Description
Welcome to the Halo Staffing Care Workforce Pathway eLearning course on Maintaining an individual’s dignity while providing care and support to them as a personal assistant
We will begin this course with an explanation of the principles that underpin privacy and dignity in care.
We will then inform you how to maintain the privacy and dignity of the person you support.
The next section will list all the relevant legislations in the UK.
At this point we will inform you how to support the person’s right to make choices.
We will also inform you how to support the person to make choices about the support they receive.
The next section will be about supporting the person to be active in their own life (for example, through ‘active participation’).
Finally, we will inform you how to support the person to actively participate in the support they receive.
Is this for me?
This course has been carefully designed for organisations who want to learn about the Care Workforce Pathway – Maintaining an individual’s dignity while providing care and support to them as a personal assistant. 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 develop and clear understanding of ensuring equality, diversity and inclusion are a part of your practice. Keeping in line with the Care Workforce Pathway guidelines, the Skills for Care guidelines, the Human Rights Act 1998 – Article 8, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 – Regulation 10, The Equality Act 2010, The Care Act 2014 and The Data Protection Act 2018.
What are the benefits of taking this course?
This course helps personal assistants address challenges around maintaining dignity, privacy and respect in care. By learning how to support choice and independence, PAs can avoid task focused care and provide more person centred support. It also strengthens awareness of rights and appropriate boundaries. Overall, the course ensures more respectful and empowering care.
What will I learn?
This course will provide you and/or your team with a clear understanding of the principles that underpin privacy and dignity in care, how to maintain the privacy and dignity of the person you support, the relevant legislations in the UK, how to support the person’s right to make choices, how to support the person to make choices about the support they receive, how to support the person to be active in their own life (for example, through ‘active participation’) and how to support the person to actively participate in the support they receive.
Course Duration: 1 hour.
