Description
HANDLING INFORMATION
Course Benefits:
- This course is a mandatory requirement for people working the care sector.
- The course is recommended by Skills for Care as minimum standards for people working in social care.
- The course is recognised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as minimum standards that people working in social care need to meet before they can safely work unsupervised.
- This course meets the Handling Information module of the mandatory Common Induction Standards (CIS).
- The course meets all the knowledge criteria for Unit 9 of the QCF (NVQ) Diploma in Health & Social Care – Promote Good Practice in Handling Information in Health and Social Care Settings.
- The course meets all the duty of care outcomes of the Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care qualification otherwise known as the technical certificate.
- The course can be used for credit transfer or Recognition of prior learning (RPL) to Unit 9 of the Technical Certificate in Health & Social Care – Understand how to handle information in social care settings.
- The course can be used for credit transfer or Recognition of prior learning (RPL) to Unit 9 of the QCF (NVQ) Diploma in Health & Social Care – Promote Good Practice in Handling Information in Health and Social Care Settings.
- The Course has credit value under the QCF framework and recognized throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.
Course Objective
This course helps those who work in a wide range of care settings. It provides the knowledge required to gain knowledge and understanding needed to implement and promote good practice in recording, sharing, storing and accessing information in social care settings
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, learner must be able to:
- Understand requirements for handling information in social care settings.
- Understand good practice in handling information in social care settings.
- Know how to support others to handle information.
Course Contents
Module 1: Requirements for handling information in social care settings.
Module 2: Understanding good practice in handling information in social care settings.
Module 3: Understand to support others to handle information.
Guided learning hours
An average of 10 hours is recommended for this course.