Health & Social Care Training

Active Support 

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

Active Support underpins all areas of health and social care. This course allows staff to use the correct level of support, to engage individuals in day-to-day activities, supporting in a person-centred way.

All Wales Manual Handling Passport

Course Length. 2 Days

This course meets all the requirements of the All Wales Moving and Handling Passport Scheme. 

Attachment Theory

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This course provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of attachment theory. Explores how the dynamics of early relationships influence how children interact in later life.

Basic Life Support

Course Length. 6 Hours

BLS is a mandatory, annual requirement for all care, support and nursing staff. This is delivered using the latest practices approved by the Resuscitation Council (UK).

Breakaway Skills

Course Length. Up to 2 Days

This course is designed to teach participants how to identify steps leading up to a possible conflict and how to diffuse the situation. 

Care Certificate

Course Length. Up to 3 Days

This course covers all the essential areas required for care staff to complete their Care Certificate. With practical assessments and discussions.

Catheter & Stoma Care

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This course gives those with responsibility for the care of Catheter and Stoma the knowledge and practical skills to identify and prevent possible infections.

Care Planning

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This course assists staff to build and/or refine their care planning. The course offers practical tools and model documents, policies and recording systems that can be adapted to your own care setting.

Co-production

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

SD Training would like to see co-production happening as often as possible and ideally be embedded in the culture of services. It is helpful for everyone to know how to use Co-production.

Common Conditions in Older Adults

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

There are a number of conditions that become more prevalent as a person ages. This course gives an overview of many common conditions, their signs and symptoms.

Communication

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

Finding communication methods that are suitable for individuals is an essential first step in providing care and support that is tailored to the person. 

Conflict Resolution

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This course is designed for those who sometimes face conflict situations in the workplace. It gives attendees the tools to recognise, prevent or deal with conflict situations.

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

By providing effective COSHH training, employers can help to ensure that everyone in the workplace is competent to carry out their work safely. 

CQC – New Inspection Standards

Course Length. 6 Hours

This course is designed to ensure that attendees have a fundamental and detailed understanding of the new CQC assessment framework.

Data Protection (GDPR – 2018)

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This training will enable staff to manage data and information correctly within GDPR guidelines, using real-life examples to allow staff to understand the importance.

Diabetes Awareness

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This training course 

allows learners to explore in-depth the causes of diabetes, the different types and effects of diabetes, and methods of management in a theoretical and practical nature.

Diet, Nutrition 

& Fluids

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

To be able to make informed decisions regarding our nutritional needs, it’s important to understand the basic principles behind nutrition, in which hydration also plays a role.

Documentation 

& Recording

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

Many care staff provide excellent care but forget the importance of keeping accurate records and remembering why this is important. If it isn’t written down, it hasn’t happened!”. 

Dysphagia Awareness

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This course explores the physiology of swallowing, recognising and reducing the possibility of choking and aspiration, and the practical ways carers can assist people living with swallowing issues to promote ‘safer swallowing strategies’.

First Aid -

Certified Courses

Course Length. Up to 3 Days

All of our First Aid courses are delivered by appropriately qualified instructors and CPD accredited. Learners will receive certificates upon successful completion.

Epilepsy & Rescue Medication

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This course looks at the background, causes, treatment and forms of epilepsy. In addition, the session covers emergency aid when a seizure occurs.

Falls Prevention

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This course explores practical techniques staff can use to promote independence and facilitate safe walking strategies, as it has been proven that training can reduce falls by as much as 54%.

Fire Awareness

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This  Course trains staff on the risks of fire in the workplace and what safety measures should be in place to control them. It explains everyone’s legal responsibilities, the common causes of fires and how to prevent them.

Fire Marshall/Warden

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

The information in the course will enable staff to take responsibility for fire safety in your workplace. This course will provide staff with the necessary training required to be a qualified fire warden. 

First Aid for Mental Health

Course Length. 2 Days

This qualification equips learners with the knowledge and skills to recognise potential mental health concerns, initiate conversations, and offer support before professional help.

Food Hygiene level 2

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

Everyone who works with food has a responsibility for the health of the consumer and to ensure food is safe for consumption. This course will cover what is required to keep food safe in your work environment.

Health & Safety at Work

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This Health and Safety course ensures that staff understand the most common health and safety risks in your workplace and the control measures that are needed to keep everyone safe.

Induction Mandatory Days

Course Length. Up to 3 Days

This course will provide staff with the necessary skills required to carry out their role effectively. Each course will be tailored to your service needs and will cover all essential topics.

Infection Prevention 

& Control

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This course considers the implications of infection control negligence and the persons who may be at risk through poor practice.

Lone Working and Personal Safety

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

Lone working courses help employees who work alone or away from colleagues to stay safe and handle emergencies. These courses are important because lone workers face unique risks.

Medication Awareness

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This course gives learners the knowledge to help them safely and effectively assist with the administration of medication in a care or support setting.

Medicine Management

Course Length. 3-4 Hours

This course gives learners the knowledge to help them safely and effectively administer and manage medication in a care or support setting.

Mental Capacity Act and DoLS

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This course is designed to give staff an understanding of their responsibilities and how to put them into practice in the workplace regarding the legal safeguards in the Mental Capacity Act.

Moving & Handling

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

Studying this Moving and Handling course will ensure that staff understand the risks of incorrect handling. The physical harm which can be caused to people will be explored and techniques to assess risk will be introduced.

Moving & Handling People

Course Length. Up to 1 Day

This people moving & handling course is ideal for those who support people with reduced mobility, teaching safer people moving & handling techniques and putting person-centred care first.

NEWS2

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This session provides an introduction to the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) and how it can be used in care. It also explores its effective use between primary and secondary care.

Oral Health

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

Good oral hygiene promotes overall general good health, while the mouth is a “window into the body”. Often overlooked, oral hygiene must be promoted as a vital part of routine care.

Parkinson’s Awareness

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This course explores the signs, symptoms and progression of Parkinson’s disease and the top-quality care that can be provided by staff entrusted with the person’s care.

Person-Centred Care & Planning

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This course assists staff to ensure the care they provide is person-centred regardless of the person's diagnosis. The course offers practical tools and model documents.

Professional Boundaries

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

Professional boundaries training teaches people, especially those with jobs involving direct contact with clients or customers, how to keep proper boundaries in their work relationships.

Risk Assessment

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This training is specifically geared towards staff responsible for completing risk assessments and considers the processes and validated tools that can be used to ensure risk assessments are accurate and meet legal obligations.

Safeguarding 

(Level 1,2,3)

Course Length. up to 1 day

Safeguarding is mandatory training all staff in care and support services require.  Our training includes real, practical examples to ensure an immersive and interactive training session. 

Sensory Impairment Awareness

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This course allows staff to gain an understanding of how sensory impairments can have an impact on different aspects of a person’s life. With a practical, experiential session.

Staff Supervision

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This course for senior carers explores how staff can become effective leaders so that the service can reach its full organisational potential.

Stroke

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This course is suitable for anyone working in care and enables learners to identify the common signs of stroke, how to respond effectively and the importance of emergency response, as well as looking at recovery.

Trauma Informed Care

Course Length. 2-3 Hours

This course provides a thorough overview of trauma-informed care principles, imparting essential knowledge and techniques for applying these practices effectively.