Online Continuing Professional Development

We all want to our skills up to date but sometimes it can be difficult juggling work, friends and home life. have linked with a top UK online service to offer you a cost effective way to support you professional develop needs. All courses below have been CPD accredited.

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Awareness of Child Abuse and Neglect - Foundation - £30.00 + vat This course covers a variety of child protection issues and is suitable for anyone who comes into contact with children. It is a reduced version of the Safeguarding Children (Core) course and it is designed to be suitable for all not just child specialists. It aims to inform about the various types of abuse or neglect to a child and then explain what you must do if you suspect that a child is being abused or neglected.
Awareness of Child Abuse and Neglect - Core -£30.00 + vat This course covers a variety of child protection issues and is suitable for anyone who comes into contact with children. It aims to inform about the various types of abuse or neglect to a child and then explain what you must do if you suspect that a child is being abused or neglected.
Hidden Harm - £30.00 + vat It is estimated that there are 1.5 million children of problem drug and alcohol users in the UK. (ACMD 2006). Services naturally focus their attention on the problem user; but in this process, the effects on the children can be overlooked. There is now a government directive that aims to raise awareness of this issue and increase opportunities for early intervention.
Working in Partnership with Parents - £50.00 + vat The course focuses on the importance of developing and maintaining good relationships with parents and on how practitioners can develop skills in working in this area. It highlights the importance of understanding the primary role which parents play in their child's learning and ways in which those working with young children can maximise the important relationship between parent and practitioners.
Safeguarding Children Refresher Training - £30.00 + vat Government guidance suggests that refresher training should take place every three years. Whilst necessary, this can be costly for organisations and frustrating for staff, who may have heavy case loads and find it difficult to get away from work to attend a refresher course.

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Confidentiality - £30.00 + vat This engaging NHS & Social Care-specific module will provide an overview of the principles of adopting Confidentiality within an organisation. It will enable a learner to understand why confidentiality is important and what the four key requirements of the confidentiality model are. It will also give the learner an appreciation of the circumstances in which it may be necessary to disclose confidential information, when to seek consent and understand their role in creating a confidential service.
Conflict Resolution - £30.00 + vat Within the NHS there are hundreds of violent attacks on front line staff every day. To address this issue the government has introduced a "zero tolerance" policy and committed to train over 1.2 million front line staff in basic conflict resolution techniques
Health Records - £30.00 + vat This engaging NHS & Social Care-specific module will provide an overview of Health Records Management. It will enable a learner to understand what a Health Record is, what the legal implications are and the best practice in records management. It will also give an understanding of patients' access to records, electronic health records and retention and disposal of records.
Data Protection in the Workplace - £30.00 + vat The Data Protection Act 1998 came into force in March 2000. It sets rules for processing personal information and sensitive information and applies to paper records and those held electronically (computer, PDA etc). Personal information means information which relates to a living individual who can be identified from the information which is in the possession of the Data Controller.
Lean Healthcare Overview - £30.00 + vat This e-learning course shows how best Lean practice from manufacturing can be applied successfully in primary and secondary care, as well as across wider health and social care communities. It covers the origins of Lean thinking, its development in the healthcare sector and maps out how Lean can be applied to solve current issues.

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Dealing with Anti-Social behaviour - £30.00 + vat This programme has been specifically designed to give a good understanding of anti-social behaviour (ASB) and what actions should be taken to help address it.
Domestic Violence - £30.00 + vat Women who have experienced domestic violence are 15 times more likely to abuse alcohol, 9 times more likely to abuse drugs, 3 times more likely to be diagnosed as depressed or psychotic and 5 times more likely to attempt suicide.
Lone Working - £15.00 + vat Everyday thousands of people working in the healthcare sector will be exposed to situations where they are left alone with patients or other members of the public.
Safeguarding Adults (POVA) - £30.00 + vat This POVA training course looks at the issues relating to safeguarding adults including notable drivers that have helped shape the UK's approach towards safeguarding adults. It is aimed at anyone who comes into contact with vulnerable adults during the course of their work.
Managing Stress and Pressure - £30.00 + vat This module is all about how, by gaining understanding of what stress and pressure are and what factors affect them, you can have an influence on the wellbeing of your team. Prevention is always better than a cure, so if you understand how the body works you can begin to take active steps to promote positive wellbeing and minimise the effects of stress.

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You can view further non-accredited courses in Business Skills, Children, Equality & Diversity, Food Hygiene, Lean Healthcare, Moving and Handling, NHS and Social Care or Health and Safety that may help within your working environment.

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