Understanding your Role in Care

This online course is supplied by VideoTile Learning and offered through Phoenix STS. VideoTile’s current course catalogue records the following recognition for its Understanding Your Role In Care course: The CPD Certification Service Approved. The supplier’s course recognition is separate from Phoenix STS activities accredited by the CPD Standards Office. Certificate and assessment requirements are stated on this page.

Course Overview

Social care is the provision of social work, personal care, protection or social support services to children or adults in need, or at risk, or adults with needs arising from illness, disability, old age or poverty. Choosing a job in health and social care means you want to make a difference to other people's lives by supporting and caring for them, so they can thrive and their quality of life is enhanced. To work in a professional manner and provide the best quality of care, you need to know the duties, responsibilities and boundaries of your job.

About This Course

Social care is the provision of social work, personal care, protection or social support services to children or adults in need, or at risk, or adults with needs arising from illness, disability, old age or poverty. Choosing a job in health and social care means you want to make a difference to other people's lives by supporting and caring for them, so they can thrive and their quality of life is enhanced. To work in a professional manner and provide the best quality of care, you need to know the duties, responsibilities and boundaries of your job.

This course will define social care and talk about why people choose it as a career and what its goals and objectives are. It will also cover job descriptions, person centred care, understanding code of practices and the basics of government legislation. Finally it will touch on dealing with conflicts at work.

Using this Understanding your Role in Care course in Irish social care settings

This online social care course can support induction, refresher learning and training records for Irish care, support, education and community-service teams. It is useful where a provider wants a consistent awareness module before local policy instruction, supervision or practical skills training.

The course should be matched to the learner's role, the people they support, the service type, local procedures and any practical competence required. Online learning works best when it sits inside a wider training matrix and is followed up by managers or supervisors.

The course content, module assessment requirements and certificate details are provided on this page so employers can review them before assigning the course to staff.

Course information

Review the course description, seven modules, assessment requirements and duration on this page before enrolling.

Certificate and completion evidence

After successful completion of the course and assessment, the online course platform issues a certificate. It identifies Phoenix STS Ltd as the issuer and records the learner's name, course title, award date and a validation code. The supplier certificate records 2 CPD units.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the Understanding your Role in Care course suitable for?

It is suitable for learners whose role, induction plan or refresher training matrix includes this topic. Employers should decide suitability by looking at the learner's duties, the people supported, the service setting and any practical skills required.

Can this online course stand on its own?

It can provide useful awareness and completion evidence, but many social care topics also require local policy instruction, supervision, practical training or competency checks. The course should be used as part of a wider training and governance process.

What evidence is available before enrolment?

The course content, module assessment requirements and certificate details are provided on this page so employers can review them before assigning the course to staff.

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