Care Act Refresher Training
Course Overview
This Care Act Refresher training focuses on the key principles, Assessment, Eligibility and Support Planning. On the 1 day refresher course, all key topics will be covered, but only briefly – and while there will be a number of exercises, there will be insufficient time on a 1-day refresher course for a case study to run throughout the training with four separate exercises which allows for the learning to be embedded. On the 2-day course, all key topics will be covered in detail using case studies.
Who is the Course aimed at?
Adult Social Care workers
How long is the Course?
1 or 2 day
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this one/two day programme, delegates will be able to:
- Recall the key principles of the Care Act and the duties and powers relating to assessment
- Identify the nine aspects of wellbeing
- Highlight the key aspects arising from the Prevention, Information and Advice and Advocacy duties
- Define a strengths based approach
- Distinguish between personal and eligibility outcomes
- Demonstrate that all aspects related to involving the person as fully as possible have been explored
- Understand and adopt the minimum eligibility threshold for customers
- Strengthen understanding of the term significant impact
- Ensure that clear evidence to substantiate the eligibility decision is included in all assessments
- Identify the essential components of a Care and Support Plan
- Refine the personal outcomes identified during the assessment at the care and support planning stage
- Understand support options, explore the range of ways needs can be met and the different ways a Personal Budget can be taken
- Ensure the three key principles of the Personal Budget are adhered to
- Explore the potential benefits of managing risk positively
- Adopt creative solutions in support planning
Additional Learning Outcomes for the 2 day course
By the end of this two day programme, delegates will be able to:
- Feel confident in using a strengths based approach, focusing on the person’s skills and strengths, prior to considering their needs and know how to use this approach throughout the customer journey
- Support an individual to define their own outcomes, preferably at the start of an assessment
- Understand the importance of professional opinion in the eligibility decision
- Confidently complete assessment and care and support plans
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