Care Certificate

Background

Failings of Mid Staffordshire Hospital

Sir Robert Francis QC's report made 290

recommendations

Camilla Cavendish review of healthcare

assistants and social care support workers

Cavendish proposed a ‘Certificate of

Fundamental Care’

Partnership

Who should undertake the Care

Certificate? – All new staff in these roles

Health Care Assistants, Assistant

Practitioners, Care Support Workers and

those giving support to clinical roles in the

NHS where there is any direct contact with

patients

Other roles in health & social care such as

caring volunteers, cooks or drivers that have

direct contact with service users could also

undertake all or some of the Care Certificate

Principles of the Care Certificate

Applicable across health and social care

Portable/transferable

Build on the Common Induction Standards (CIS)

and National Minimum Training Standards (NMTS)

Contain competences mapped to existing

qualifications

Train people to be caring, and equip them with the

skills to be able to provide quality care

Similarities / Differences CIS:

1. Role of the health and social

care worker

2. Personal Development

3. Communicate effectively

4. Equality and inclusion

5. Principles for implementing

duty of care

6. Principles of safeguarding in

health and social care

7. Person-centred support

8. Health and safety in an adult

social care setting

CC:

1. Understand Your Role

2. Your Personal Development

3. Duty of Care

4. Equality and Diversity

5. Work in a Person Centred Way

6. Communication

7. Privacy and Dignity

8. Fluids and Nutrition

9. Dementia, MH and LD

10. Safeguarding Adults

11. Safeguarding Children

12. Basic Life Support

13. Health and Safety

14. Handling Information

15. Infection Prevention and Control

Key points…

15 standards in all - signed off and quality

assured by Registered Manager

Undertaken in social (and health) care within

first 12 weeks by those who are new to social

(and health) care

Registered Manager has responsibility for this

process as per current legislation. Can

delegate to others, but remains accountable.

Key points…

The knowledge part of the Care Certificate

can be delivered by a range of learning

methods, e.g. e-learning, distance learning,

taught sessions, and by external or ‘in house’

learning providers

Competency statements have to be

assessed in the work place (by an

occupationally competent person in social (or

health) care for the ‘demonstrate’, ‘show’,

‘take steps to’…statements)

Similarities / Differences Common Induction Standards :

1. Role of the health and social

care worker

2. Personal Development

3. Communicate effectively

4. Equality and inclusion

5. Principles for implementing

duty of care

6. Principles of safeguarding in

health and social care

7. Person-centred support

8. Health and safety in an adult

social care setting

Care Certificate:

1. Understand Your Role (4 demonstrate standards)

2. Your Personal Development (4 demonstrate

standards)

3. Duty of Care (2 demonstrate standards )

4. Equality and Diversity (2 demonstrate standards)

5. Work in a Person Centred Way (12 demonstrate

standards)

6. Communication (3 demonstrate standards)

7. Privacy and Dignity (8 demonstrate standards)

8. Fluids and Nutrition (10 demonstrate standards)

9. Awareness of mental health, dementia & learning

disability (0 demonstrate standards)

10. Safeguarding Adults (1 demonstrate standard)

11. Safeguarding Children (0 demonstrate

standard)

12. Basic Life Support (0 demonstrate standard –

but simulation as part of practical training)

13. Health and Safety (2 demonstrate standards)

14. Handling Information (1 demonstrate standard)

15. Infection Prevention and Control (1

demonstrate standard

Key points…

Assessment by occupationally competent

person.

There are a few (very few) competencies that

are allowed to be simulated

Workers need to complete a workbook or

build portfolio of evidence. This belongs to

them and is thus transferable between

employers

#CareCert

The Standards …..

Care Certificate-on the website

Care Certificate Standards-Summary of

the 15 Standards

Care Certificate Framework-Assessors

Care Certificate Self-Assessment Tool-

new or existing staff

Care Certificate Mapping Resource

Care Certificate-on the website

Questions and Answers

Certificate-template

Care Certificate Workbook

Care Certificate Knowledge Content

Presentations

Start of a journey

A key component of the total

induction

A step to meeting the essential

standards set out by Care

Quality Commission

The Care Certificate is:

Implementation

How will you implement the

Care Certificate in your

Organisation?

What difficulties do you see?

How could you overcome

these?

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Margaret Sharpe, Locality manager

Margaret.Sharpe@skillsforcare.org.uk