Level 2 Certificate
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Care Planning
This qualification will help learners to understand their role in supporting the preferences and needs of individuals in relation to their care or support.
Fully-funded via the UK Government in the form of the Education and Skills Funding Agency.
Overview of Care Planning
Qualification aims
This qualification aims to develop learners’ knowledge and understanding of:
- The principles and processes of person-centred thinking, planning and review
- How to work with individuals to carry out activities specified in their care or support plan, including person-centred assessment, planning, implementation and review
- The promotion of health and well-being through nutrition and hydration
- Supporting individuals to maintain personal hygiene
- Supporting individuals to manage continence and the use of continence equipment
- Supporting individuals with sleep.
Who is it suitable for?
This qualification will help learners to understand their role in supporting the preferences and needs of individuals in relation to their care or support, the development and implementation of care plans and contributing to the review of these by observing, monitoring and reporting on the care activities they’re responsible for.
Course units
To be awarded the Level 2 Certificate, learners are required to successfully complete 6 mandatory units:
Understanding person-centred thinking and planning
This unit provides learners with knowledge and understanding of the principles and processes of person-centred thinking, planning and reviews.
Care planning for the care worker
This unit provides learners with the knowledge and understanding required to facilitate working with individuals to carry out activities specified in their care or support plan, including person-centred assessment, planning, implementation and review.
Understanding nutrition and hydration in health and social care settings
This unit provides learners with the knowledge and understanding of promoting health and well-being through nutrition and hydration.
Principles of supporting an individual to maintain personal hygiene
This unit provides learners with the underpinning knowledge for supporting individuals in maintaining personal hygiene.
It covers good personal hygiene routines and why these are important, as well as the causes of poor personal hygiene.
Understanding continence care
The unit provides learners with the knowledge and understanding required to support individuals to manage continence. It covers the factors affecting continence, the management of continence, and the use of continence equipment.
Principles of supporting sleep
This unit provides learners with the knowledge required to establish the conditions that are likely to be suitable for sleep, and how to support individuals to sleep.
Get certified
Gain a nationally recognised level 2 accredited certificate.
Qualification benefits
Develop your skills
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Build up enough knowledge, skills and confidence to transition into a new career.
Improve your CV
Level 2 qualifications are nationally recognised and accredited, giving you the foundations to improve your job prospects.
Eligibility
Location
Been in the UK or EU for three years for purposes other than study.
Age
19+ at the start of the academic year.
Qualifications
- Not on an apprenticeship.
- Not completed any part of the course before.
- 19-23-year-olds must have a level 2 or higher prior to attainment.
How to enrol
- Hit the Enrol Here button
- Complete the short form
- We will be in touch to guide you through your enrolment
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