Understanding Your Role in Health & Social Care

What is Understanding Your Role in Health & Social Care?

No one can be expected to perform well in their job if they don’t fully understand what that job is! Workers in health and social care are no exception – indeed, understanding their job role is arguably much more important than in many other occupations.

What's Included in the Understanding Your Role in Health & Social Care Course?

In this Understanding Your Role in Health & Social Care e-learning course we explore how to make sure job role and responsibilities are fully understood, what those responsibilities are likely to entail and how they impact on relationships with the people being supported, employers, members of the care team and the individual themselves

Course Content

• Responsibilities towards the people you support (Job descriptions, Care needs, Fair treatment, Confidentiality, Whistleblowing Managing your attitudes and beliefs, Communicating effectively, Supporting people with different needs)
• Working relationships and personal relationships
• Responsibilities towards your employer
• Policies and procedures (Values, Aims and Objectives, Reporting Errors, Health & Safety)
• Responsibilities towards the people with whom you work (Partnership working, Trust and respect)
• Responsibilities towards yourself (Skills, knowledge and personal development)

Course Duration

40 minutes

Target Audience

Those working in health and social care requiring an understanding of their role and responsibilities.

Available In

Audio with Subtitles

Delivered Via

Internet / online

For short courses a completion certificate is available at the end of the course. You can screenshot this or print it out to confirm completion of the training.

For accredited courses a certificate will be sent directly to you from the appropriate awarding body.

All you need to complete our e-learning courses is a computer, tablet or smartphone and an internet connection.

E-learning is flexible, efficient, and cost-effective, meaning you can progress through the modules at your own pace, at your own time to fit the training in around your work and personal life.

Short online courses also help employers to demonstrate that they have fulfilled their legal duties to ensure their personnel have been adequately trained.

Once the courses have been completed, a confirmation of results can be saved or printed as evidence. This can then be kept on record as evidence of suitable training.

You will instantly receive a confirmation email with your order details and your course login details will follow within one business working day.

Please note that course bookings can not be processed over weekends or bank holidays and will be processed the next business working day.

Step 1

Click the 'Buy' or 'Add to cart' button and you will be taken to our payment/booking page where you can choose to pay online now using a debit/credit card or you can pay later by invoice.

Step 2

Once you have paid for your course(s), you will receive an email from our team advising how to begin your training.

Step 3

You will be provided with a username and password which will enable you to access the e-learning portal. Login to start your course, once you have completed and passed the course, you will be able to download and print your certificate straight away.

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• Help your people reach their true potential
• Promote manager empowerment
• Unlock lasting organisational success

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