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Principles of Care Planning

Course Code: CCPCP
  • Level: 2
  • Qualification: Certificate
  • Course type: Part-time
  • Duration: 12 weeks
  • Time of day: Flexible
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What's it all about?

In the care sector, it’s important that residents and patients are treated with a friendly and caring approach. The need for high-quality, skilled and knowledgeable care workers has never been greater. Our level 2 course in care planning will make sure you’ve got all the knowledge you need to provide high-quality care for the people you work with. It will help you to develop personally and professionally and evidence your competency to employers. You will learn about person-centred care and the best ways to provide support with everything from nutrition and hydration to personal hygiene and continence care.

Course information

The course covers the following areas:

  • understanding person-centred thinking and planning
  • care planning for the care worker
  • understanding nutrition and hydration in health and social care settings
  • principles of supporting an individual to maintain personal hygiene
  • understanding continence care
  • principles of supporting sleep.

Please note that this course is only available to those 19 years old or over.

You will be required to have successfully achieved a level one qualification, or above, in English.

You will be assessed by a portfolio of evidence.

Successful completion of this course will provide a gateway into the industry. It is also aimed at existing care sector employees who wish to upskill.

The College offers a range of short care courses delivered via distance learning, some of which you may be interesting in progressing to.

Please note fees are quoted for one year only.

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