Staff Training & Development
All of the staff at Kelly Park Limited follow a detailed training programme. This equips them with the essential skills in order to deliver a high quality care service.
Kelly Park Limited works with Skills for Care and Durham Care Academy to develop an apprenticeship course that will provide its staff with a Level 2 qualification.
The apprenticeship framework in health and social care will allow staff to follow a flexible course of study. This in turn will allow them to choose from different pathways, including clinical support, blood donor support and medical assistance.
Once staff have completed the framework, the carers will be able to further their training with a Level 3 qualification, which is mandatory for care workers who administer medication.
The Standards:
| 1. Understand Your Role | 9. Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disabilities |
| 2. Your Personal Development | 10. Safeguarding Adults |
| 3. Duty of Care | 11. Safeguarding Children |
| 4. Equality and Diversity | 12. Basic Life Support |
| 5. Work in a Person Centred Way | 13. Health and Safety |
| 6. Communication | 14. Handling Information |
| 7. Privacy and Dignity | 15. Infection Prevention and Control |
| 8. Fluids and Nutrition |
Each standard is underpinned by full learning outcomes and assessment criteria.
All staff must complete the CARE CERTIFICATE before assignments will be allocated to them.
At Kelly Park Limited we ensure that all our staff are fully trained to the best possible level. With that in mind we now offer the facility of e-learning which can be completed anywhere and at any suitable time, this means that it can fit around working hours with no need for extra travelling. These training sessions will enable the staff to keep their skills up-to-date and allow them to learn at their own pace. The following training is now available:
Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults & Children
Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults & Children will teach you about abuse and neglect, the abuse of power, types of abuse, risk assessment, violating rights, patterns, taking action, responding, neglect and how to look for the signs and symptoms of physical, emotional, sexual, financial or institutional abuse.
Dementia Care
will cover illnesses such are Alzheimer’s disease, Korsakoff’s syndrome, you will learn the different stages of dementia and work on dealing with behavioural difficulties, food and nutrition, setting goals as well as dealing with medication, environment, how significant other cope and person-centred care.
Fire Training
Fire Training is essential for any enclosed environment as there is always the risk of fire. This training will cover understanding about fire and smoke, how to deal with a burning person, taking fire precautions, checking fire hazards, the use of fire extinguishers as well as tackling a fire safely.
Health and Safety
Health and Safety has a syllabus which includes: risk assessment, safe handling, health, fire, medication, chemicals, infectious illness, waste, gas, water and electrical safety, challenging behaviour, outdoor safety and working alone.
Food Hygiene
Food Hygiene will cover all manner of food detail: legal duties, food hazards, how bacteria multiply, types of contamination, food storage, preparation and cooking along with personal hygiene.
Induction Awareness
Induction Awareness You’ll learn about care principles, the role of the worker, communication, worker development and much more.
Medication Administration
Medication Administration will teach you about types of drugs, non-prescription medication, tolerance, dependence and correct administration practices. You will gain knowledge on medication storage, disposal of medication, as well as do and don’t instructions.
Infection Control
Infection Control takes you through all manner of infection from micro-organisms, viruses and bacteria to the importance of hand washing and drying. It also includes the chain of infection and means of transmission as well as dealing with spillages, bio-hazards and clinical waste.
First Aid Awareness
First Aid Awareness is essential for you and the patient. This training will cover dealing with and understanding of airway, breathing, CPR, burns, circulation, bleeding, breaks, heart attacks, shocks, bandages, dressings and all other essential care requirements.
Equality & Diversity
syllabus will include a range of equality and diversity topics such as opportunities, self-esteem, identity, race, religion, age, disability, harassment, ethnicity and culture.
Mental Capacity
Mental Capacity includes learning about advance directives, assessing capacity, best interests, choice, mental health, presumption of capacity and principles of mental capacity.
Risk Assessment
Risk Assessment covers risk assessment form filling, implications, situations, equipment, managing risks, health and incident planning.
Moving and Handling Assessment
Moving and Handling Assessment shows you how to prevent injury, planning to manage risk, likelihood of problems, tackling the cause of a problem, mobility, weight bearing, balance, vehicles and fall prevention
Nutrition and Diet
Nutrition and Diet has a syllabus which covers: healthy eating, promoting choice, ageing and nutrition, culture or religion and food, food supplements, well being, encouraging appetite, reducing or increasing intake and hygiene.