Welcome to the Halo Staffing eLearning course on Using technology to support person-centred care.
We will begin this course with an explanation of importance of technology and digital skills in the Health and Social Care sector.
We will also inform you how to use technology to work in a person-centred way.
We will then list all the relevant legislations in the UK.
At this point we will inform you how to help people to learn about technologies that may benefit them.
The next section will be about helping people to access their personal information and contribute to their digital social care records.
Finally, we will explain how to use technology to help people to build and maintain relationships and participate in their community.
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 developing and using digital technology to provide the best person-centred care. 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 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 learn about developing and using digital technology to provide the best person-centred care, 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, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) Regulations and the guidance provided by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) UK.
What are the benefits of taking this course?
This course will help the care staff to understand the importance of technology and digital skills in this sector, how to use this to work in a person-centred way, how you can help people to learn about technologies that may benefit them, how to help people to access their personal information and contribute to their digital social care records and how to use technology to help people to build and maintain relationships and participate in their community.
What will I learn?
This course will provide you and/or your team with a clear understanding of developing and using digital technology to provide the best person-centred care. We will begin the course with an explanation of technology and digital skills what are they and why are they important to the Health and Social care sector, we will then inform you and/or your team about technology that will help you to work in a person-centred way, list of relevant legislations in the UK, how to match needs of the service user to the latest technology, empowering people through guidance and support to contribute to their own digital records and build relationships through community participation.
