Care Certificate Standard 9 - Mental Health and Learning Disabilities
Care Certificate Standard 9 - Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disabilities - Online Training Course.
Welcome to The Mandatory Training Group's Care Certificate Standard 9 - Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disabilities online course. All our online training courses, programmes and qualifications are accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK).
Care Certificate Standard 9 focuses on developing awareness of mental health conditions, dementia, and learning disabilities, even if your role does not directly involve supporting individuals with these conditions.
It emphasises the importance of recognising signs and symptoms, effectively communicating with colleagues, and displaying compassion and understanding when faced with challenging behaviours.
This course ensures that health and social care workers possess the necessary knowledge and skills to promote inclusive and empathetic care, regardless of their job responsibilities.
Course content
This Care Certificate Standard 9 - Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disabilities online course is divided into the following:
- Unit 1 - Introduction
- Unit 2 - Legal frameworks, policy and guidelines
- Unit 3 - Awareness of mental health conditions
- Unit 4 - Awareness of dementia
- Unit 5 - Awareness of learning disabilities
- Unit 6 - Making adaptations
- End of course assessment.
Who is the course for?
The Care Certificate Standard 9 - Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disabilities was developed for new healthcare and social care staff as part of their workplace induction.
The primary audience of the Care Certificate is healthcare support workers or adult social care workers. It is also suitable for existing health and social care staff who do not hold recognised qualifications.
Clinical support roles
The Care Certificate Standard 9 is suitable for those supporting clinical roles in the NHS and other healthcare settings where there is direct contact with patients, including:
- Health care assistants
- Care support workers
- Assistant practitioners.
Adult social care workers
The Care Certificate Standard 9 is also suitable for those giving support in community settings, including:
- Adult social care workers in residential, nursing homes and hospices
- Care home workers
- Domiciliary care staff.
Non-clinical roles
The Care Certificate Standard 9 is also suitable for other social care roles, including:
- Caring volunteers
- Porters
- Cooks
- Drivers with direct contact with patients/ service users.
Course aims
The aims of this Care Certificate Standard 9 - Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disabilities online course are to:
- Realise the importance of good mental health in work settings.
- Postulate the effects of mental ill-health, dementia and learning disabilities on an individual.
- Understand measures that can be taken to foster mental health in the workplace.
Learning objectives
This Care Certificate Standard 9 - Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disabilities online course will:
- Describe the significance of mental health among individuals.
- Explain the importance of support to individuals with mental health challenges like dementia and learning disabilities.
- Explain how positive attitudes towards individuals with mental health conditions, dementia or learning disabilities improve the care and support they receive and how the social model of disability underpins these attitudes.
- Instil a positive attitude towards people with mental health challenges like dementia and learning disabilities.
- List the main legislative requirements to explain how they may affect healthcare.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this Care Certificate Standard 9 - Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disabilities online course, you will be able to:
- Identify the needs and experiences of people with mental health conditions, dementia or learning disabilities.
- Point out the importance of promoting positive health and well-being for individuals living with mental health conditions.
- Name the different mental health disorders as well as their remedies.
- State how to report concerns associated with any unmet needs which may arise from mental health conditions, dementia or learning disability.
- Identify the legal frameworks and policy guidelines relating to mental health conditions.
