Mandatory Units
- Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care
- The role of the health and social care worker
- Promote person-centred approaches in health and social care
- Promote and implement health and safety in health and social care
- Promote good practice in handling information in health and social care settings
- Promote communication in health, social care or children's and young people's settings
- Engage in personal development in health, social care or children's and young people's settings
- Promote equality and inclusion in health, social care or children's and young people's settings
- Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
Optional Units
- Principles of Supporting an individual to maintain personal hygiene
- Purpose and principles of independent advocacy
- Understand mental wellbeing and mental health promotion
- Understand mental health problems
- Understand the administration of medication to individuals with dementia using a person-pentred approach
- Understand the role of communication and interactions with individuals who have dementia
- Introduction to personalisation in social care
- Causes and spread of infection
- Understand the context of supporting individuals with learning disabilities
- Cleaning, decontamination and waste management
- Understand physical disability
- Understand sensory loss
- Understand models of disability
- Test for substance use
- Obtain venous blood samples
- Work with families, carers and individuals during times of crisis