, accurate and legible, who you can report to and what the different types of documentation in health and social care are. You will also learn how to identify the relevant legislation surrounding data protection. 

Course Duration: 1 to 2 hours.