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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
yesFuturelearn

The Syllabus

  • The purposes of social care and the services provided
  • The underpinning principles of person-centred social care
  • How the specific needs of the diverse range of social care service users are met by social care
  • The diverse range of service providers
  • The current challenges in providing good quality, person-centred care

  • What do social care workers do?
  • Who uses social care workers’ services?
  • The essential communication skills for social care workers
  • The practice of person-centred care
  • The principles underpinning safeguarding and professional boundaries
  • Career development opportunities in social care

  • What informal care is and why do it
  • The essential day-to-day activities supported by informal carers
  • The diversity of the people who take on caring responsibilities and how these responsibilities shape their lives
  • The importance of declaring caring status and why some carers remain ‘hidden’
  • What support is available to informal carers and how is eligibility determined

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