Social Care Awareness Course

The online Social Care Awareness Course provides in a concise and comprehensive format, essential information required when working in a social care environment. The course focuses on areas such as good working practice, essential learning requirements and personal development plans. This entirely online course is also suitable as part of a school, college or other educational programme.

The estimated duration of the Social Care Awareness Course is 2 hours.  Candidates may log in and out of the system and therefore do not need to complete the course in a single sitting. Learner course progress is automatically saved, so that they may return to the course whenever they wish and as a result course completion is entirely in the hands of the learner.

Learners receive 90 days of access to the Social Care Awareness Course materials from the date of registration, therefore the course can be completed straightaway or at one’s leisure.  Learners receive individual login details and can access the course using any device, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  This provides learners with the flexibility to train on the go, whenever and wherever they wish and as a result provides a more economical training option for businesses small and large.

The Social Care Awareness Course is suitable for all who have an interest in learning more about the intricacies of Health and Social Care.  This course is ideal for existing social care workers or those who aspire to work in the social care sector.

This course can also be used as a valuable part of a school, or other educational programme.  Furthermore, the opportunity for learners to gain an instant achievement certificate is highly motivating.

The Social Care Awareness Course consists of 3 core units and is concluded by a final exam:

UNIT 1 – GOOD PRACTICE.
UNIT 2 – ESSENTIAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES.
UNIT 3 – PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

Each unit consists of topics and interim quizzes which must be completed before progress.  At each stage, learners must click a ‘MARK COMPLETE‘ button to progress. This serves as a means by which course progress can be tracked and is particularly useful in situations where learners are enrolled by a manager.

By the end of the Social Care Awareness Course, learners should be able to.

• Identify standards that influence the way social care job roles are carried out.
• Explain why reflecting on work activities is an important way to develop one’s own knowledge and skills.
• Describe ways to ensure that personal attitudes or beliefs do not obstruct the quality of work.
• Describe how learning activities can improve a worker’s knowledge, skills and understanding.
• Describe how reflecting on a situation can improve a worker’s knowledge, skills and understanding.
• Describe how feedback from others can develop a worker’s knowledge, skills and understanding.
• Define the term Personal Development Plan.
• Identify who could be involved in the Personal Development Plan process.
• Identify sources of support for care workers learning and development.
• List the benefits of using a Personal Development Plan to identify ongoing improvements in a care worker’s knowledge and understanding.