Care Certificate
The Care Certificate is an agreed set of standards that define the knowledge, skills, and behaviours expected of specific job roles in the health and social care sectors. It's made up of the 15 minimum standards that should be covered if you are 'new to care' and should form part of a robust induction programme.
The Care Certificate was developed jointly by Skills for Care, Health Education England, and Skills for Health.
The Standards
- Understand your role
- Your personal development
- Duty of care
- Equality and diversity
- Work in a person-centered way
- Communication
- Privacy and dignity
- Fluids and nutrition
- Awareness of mental health, dementia, and learning disabilities
- Safeguarding adults
- Safeguarding children
- Basic life support
- Health and safety
- Handling information
- Infection prevention and control
The information in this section shows you the national resources available to deliver the care certificate within your own organisation, resources that have been developed by employers in South Yorkshire, along with information about the South Yorkshire careers care certificate approved awarder process.
Resources and Support
In addition to the care certificate workbook, Skills for Care has developed a range of resources to help and inform you about the care certificate.
New care certificate assessors eLearning course now available
Created in partnership with Health Education England, the Care Certificate assessors eLearning course has been designed to support care certificate assessment.
Other local resources include:
- Work books
- Self-Assessment
- Questionnaire