Description
By the end of the course, candidates will be able to:
- Discuss the importance of person-centred approaches for care and support
- Identify the processes involved with person-centred assessment and the development of care plans
- Identify strategies to encourage client involvement and ownership within the process
- Describe how to implement a person-centred approach in adult social care
- List the types of documentation used in health and social care and discuss their value and purpose
- Demonstrate effective written communication skills
- Understand the importance of ensuring that written entries are accurate, factual, legible and complete
- List ways to maintain security and confidentiality
Course content
Care planning
- Person centred care
- Benefits of person-centred care
- Person centred care planning
- Personalised care
- The 4 stages of care planning
- Assessment
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Care planning involves….
- The SMART approach to care planning
- What is a care plan?
- Ownership by clients
- Barriers to planning involvement
- National standards for care planning
- Care planning principles
- Writing a care plan
- Reviewing care plans
- A health care inspector’s viewpoint – essential care planning tips
Record keeping
- CQC inspections
- Record examples
- Purpose of keeping records
- Making good use of records
- Recording principles
- Making entries
- Relevant legislation
- Legal issues
- Security/confidentiality
- Retention of records
- Scanning records
