Training for health and social care workers

Question 1

What is meant by training for health and social care workers?

Answer 1

Those who work in health and social care settings are expected to undertake continuing professional development (CPD), which includes training to ensure that they understand and know how to implement codes of practice and keep their skills up to date.

Question 2

What is code of Practice?

Answer 2

It is a set of guidelines, sometimes based on legal regulations, which explains the way members of a profession have to behave.

Question 3

Codes of Practice relating to key issues in health and social care?

Answer 3

Health and safety 
Data Protection 
Confidentiality 
Safeguarding 
End of life care 
Professional conduct

Question 4

Why do we need codes of practice?

Answer 4

Codes of practice are central to work in health and social care. They are essential guides to best practice.
They inform practitioners of their rights and responsibilities.
They outline the behaviours and attitudes that service users can expect from service providers.
They help to achieve high-quality, safe, compassionate care and support.
They enable safety for the people who use health and social care services and for the people who work in them.

Question 5

What training is needed?

Answer 5

Health and social care workers can access different forms of continuing professional development and training at different points in their careers.
Before they become employees, workers have to gain qualifications.
Workers undertake induction before starting their jobs. Workers undertake training while in post.
Workers are trained by other, more experienced professionals.
Workers can access training provided by their regulatory bodies.
Nurses have to be re validated every three years. as part of this, they must complete 35 hours of CPD
CPD is mandatory for social workers who wish to renew their registration.