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Free Carers Toolkit Training Opportunities
We’re incredibly grateful to Skills for Care for previously funding a wide range of free training courses, helping us support the development of care professionals across Bedfordshire and beyond. Below is just a small sample of the free courses we’ve been able to offer thanks to this generous support.
- Dementia Awareness
- Effective Communication in Care
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Personal Care Skills
We’re excited to share that we’ve applied for new funding to offer even more free training in the near future – and we’ll keep you posted as soon as decisions are confirmed.
🛠️ Now Available: Paid Workshops
While we await updates on new Skills for Care funding, we’re offering essential, high-quality training workshops open for booking now.
Moving and Handling in Care
Learn safe and effective techniques to protect both staff and clients.
Full price: £84 per participant
Emergency First Aid L2
Gain essential lifesaving skills for emergency situations.
Full price: £84 per participant
Care agency? Please contact us for tailored group quotes.
📩 Email: hlw@drcbeds.org.uk
📞 Phone: 01582 470 900
*The Care Certificate is aimed at health and social care workers, both those already in employment, and those starting a new job. By attending the workshops you could complete all the knowledge based elements of the Care Certificate.
The training is mapped to the Care Certificate to ensure that it meets the industry standards and results in the highest quality of care. The Care Certificate provides really important and worthwhile training to help in your role, and promote your career development. It forms the building blocks to further progression to a Level 2 or 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care.
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At The Disability Resource Centre, we can help you through this process. Our induction courses will teach you how to look after your employees and meet regulations.
In addition, we provide training to enhance the skills of your personal assistant, with general and bespoke training courses, all meeting the standards of the Care Certificate, as well as training in specific health conditions.
To achieve the care certificate qualification all our workshop attendees will need to arrange an assessment in their place of work, by their employer.
This free training is available for disabled people employing a personal assistant and their personal assistants.
If you are a newly-employed, or existing personal assistant, we will help you improve your skills in a way that is specific to your role.
Our courses are also available to external agencies. Please contact us for prices.
The Care Certificate is aimed at health and social care workers, both those already in employment, and those starting a new job. By attending the following workshops marked by an asterisk (*), you could complete all the knowledge based elements of the Care Certificate.
All workshops take place at The Disability Resource Centre, Poynters House, Poynters Road, Dunstable, LU5 4TP.
For more information please call us on 01582 470900 or email us to find out more.
