Care Certificate Who should undertake the Care Certificate? – All new staff in these roles  Health Care Assistants, Assistant Practitioners, Care Support Workers and those giving support to clinical roles in the NHS where there is any direct contact with patients  Other roles in health & social care such as caring volunteers, cooks or drivers that have direct contact with service users could also undertake all or some of the Care Certificate Principles of the Care Certificate  Applicable across health and social care  Portable/transferable  Build on the Common Induction Standards (CIS) and National Minimum Training Standards (NMTS)  Contain competences mapped to existing qualifications  Train people to be caring, and equip them with the skills to be able to provide quality care Similarities / Differences CIS: 1. Role of the health and social care worker 2. Personal Development 3. Communicate effectively 4. Equality and inclusion 5. Principles for implementing duty of care 6. Principles of safeguarding in health and social care 7. Person-centred support 8. Health and safety in an adult social care setting CC: 1. Understand Your Role 2. Your Personal Development 3. Duty of Care 4. Equality and Diversity 5. Work in a Person Centred Way 6. Communication 7. Privacy and Dignity 8. Fluids and Nutrition 9. Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability 10. Safeguarding Adults 11. Safeguarding Children 12. Basic Life Support 13. Health and Safety 14. Handling Information 15. Infection Prevention and Control Key points…  15 standards in all - signed off and quality assured by Registered Manager  Undertaken in social (and health) care within first 12 weeks by those who are new to social (and health) care  Registered Manager has responsibility for this process as per current legislation but can still delegate this to others, as long as liaise with others and oversee process Key points…  The knowledge part of the Care Certificate can be delivered by a range of learning methods, e.g. e-learning, distance learning, taught sessions, and by external or ‘in house’ learning providers  Competency statements have to be assessed in the work place (by an occupationally competent person in social (or health) care for the ‘demonstrate’, ‘show’, ‘take steps to’…statements) Key points…  Standard 11 and 12 will vary depending on whether worker is in a social care or health setting  There are a few (very few) competencies that are allowed to be simulated  Workers need to complete a workbook or build portfolio of evidence. This belongs to them and is thus transferable between employers Care Certificate  Can view the 15 standards in ‘’ Care Certificate Standards” document on website: http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Standard s/Care-Certificate/Care-Certificate.aspx  Also: Care Certificate Framework, Mapping Document, Self-Assessment Tool, Guidance Document, Certificate Template The Care Certificate is:  Start of a journey  A key component of the total induction  A step to meeting the essential standards set out by Care Quality Commission