Principles of Care Planning

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.

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. 

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.