ASC training pathways 2019
Contents
1. Introduction 2. Autism – Support Workers 3. Autism – ACM Staff 4. Care Act 5. Daily Living Equipment 6. Dementia 7. DoLS/LPS (Liberty Protection Safeguards) 8. Domestic Abuse 9. End of Life Care 10. Falls Prevention 11. Leadership and Management 12. Learning Disability 13. Medication / Medicines 14. Mental Capacity Act 15. Mental Health 16. Moving and Handling 17. Prevention and Reablement 18. Resilience 19. Safeguarding
These pathways show the range of training, development and
apprenticeship opportunities currently available.
Information about aims and learning objectives, as well as
target audience can be found on the East Sussex learning
portal or by clicking here:
https://www.eastsussexlearning.org.uk/cpd/portal.asp
Introduction
Autism – Support Workers
Autism
Awareness
Available on East
Sussex Learning
Portal
Higher Basic
Level:
Introduction to
Autism
Understand How
to Support
Individuals with
Autism
Introduction to
Social Narratives
Higher
Intermediate
Level: Promote
Good Practice in
the Support of
Individuals with
Autism
Links to:
• Care certificate
standard 5,9
• The adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L2 diploma in care
Unit HSC S 5:
Understand autism
spectrum condition
and
Unit HSC S 6: Support
individuals with autism
spectrum condition
• The lead adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L3 diploma in adult
care
Unit HSC S 6: Support
individuals with autism
spectrum condition
and
HSC S 7: Understand
how to support
individuals with autism
spectrum condition
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
- Learning
Disability training
pathway
- Resources &
guidance for
assessors:
http://www.skillsforc
are.org.uk/Topics/Au
tism/Autism.aspx
https://www.gov.uk/g
overnment/publicati
ons/learning-
resources-for-social-
work-with-adults-
who-have-autism
East Sussex
Learning Portal
Further training / links
Autism – ACM Staff
Autism
Awareness
Available on East
Sussex Learning
Portal
Higher Basic
Level:
Introduction to
Autism
Good Autism
Practice – Skills
Development
and Application
Good Autism
Practice –
Further Skills
Development
Reflective
Practice
Workshop
Links to:
• Care certificate
standard 5,9
• The adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L2 diploma in care
Unit HSC S 5:
Understand autism
spectrum condition
and
Unit HSC S 6: Support
individuals with autism
spectrum condition
• The lead adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L3 diploma in adult
care
Unit HSC S 6: Support
individuals with autism
spectrum condition
and
HSC S 7: Understand
how to support
individuals with autism
spectrum condition
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
- Learning
Disability training
pathway
- Resources &
guidance for
assessors:
http://www.skillsforc
are.org.uk/Topics/Au
tism/Autism.aspx
https://www.gov.uk/g
overnment/publicati
ons/learning-
resources-for-social-
work-with-adults-
who-have-autism
East Sussex
Learning Portal
Further training / links
Care Act
The Care Act:
Introduction and
Overview
The Care Act:
Strength Based
Approaches (SBA)
The Care Act:
Assessment, Re-
assessment and
Review
The Care Act:
National Eligibility
Criteria Adults and
Carers
The Care Act:
Support Planning
and Personal
budgets
The Care Act: Direct
Payments
The Care Act: Case
Recording
The Care Act: Risk
Assessment
All Intermediate
courses can be
offered bespoke to
individual Adult
Social Care teams
All courses will
support learners
undertaking:
• Care certificate
standard 10
• The adult care
worker
apprenticeship
and L2 diploma in
care
• The lead adult
care worker
apprenticeship
and L3 diploma in
adult care
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
http://www.legislation.go
v.uk/
http://www.thinklocalactp
ersonal.org.uk/
https://www.skillsforcare.
org.uk/Standards-
legislation/Care-
Act/Care-Act.aspx
East Sussex Learning
Portal
Further training / links
Daily Living Equipment
A) Entry Level
Daily Living
Equipment
a) Awareness only
or
b) For prescribers
One day classroom
session with
competency
workbook for
potential targeted
prescribers
B) Basic DLE
Awareness and
Signposting: for
organisations that
provide DLE advice
and signposting
Links to:
• Care certificate
standard 5
• The adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L2 diploma in care
Unit AN 38: Support
independence in the
tasks of daily living
• The lead adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L3 diploma in adult
care
AN 38: Support
independence in the
tasks of daily living
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
Further training:
Prevention and
Reablement Pathway
-Overview
- Falls Prevention
-TECS: Telecare
-Motivational
Interviewing
-Housing Barriers and
Solutions
-Stages of Dementia:
Practical Solutions
-Fatigue Management
East Sussex Learning
Portal
Further training / links
Dementia
Understanding
Dementia and the
Culture of Care
Assessing the Lived
Experience of
People with
Dementia in our
Care
Dementia:
Communication
and Positive
Interaction
Dementia: Nutrition
& Hydration
The 11 Hours –
Occupying and
Engaging in
Purposeful
Activity
Walking in their
shoes –
Understanding
Behaviour
Links to:
• The care certificate
standard 5, 9
• The adult care worker
apprenticeship and L2
diploma in care
Unit AN 35: Understand
the process and
experience of
dementia
Unit AN 47: Dementia
awareness
Unit HSC S 8: Support
individuals with
dementia
• The lead adult care
worker apprenticeship
and L3 diploma in
adult care
Unit AN 47: Dementia
awareness
Unit AN 35: Understand
the process and
experience of
dementia
Unit HSC S 9: Provide
support to individuals
with dementia
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
http://www.scie.org.uk
/dementia/
https://www.scils.co.u
k/
http://www.skillsforcar
e.org.uk/Topics/De
mentia/Dementia.a
spx
www.e-lfh.org.uk
https://www.alzheimer
s.org.uk/site/script
s/documents.php?
categoryID=200360
http://pathways.nice.o
rg.uk/pathways/de
mentia
East Sussex Learning
Portal
Further training / links
DoLS/LPS (Liberty Protection Safeguards)
Introduction
/Update to DoLS
The MCA
(Amendment Act
2019) will come
into force on
1/10/20 changing
DoLS to LPS
(Liberty
Protection
Safeguards)
Training is due to
start in July 2020
details will be
added to East
Sussex Learning
Portal when
available
BIA Module at
Brighton University
Legal update
training for BIA
assessors
(Brighton
University)
Reflective practice
forums facilitated
by the DoLS team
BIA Assessor
forums held
throughout the
South East of
England
Links to:
• The care certificate
standard 10
• The adult care worker
apprenticeship and L2
diploma in care
Unit DCHS9:
Safeguarding and
protection in care settings
• The lead adult care
worker apprenticeship
and L3 diploma in
adult care
Unit DCHS 9:
Safeguarding and
protection in care settings
• BIA module –
University of Brighton
– qualification to
become a DoLS
assessor
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
The DoLS Code of
Practice
Law Society
Guidance
‘Identifying a
deprivation of liberty;
a practical guide’
East Sussex
Learning Portal
Further training / links
Domestic Abuse
3 modules to
complete before
attending Basic
training –
• What is
Domestic
Abuse?
• Impact, building
resilience and
barriers to
seeking support
• Risk
identification,
assessment
and
management
Available on the
East Sussex
Learning Portal
2 hour Domestic
Abuse and DASH
team based
workshops
3 hour DASH and
MARAC workshops
Adopting a Whole
Family Approach
to Domestic
Abuse and
Promoting Safety
(2 day multi-
agency course
through LSCB)
Links to:
• The care certificate
standard 10, 11
• The adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L2 diploma in care
Unit DCHS9:
Safeguarding and
protection in care
settings
• The lead adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L3 diploma in adult
care
Unit DCHS 9:
Safeguarding and
protection in care
settings
Unit HSC S 16:
Principles of supporting
individuals with a
learning disability
regarding sexuality and
sexual health
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
Working with
perpetrators (SWIFT
and Probation)
ESCC policy and
guidance
http://intranet.escc.gov.u
k/sites/ASC/StaffInfo/sub
ject/staffsupport/Pages/d
omesticabuse.aspx
For information and
advice:
www.theportal.org.uk
East Sussex Learning
Portal
Further training / links
End of life care
Advance Care
Planning: Involving
Older People living
in Residential Care
Homes in decisions
about their future
needs and care.
Embedding
Excellence within
Care Homes for
Care Workers
Embedding
Excellence within
Care Homes for
Managers and
Senior Staff
Links to:
• The care certificate
standard 5
• The adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L2 diploma in care
Unit AN 50: Support
individuals at the end of
life
Unit HSC S 12:
Awareness of end of
life care
• The lead adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L3 diploma in adult
care
Unit HSC S 13: End of
life care
Unit AN 50: Support
individuals at the end of
life
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
http://www.scie.org.uk/a
dults/endoflifecare/
https://www.scils.co.uk/
http://www.skillsforcare.
org.uk/Topics/End-of-
Life-Care/End-of-life-
care.aspx
E learning for Health
care www.e-lfh.org.uk
Employers registered
with the National
Minimum Data Set for
Social Care (NMDS-
SC) can access some
Open University –
Open Learning
http://www.open.edu/ope
nlearn/free-courses
NICE
https://www.nice.org.uk/
guidance/qs13
East Sussex Learning
Portal
Further training / links
Falls Prevention
Falls Prevention:
Residential Staff
All Levels (1/2
day)
Falls Prevention:
Community Staff
All Levels (1/2
day)
Assisting the
Fallen Person:
Post Fall
Assessment and
Intervention for
Residential Staff Assessment:
Triage/First Aid,
Moving and
Handling
Techniques/Equipm
ent,
Incident/Accident
Reporting, Analysis
and Falls Risk
Reviews
(available on
request)
Effective Risk
Management
and Support
Planning:
i) Residential
Managers
ii) Home Care
Managers
Built in focus on
Falls Prevention
and PBSP
Links to:
• The care certificate
standard 5, 13
• The adult care worker
apprenticeship and
L2 diploma in care
Unit AHP 20: Provide
support for mobility
Unit HSC S 27: Support
the assessment of
individuals with sensory
loss
Unit HSC AS 25:
Contribute to the support
of positive risk-taking for
individuals
• The lead adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L3 diploma in adult
care
Unit AHP 20: Provide
support for mobility
Unit HSC AS 18:
Develop, implement and
review reablement plans
Unit MH 4: Support
positive risk-taking for
individuals
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
East Sussex Learning
Portal
Further training / links
Leadership & Management
Skills for Care
Manager Induction
Standards
Corporate training
leadership and
management offer
Induction,
Supervision &
Appraisal
Aspiring senior
practitioner
programme
Leadership Qualities
Framework
programme
Coaching and
maximising
performance (on
request)
Modules at
University of
Brighton (please
apply through
SWET)
Lead Adult Care
Worker (Level 3)
https://www.institut
eforapprenticeship
s.org/apprenticeshi
p-standards/lead-
adult-care-worker/
Operations
Manager (level 5)
https://www.institut
eforapprenticeship
s.org/apprenticeshi
p-
standards/operatio
ns-departmental-
manager/
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
East Sussex Learning
Portal
Further training / links
Learning Disability
The Social Model of
Disability
Available on the East
Sussex Learning
Portal
Introduction to
Learning Disabilities
Supporting
individuals with
Profound and
Multiple Learning
Disabilities
Learning Disabilities
and Dementia
Working with people
with LD who self-
injure
Basic Epilepsy
Awareness (CLDT)
Epilepsy and
Emergency
Medication (DPS)
Positive Approaches
to Providing Support
for DPS only (2 Day)
Positive Behaviour
Support (CLDT) for
ICS LD services
Positive
Approaches to
Providing Support:
Managers
Workshop
Positive Behaviour
Support (CLDT) for
ICS LD services
Links to:
• The care certificate
standard 5,9
• The adult care worker
apprenticeship and L2
diploma in care
Unit HSC S 15:
Understanding learning
disability
Unit HSC S 14: Contribute
to supporting individuals
with learning disabilities to
access healthcare
Unit HSC S 21: Contribute
to the support of individuals
with multiple conditions
and/or disabilities
• The lead adult care
worker apprenticeship
and L3 diploma in adult
care
Unit AN 40: Understand the
context of supporting
individuals with learning
disabilities
Unit HSC S 22: Support
individuals with multiple
conditions and/or
disabilities
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
- Active Support
- Person centred
Thinking
- Graphic
Facilitation
- Dignity in Care
- Introduction to
challenging
behaviour
- Autism training
pathway
Positive Behaviour
Support Refresher
(CLDT) for ICS LD
Services
East Sussex Learning
Portal
Further training / links
Medication / Medicines
Reading material
and workbook
https://www.scils.co.
uk/learning.php?task
=open&type=ind&id=
450&
Resources with a
charge
•Boots
https://www.boots.co
m/wcsstore/cmsasse
ts/Boots/Library/Icon/
Content%20/B2B/Ca
re_Homes_Training_
Brochure/Care_Hom
es_Training_Brochur
e.pdf
•Opus
https://www.opuspha
rmserve.com/
Managing
Medicines - Care
Workers
Safe Handling of
Medication
(DPS only)
Safe Handling of
Medication
refresher
(DPS only)
Managing Medicines
for Managers and
Senior Staff
Epilepsy and
Emergency
Medication (DPS
Only)
Administration of
Epi-pen medication
(DPS only - on
request)
Links to:
• The care certificate
standard 5, 14
• The adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L2 diploma in care
Unit AN 15: Assist in
the administration of
medication
Unit AN 30:
Understand the
administration of
medication.
• The lead adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L3 diploma in adult
care
Unit AN 29: Administer
medication to
individuals and monitor
the effects
Unit AN 30:
Understand the
administration of
medication
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
Social Care
Information &
Learning Services
https://www.scils.co.
uk/
Skills for Care
medication training for
social care
inductions
http://www.skillsforcare
.org.uk/Topics/Medi
cation/Medication.a
spx
Open University –
Open Learning
http://www.open.edu/
openlearn/free-
courses
NICE
https://pathways.nice
.org.uk/pathways/
managing-
medicines-in-care-
homes
And much more
http://www.nice.org.u
k/
East Sussex Learning
Portal
Further training / links
Mental Capacity Act
The Mental
Capacity Act:2005
Available on East
Sussex Learning
Portal
Mental Capacity Act
2005: An introduction
MCA for assessors
and Making Best
Interest Decisions
Bespoke training for
ASC teams as and
when requested
Court skills for ASC
staff
Reflecting on
Practice (4
Sessions)
Charing Best
Interests meetings -
to support staff new
to chairing BI
meetings
Links to:
• Care certificate
standard 5,10
• The adult care worker
apprenticeship and
L2 diploma in care
Unit AN 39: Awareness
of the Mental Capacity
Act 2005
Unit DCHS9:
Safeguarding and
protection in care
settings
• The lead adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L3 diploma in adult
care
Unit AN 39: Awareness
of the Mental Capacity
Act 2005
Unit DCHS9:
Safeguarding and
protection in care
settings
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
The MCA Code of
Practice
SCIE MCA practice
tools
Intranet MCA
resources
East Sussex Learning
Portal
Further training / links
Mental Health
5 Mental Health
Foundation Modules:
1. Understanding
and promoting
mental health
and well-being
2. Recognising
mental health
issues –
Intervention and
referring
3. Recognising and
understanding
children and
young people’s
mental health
issues
4. Initial
Assessment and
Intervention
5. Intervention and
the five ways to
wellbeing
2 Modules:
Promoting ‘Race’
and ethnic equality in
mental health care
Available on East
Sussex Learning
Portal
Mental Health
Awareness
Mental Health First
Aid
Understanding
Depression
Approved Mental
Health Professional
Training
Legal Update
Refreshers for
AMHPs – Brighton
University
Study days for
AMHPs – Brighton
University
Local AMHP study
and reflective
practice groups – Bi
Monthly Hastings
and Eastbourne
Practice skills for
AMHPs – e.g.
Autism and MH,
Deafness and MH
Links to:
• Care certificate standard
5,9
• The adult care worker
apprenticeship and L2
diploma in care
Unit DHS 13: Understand
mental health problems
Unit DHS 14: Understand
mental well-being and
mental health promotion
Unit 10: Understanding
mental health
Unit HSC S 18: Support
mental well-being and
mental health
• The lead adult care
worker apprenticeship
and L3 diploma in adult
care
Unit DHS 13: Understand
mental health problems
Unit HSC S 20: Promote
mental well-being and
mental health
• PG Dip Approved Mental
Health Practice
• Mental Health First Aid
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
East Sussex
Learning Portal
Further training / links
Moving & Handling (MH)
Currently Under
Development
MH of People for
Care Support
Workers Foundation
Level (CSW, PAs,
JCR)
MH Refresher -
Lower Level
Assistance . ½ day
MH of Objects – ½
day
MH for PAs who do
not provide personal
care ½ day
Informal Carers MH
– ½ day
MH of People with
Restricted Mobility
for Care Support
Workers/PAs ½ day
Posture and Seating:
an Integral
Component of Good
MH ½ day
MH client with
dementia ½ day
Single handed care
techniques ½ day
Completing
Individual Risk
Assessments
Assisting the Fallen
Person ½ day
MH for OTs
MH for OTAs
Sling and slide sheet
workshop for OTs
The Risk
Assessment
Process for the MH
of Adults with
Complex Needs – 2
days
MH & Risk
Assessment Train
the Trainer (4 days)
for MH leads
/trainers and risk
assessors.
Refresher training for
MH leads and
trainers
Advanced MH and
Risk Assessments
awareness for OTs
Completing
individual risk
assessment s for
OTs
Specialist seating for
OTs 2 days
Links to:
• Care certificate
standard 5, 13
• The adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L2 diploma in care
Unit AN 25: Move and
position individuals in
accordance with their
care plan
Unit DC6: Health,
safety and well-being in
care settings
• The lead adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L3 diploma in adult
care
Unit AN 25: Move and
position individuals in
accordance with their
care plan
Unit DHS 6: Promote
health, safety and well-
being in care settings
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
Falls prevention
training
Moving and
handling intranet
page -
http://intranet.escc.g
ov.uk/sites/ASC/Staf
fInfo/subject/practice
guidance/SDS/sdsa
ssessment/Pages/M
ovingandhandling.as
px
Clinincalskills.net
Moving and
handling in health
and social care
www.hse.gov.uk
East Sussex
Learning Portal
Further training / links
Prevention and Reablement Overview
Prevention and
Reablement
Overview
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
Further training:
Prevention and
Reablement Pathway
-Falls Prevention
-TECS: Telecare
-Daily Living
Equipment
-Motivational
Interviewing
-Housing Barriers and
Solutions
-Stages of Dementia:
Practical Solutions
-Fatigue Management
East Sussex Learning
Portal
Further training / links
Resilience
Developing
Resilience for
Support Workers:
½ Day course or 2
hour team session
by request
For PAs included
within 3 day
induction course
For volunteers
included in 2 hour
professional
boundaries course
as requested
Building Resilient
Teams for
Managers:
1/2 day course or
bespoke session by
request
Resilience and end
of life care for PAs
and home care
workers
Links to:
• Care certificate
standard 9
• The adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L2 diploma in care
Unit DHS 14:
Understand mental
well-being and mental
health promotion
• The lead adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L3 diploma in adult
care
Unit HSC S 20:
Promote mental well-
being and mental
health
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
Skills for Care guide:
http://www.skillsforcare.
org.uk/Documents/Topic
s/Mental-health/Greater-
resilience-better-
care.pdf
East Sussex Learning
Portal
Further training / links
Safeguarding
Safeguarding
Adults v2
Modern Slavery
and Human
Trafficking
Prevent
Armed Forces
Covenant
Available on East
Sussex Learning
Portal
Safeguarding
Adults: Basic
Awareness
Safeguarding
Adults refresher
workshops
Note Taking for
Administrators:
Safeguarding
Adults Meetings
Bespoke
sessions:-
To be requested
directly from the
ASC Training
Team
Safeguarding – The Care
Act
SAB (multi-agency) Self-
neglect training
Safeguarding Adults:
Train the Trainer
Those who attend this are
invited to attend the
quarterly:-
Safeguarding Trainers
Forum.
Safeguarding: Using
Coaching Skills to
Support an Adult to
Identify their Desired
Outcomes, during their
Safeguarding Enquiry
Making Enquiries
for Enquiry Officers
Managing
Enquiries for
Enquiry Managers
Safeguarding and
the law for ASC
staff
Links to:
• Care certificate
standard 5,10
• The adult care worker
apprenticeship and
L2 diploma in care
Unit AN 39: Awareness
of the Mental Capacity
Act 2005
Unit DCHS9:
Safeguarding and
protection in care
settings
• The lead adult care
worker
apprenticeship and
L3 diploma in adult
care
Unit AN 39: Awareness
of the Mental Capacity
Act 2005
Unit DCHS9:
Safeguarding and
protection in care
settings
Basic E-learning Intermediate Advanced Qualifications
Reflective
Practice for
Enquiry
Managers
Reflective
Practice for
Enquiry Officers
East Sussex
Learning Portal
Further training / links