Domiciliary Care Support Worker
Becoming a Domiciliary Care Support Worker This online homecare training course explains how to safely support the infirm with their daily household tasks. ‘Domiciliary care workers’ are trained carers who support the infirm at home by performing daily household tasks …
Becoming a Domiciliary Care Support Worker
This online homecare training course explains how to safely support the infirm with their daily household tasks.
‘Domiciliary care workers’ are trained carers who support the infirm at home by performing daily household tasks that maintain their quality of life.
Do you find fulfilment in assisting people in need? Have you considered a career in homecare? We teach you how to provide quality services to those in need and provide today’s best homecare practices before examining the UK’s laws designed to protect the wellbeing and dignity of those in your care.
What You Will Learn In This Course
- Recall who provides and receives domiciliary care support
- List the core elements that are required to manage health and safety in the home
- Describe the factors to consider when identifying individuals who are at particular risk
- Outline how to carry out a RIDDOR report of an accident
- Distinguish between people ‘infected’ or ‘colonised’ with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- Discuss how MRSA and blood-borne viruses are spread and how to practice good hand hygiene
- Analyse how the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) work and how it is used
- Outline the six simple physiological parameters that form the basis of the scoring system ‘NEWS’
- Indicate how to perform CPR
- Outline the seven Caldicott Principles
- Summarise how to communicate effectively
Your SWOT Certificate is:
- Ideal for sharing with potential employers
- Include it in your CV, professional social media profiles and job applications.
- An indication of your commitment to continuously learn, upskill & achieve high results.
- An incentive for you to continue empowering yourself through lifelong learning.
Détails
- 2 Sections
- 10 Lessons
- 1 Week
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- Module 1: Domiciliary Care Worker10
- 1.1Introduction to Domiciliary Care
- 1.2Health and Safety for Domiciliary Carers
- 1.3Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurences
- 1.4CSTF Infection Prevention and Control
- 1.5Hand Hygiene
- 1.6CSTF Resuscitation – Basic Life Support
- 1.7Medication Management and Administration
- 1.8CSTF Information Governance
- 1.9CSTF Conflict Resolution
- 1.10Mental Health Care
- Module 2: Course assessmentYour Assessment (you need to score 80% or more to pass)1



