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Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Care Quality Commission (CQC)

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Both CQC guidance and Skills for Care advice highlight the responsibility of the service provider and registered manager to continue to improve care standards through a well-trained workforce.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the health and social care regulator for England. Their aim is to ensure better care for everyone in hospital, in a care home and at home. Training is a key component in ensuring standards of service are met and increasingly providers are required to provide evidence that health and social care training is not only being provided but that learners are achieving specific outcomes. Legislative requirements must be adhered to.

E-learning from embrace offers the most cost-efficient and effective way for health and social care services to meet their training requirements as required by the Care Quality Commission. Our e-learning not only provides a comprehensive suite of online courses, it provides evidence in readily available reports to answer any question relating to the Who? How? What? Where? and When? of any learning and development plan.

Recommended Training and Qualifications

The list below summarises key recommendations from Skills for Care, which should be included in learning and development plans. Refresher training should also be included in the overall learning and development plan.

Training recommended by
Skills for Care

Provided and evidenced
by embrace-learning

Common Induction Standards

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Health and Safety Awareness

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Moving and Handling Awareness

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Fire Safety

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Infection Control Awareness

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Food Safety and Hygiene

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Medication, safe handling awareness

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Dementia Awareness

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Learning Disability Awareness

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Mental Capacity Act

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Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

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Recommended Qualifications

Dementia Award

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Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care

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Diploma in Health and Social Care (Dementia)

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N.B This is not a complete list of training requirements.