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Health and Social Care E-Learning Courses – EL29 / EL31 / EL33 / EL42 / EL43 / EL45 / EL46 / EL49 / EL53 / EL55 / EL56

Our Health and Social Care E-learning courses are aimed at those working in this sector providing knowledge and tips about developing the right working relationship with service users and ensuring workplace legislation is met.

“Amanda was knowledgeable and engaging throughout the course (Emergency First Aid at Work), making it interesting and entertaining. The information was provided clearly and succinctly, with confidence, and it has left me felling confident in my ability to handle any situations that may come. 10/10″

AC, Enlightened Lighting Ltd
January 2024

Why do our customers choose us?

Acorn Health and Safety e learning online trainingWe recognise that e-learning is a cost-effective training method and is becoming an increasingly important part of many organisations training and development activities which is why we now offer a selection of e-learning courses to complement the classroom-based learning we offer on our open courses.

We have consciously chosen a provider whose courses are externally accredited by CPD and we like the fact that the training is presented using a blended approach.

We offer 11 Health and Social Care e-learning courses, all CPD approved:

  • Understanding Your Role in Care (EL49) 
  • Principles of Communication (EL45) 
  • Nutrition and Hydration (EL42) 
  • Handling Information in a Care Setting (EL33) 
  • End of Life Care (EL31) 
  • Dignity and Privacy (EL29) 
  • Safeguarding Adults (EL46) 
  • Person-Centred Care (EL43) 
  • Stroke Awareness (EL53) 
  • Introduction to the Safe Handling of Medicines (EL55) 
  • Epilepsy Awareness (EL56) 

We’ll either grant you an individual licence, or set you up as an administrator for multiple users.  Our e-learning platform is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and therefore accessible when you or your staff team need it.  Our administration team are on hand 9-5, Monday – Friday to answer any software or licence related questions you might have.

As the delegate, you set the pace to this course and each module concludes with some relevant questions.

(Please note: Duration is based on the amount of video content shown and is rounded off. It does not account in any way for loading time or thinking time on the questions).

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How do we approach Understanding Your Role in Care e-learning training?

Social care is the provision of social work, personal care, protection or social support services to children or adults in need, or at risk, or adults with needs arising from illness, disability, old age or poverty.

Choosing a job in health and social care means you want to make a difference to other people's lives by supporting and caring for them, so they can thrive and their quality of life is enhanced.

To work in a professional manner and provide the best quality of care, you need to know the duties, responsibilities and boundaries of your job.

This course will define social care and talk about why people choose it as a career and what its goals and objectives are. It will also cover job descriptions, person-centred care, understanding code of practices and the basics of government legislation. Finally it will touch on dealing with conflicts at work.

This course has 7 modules in total and each module concludes with some relevant questions. The pass rate for these questions is 70% and the 7 modules covered are:

  • The course structure
  • Understanding social care
  • Relationships
  • Agreed ways of working
  • Keeping up-to-date
  • Working in partnership
  • Resolving conflicts

Duration: 40 minutes

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How do we approach Principles of Communication e-learning training?

When working in the adult social care sector, communicating is essential to develop your understanding of a service user's needs, so you can provide them with the support they require.

If the information exchanged is inaccurate or misleading, mistakes can be made which can result in ineffective care and a negative view of the service. Professionals will form many different relationships in their work. Some will be formal and others more informal.

Whoever you are communicating with and whatever the method you use it is essential that you make sure your communication is appropriate and effective.

This course covers some of the different ways of communication, how to identify barriers to communication and how to reduce these, making sure the person you are communicating with understands what you are communicating, how to get help with communication issues and much more.

This course has 7 modules in total and each module concludes with some relevant questions. The pass rate for these questions is 70% and the 7 modules covered are:

  • Reasons People Communicate
  • Ways of Communicating
  • Identifying Communication Barriers
  • Reducing Communication Barriers
  • Checking Understanding
  • Getting Help With Communication Issues
  • Confidentiality

Duration: 75 minutes

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How do we approach Nutrition and Hydration e-learning training?

If you are part of a team responsible for people’s nutrition and hydration, it’s important that you understand the terms that are being used, the nutritional requirements of the service users and the possible consequences of getting it wrong.

This course will start by defining the various terms used when talking about nutrition and hydration in care environments, the basic elements of nutrition and eating a healthy balanced diet, identify the reasons why vulnerable people might suffer with dehydration and the tools you can use to identify people that are at risk of malnutrition and the steps you can take to deal with this condition.

This course has 7 modules in total and each module concludes with some relevant questions. The pass rate for these questions is 70% and the 7 modules covered are:

  • The Course Structure
  • Defining the Terms
  • The Eatwell Plate
  • Hydration
  • Through-life Nutrition
  • Malnutrition and Overnutrition
  • The ‘Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool’

Duration: 65 minutes

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How do we approach Handling Information in a Care Setting e-learning training?

When working in a care setting it is so important to build positive relationships with care users. Confidentiality and the correct handling of personal information are vital for trusting relationships and a breach in this may lead to a service user becoming unwilling to cooperate with their care providers.

This course provides an introduction to the concept of handling information in care settings. At the end of the course you will understand the need for secure handling of information and you will know how to access support if you have any questions regarding access to information. The course will cover the important role confidentiality plays in developing trusting relationships with the people in your care and it will define key terms such as ‘need to know’ and ‘consent’. It also touches on the legislation that is in place relating to the handling and storing of information and the obligations each person has under these laws.

This course has just 2 modules and each module concludes with some relevant questions. The pass rate for these questions is 70% and the 2 modules covered are:

  • Legislation
  • Putting it Into Practice

Duration: 20 minutes

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How do we approach End of Life Care e-learning training?

End of life care should be several things, compassionate, cost effective, holistic and effective. There are usually a number of people involved in the care of people at the end of their life and it can be a difficult process to be part of.

This course will provide you with information about what to expect, how to handle some of the emotions associated with this time, and working with the other professionals involved in end of life care.

This course has 5 modules in total and each module concludes with some relevant questions. The pass rate for these questions is 70% and the 5 modules covered are:

  • End Of Life Care
  • Feelings And Emotions
  • Patterns Of Dying
  • The Dying Process
  • Support And Aftercare

 Duration: 25 minutes

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How do we approach Dignity and Privacy e-learning training?

There are two crucial attributes you must have when working with people in a caring, supportive environment. First, all service users must be treated with dignity and the second crucial attribute is privacy.

The course will start by defining dignity and privacy within the healthcare sector, and will explain how the two are quite often linked. It will then go on to give you a range of useful professional tips about setting up the right working relationship with your service users, and discuss some of the issues that can arise when dignity and privacy are not respected.

This course has 7 modules in total and each module concludes with some relevant questions. The pass rate for these questions is 70% and the 7 modules covered are:

  • Overview of the Course
  • Understanding the Principles
  • Dignity - Good Practice Part 1
  • Dignity - Good Practice Part 2
  • Privacy - Good Practice
  • Self-care
  • Overcoming Barriers to Dignity and Privacy

 Duration: 50 minutes

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How do we approach Safeguarding Adults e-learning training?

Our Safeguarding courses have been created because, first and foremost, each and every one of us has basic human rights. Chief among these is the right to be healthy, happy and treated well, regardless of race, age, gender or location. When these rights are abused in some way it’s wrong, and it is therefore vital that guidelines, policies and procedures are followed to enable everyone, without exception to live a life in which these basic values and rights are maintained and upheld.

This course is aimed at anyone who has a duty of care for, or comes into contact with, adults in need of care and support, either as a paid professional or a volunteer. This includes, but isn’t limited to, those that work in domiciliary care, the NHS, community centres, prisons or with a family member at home, and sets out the roles and responsibilities everyone must undertake to protect an adult’s right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect. You and the organisation you work for must take appropriate and proportional measures necessary for the protection of adults in your care, while still ensuring they are supported and empowered to have control over how they want to live their lives and this course can bring you one step closer to being able to do this.

This means that whatever the circumstance, you and the organisation you work for must take appropriate and proportional measures necessary for the protection of adults in your care, while still ensuring they are supported and empowered to have control over how they want to live their lives.

During this course you will hear many facts, figures and details surrounding the risk to adults in need of care and support, the types of abuse suffered and key safeguarding legislation put in place to minimise the abuse of adults with care and support needs. By the end of this course, you will have learned a better understanding of safeguarding principles and be able to apply them to your role.

This includes being able to define the key terminology in relation to safeguarding; identify the principle laws that relate to safeguarding and why they have been put in place to minimise abuse; recognise and respond to the ten types of abuse suffered by vulnerable adults; identify and report concerns of abuse or neglect; describe your role, responsibilities and boundaries; ensure people are supported and encouraged to make their own decisions and give informed consent, and finally manage the environment to minimise the risk of abuse.

This course has 5 modules in total and each module concludes with some relevant questions. The pass rate for these questions is 70% and the 5 modules covered are:

  • Introduction and Definitions
  • Types of Abuse and the Rights of Vulnerable Adults
  • Recognising the Signs of Abuse
  • What to Do if you Suspect Abuse
  • Safeguarding Legislation

Duration: 80 minutes

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How do we approach Person-Centred Care e-learning training?

What do we mean by Person-Centred Care, well the term originated in the 1940s and proposed taking a holistic view of service users in care settings. This means getting to know the person and then tailoring their care as much as possible to meet their specific needs. Person-centred care is now a key principle outlined in current legislation and it plays an important part in the standards that they set out which must be followed by all care professionals working in this country.

This course will give you an understanding of person centred approaches for care and support, and how to implement a person-centred approach in an adult social care setting.

It starts by explaining what we mean by person centred care and where this term originated. It then goes on to analyse the values represented by person centred care and explains why care should be as much as possible tailored to each service user. Finally it will give you an overview of care plans, daily reports, the importance of obtaining consent and much more.

This course has 6 modules in total and each module concludes with some relevant questions. The pass rate for these questions is 70% and the 6 modules covered are:

  • Course Overview
  • Definitions and Values
  • Care Plans and Consent
  • Daily Reports
  • Example Care Plans
  • Case Study

Duration: 45 minutes

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How do we approach Stroke awareness e-learning training?

Strokes are the fourth single leading cause of death in the UK, as well as a leading cause of disability. Being aware of the causes and symptoms will help you act fast in a situation where you suspect someone is having a stroke and provide them with the best chance of receiving the treatment they need and minimising the long term impact of the condition and is aimed primarily at people working in adult care as they are likely to be working closely with people that are most at risk of having a stroke.

This course will cover the types of strokes, the symptoms, and risk factors. It will also cover the treatment options and the longer term impact of the condition.

There are a lot of courses in our health and social care suite that would make great follow ups to this course and if you are in the adult social care sector then they would all provide valuable additions to your knowledge. Specific topics that compliment this directly are Diabetes Awareness, Dementia Awareness and Epilepsy Awareness as these are all conditions that can either increase the risk of having a stroke or develop after someone has had a stroke.

This course has 4 modules in total and each module concludes with some relevant questions. The pass rate for these questions is 70% and the 4 modules covered are:

  • Signs and Symptoms
  • Types of Stroke and Their Causes
  • Diagnosis, Treatment and Recovery
  • Post Stroke Problems and Care

Duration: 55 minutes

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How do we approach Introduction to the Safe Handling of Medicines e-learning training?

This Introduction to the Safe Handling of Medicines course will start by explaining the key terminology used when handling medicines. It then goes into detail about the roles of the people involved, some of the different groups of medicines, providing different levels of support to patients, infection control, label interpretation and much more.

This course has 7 modules in total and each module concludes with some relevant questions. The pass rate for these questions is 70% and the 7 modules covered are:

  • Introduction to the course
  • Terminology explained
  • The roles of those involved, legislation and licensing
  • Groups of medicines
  • Levels of support and routes of entry
  • Infection Control and equipment for dispensing
  • Label interpretation, record keeping and The Seven Rights

Duration: 60 minutes

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How do we approach epilepsy awareness e-learning training?

When introducing epilepsy, we must first recognise that there are around 40 different types of seizures. Statistics show that one in five people will have a seizure at some time in their life although only some of these will be caused by epilepsy.

Epilepsy is a neurological condition that affects the brain and the nervous system and is covered by the Equality Act 2010. The condition can affect people for only a portion of their life, or it can be lifelong. Because of the varied nature of the condition an awareness of epilepsy and the actions you can take if you are present during a seizure is incredibly useful for those who work in health and social care. This course is aimed primarily at people working in the care sector with children or adults however anyone who would like to expand their knowledge or understand what to do if they see someone have a seizure should take this course. This course is also a great one to do alongside first aid training as it expands on the information relating to seizures that is usually taught as part of first aid.

This course will give you an overview of epilepsy. It lists the methods of diagnosis, what a seizure is and how the brain can be affected. It will introduce some possible seizure triggers and describe what to do when someone has a seizure. It will also discuss some of the treatments offered to people with epilepsy and provide practical advice on what you can do if you witness someone having a seizure.

This course has 3 modules in total and each module concludes with some relevant questions. The pass rate for these questions is 70% and the 3 modules covered are:

  • What is epilepsy?
  • Types of seizure
  • What to do

Duration: 30 minutes

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What should you expect from Acorn Health & Safety?

We’ll provide delegates with a unique username and password to login to the secured. On successful completion of the course, delegates will be able to print a course certificate.

Our ‘e-learning Health and Safety’ courses are just part of over 60 courses we offer. Acorn Health & Safety provides training and consultancy in first aid, fire safety, food safety, manual handling, healthcare training and health and safety.

We can provide a wide variety of accredited or tailor-made courses, these can be ‘in-house’ or ‘open’ programmes.

Our ‘in-house’ course programmes are the most cost effective option if you’ve a number of staff requiring training, and in many cases can be adapted to include reference to local policy, practice and documentation.  These courses can be delivered either at any suitable venue or you can hire our purpose-built training centre located in Warmley, Bristol, whichever is best suited to your needs.

We also run a rolling programme of ‘open courses’ which are particularly suited for individuals, organisations that only have a few delegates or those looking to release small groups of staff at a time.

Please contact us to discuss all of your training needs so we can advise the most suitable and cost effective solution.

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Not every course can be 'off the shelf'.

Our tailored health and safety training is aimed at meeting the needs of customers who have specific subjects to be covered within their health and safety staff training.

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Call our team on 0117 958 2070 or if it’s out of hours or you prefer e-mail – info@acornsafety.co.uk

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Aimed at businesses and individuals requiring specific training or those with only a few members of staff to train our open courses run regularly throughout the year and cover a variety of different subjects.

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