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The Care Certificate

The Care Certificate is a set of national standards that all health and social care workers should be working to in their daily working roles. It is designed for non-regulated workers and aims to provide consistency of knowledge and practical competencies to improve the quality-of-service provision for adults with care and support needs.

The Care Certificate was jointly developed by Skills for Care, Health Education England and Skills for Health; it links to the National Occupational Standards for health and social care and other care qualifications.

Subject areas can include (but not an exhaustive list):

• Role of the Health and Social Care Worker
• Duty of Care
• Person Centred Care
• Equality and Diversity
• The Safe Handling and Administration of Medicines
• First Aid Awareness
• Moving and Handling
• Communication and Record Keeping
• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
• Safeguarding Adults and Children
• Nutrition and Hydration
• Health and Safety
• Dementia Care

Further information and training can be found at Skills for Care can support you to maintain good practice within your business.