Cardiff Council Social Care Training and Development Team have a number of courses currently open including manual handling risk assessment courses, courses around chronic conditions and courses around sepsis awareness. For more details, including booking instructions, please see below:
If you do not have a learning pool account, please contact scwdp@cardiff.gov.uk or kai.ho@cardiff.gov.uk
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Course name and Target Group |
Delivery dates and times |
Training description |
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Manual Handling Risk Assessors Course – Assisting people to move – Social Care
Target Group:
External Sector Care Homes Domiciliary Care Supported Living
Third sector |
30 Jul 08:45 – 16:30 County Hall
Face to Face |
Recognise safe and unsafe practices when handling people. |
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Chronic Conditions – Social Care
Chronic Conditions -Social Care Target Group:
External Sector Care Homes Domiciliary Care Supported Living
Third sector |
6 Aug
09:30 – 16:00
County Hall Rm 225B
Face to Face |
Aims and Objectives
This course had been specifically designed and developed to give the learner an overview of some common degenerative illnesses that they may experience as a care worker, within the care sector.
This course will give the learner the knowledge and skills to recognise, support, manage and treat the possible symptoms people with a diagnosed degenerative illness may present with.
This course also gives the learner the skills to develop a Person Centred Plan to ensure the person with a degenerative illness is always at the centre of the care and support they will receive.
By the end of the day, learners will be able to explain the cause, recognition, symptoms and treatment of the following illnesses:
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Huntington’s Disease
• Cerebral Palsy
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Motor Neurone Disease
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome
• Cancer
You should also be able to explain, demonstrate and practice a:
• Person Centred Planning/Approach
• Care planning
• Risk Assessment |
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Sepsis Awareness Target Group:
Social Care Staff Independent sector |
6 Aug Or 14 Aug 14:30 – 15:30
Webinar |
This webinar is designed to develop your knowledge and understanding of this life threatening complication of an infection.
By the end of the webinar, attendees will be better placed to spot the signs and symptoms of this reaction and will have a knowledge of the best practice procedures following the onset of this condition.
Learning Objectives Skills and knowledge highlighted in this training include • Understand the definitions of SIRS, Sepsis and Septic Shock • Know the basic pathophysiology of SIRS and Sepsis • Recognise the clinical syndrome of sepsis and septic shock • Know how to manage the initial resuscitation of the septic patient • Describe the priorities and potential therapies for the first 24 hours and Beyond |
