Description
Welcome to the Halo Staffing eLearning course on Sight Guidance. In this course, we’ll go through everything you’ll need to know in order to guide an individual with limited or no vision comfortably and effectively.
We will begin by describing what sight loss is, and give a rough estimate of the number of people affected by sight loss.
From there, we’ll go into listing the most common eye conditions and causes of sight loss.
After that, we’ll look at the different levels of sight loss an individual can have.
The fourth section will be on the legal policies that are relevant to the topic of sight loss.
The next section will be on the best ways to approach an individual who is partially sighted, or severely sight impaired.
Finally, we’ll cover the best ways to comfortably, safely, and effectively guide individuals that have sight loss.
You can view the introduction video for the Sight Guidance course below.
Is this for me?
This course has been carefully designed for organisations who want to understand their requirements around sight guidance. 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 have a solid foundational understanding of guiding sight impaired individuals, keeping in line with Skills for Care and the key legislation such as the Care Act 2014.
What will I learn?
This course will provide you and/or your team with an understanding of what sight loss is, the most common causes of sight loss, the different levels of sight loss, relevant legal policies, and the best ways to approach and guide individuals who are sight impaired or severely sight impaired.
Course Duration: 30 minutes to 1 hour.
