Course description
This Health and Social Care QLS Level 3 course is perfect for anyone considering a career in the health and social care industry. During this course, you'll explore the training opportunities available in the industry, safeguarding individuals in your care, how to manage diseases, and the key principles of care.
Course Content
Unit 1 Health and social care
- The Care Quality Commission
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Care settings
- Hospitals
- Care homes (nursing and non-nursing)
- Domiciliary care
- Supported living
- Sheltered accommodation
- Day centre care
- Retirement villages
- Personal Development Plan
Unit 2 Training in the health and social care setting
- Training in the health and social care setting
- Qualification and credit framework (QCF)
- Nurse training
- Roles in nursing
- Other professionals involved in health and social care
- Multiagency working
- Benefits of multiagency working
Unit 3 Legislation and policy in health and social care
- Occupational standards
- Common induction standards
- Principles of care for nursing
- Record keeping
- Standards for record keeping
- Equality and diversity legislation
- Case studies
- Key legislation
Unit 4 Communication confidentiality and safeguarding
- Principles of person-centred care
- Holistic care
- Communication
- Active Listening
- Types of non-verbal communication
- Confidentiality
- Safeguarding
- Types of abuse
- What to do when abuse is suspected
Unit 5 Physiology and management of diseases
- Applying understanding to practice
- The heart
- Prevention
- Management of the service user
- Diabetes
- Congestive heart failure
- Dementia
- Caring for a person with dementia
- Respiratory disease (COPD)
Unit 6 Universal principles of care
- Principles of the prevention and control of infection
- Hand hygiene
- Giving personal care
- Food hygiene
- Nutrition
- Handling and moving
- Risk assessment
- Managing challenging behaviour
- Handling medicines
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