Level 2 accredited Food Safety, Nutrition and Hydration in care.

In the current pandemic of COVID 19. When delivering face to face training we have strict Track and Trace protocols to protect your staff. We can also arrange any course to be delivered to you and your staff via webinar.

Who is the course for?

Those working in health and social care in order for them to understand the importance of food safety, including hygiene, in the preparation and handling of food and the importance of nutrition and hydration in maintaining health and wellbeing

Food Hygiene’ refers to practices which should be followed to make sure that food is safe throughout all stages from purchase to consumption

4.5% of all people in the UK (over the age of 65) are resident in communal settings (Census, 2001)

A nutritional assessment of needs is a vital element of INDIVIDUAL care planning

Nutritional Care Planning

Promoting health should always be the basis of any service provision ensuring improvements to the fitness of a client

Each client will be different – many have chronic illnesses that will benefit from diet and nutrition management

The food we eat must be safe and prevent harmful bacteria that can spread very easily causing food poisoning. Food poisoning is extremely common also food poisoning causes thousands of reported cases each year.

Effective food hygiene includes hand washing, cooking and storing food properly and the prevention of cross-contamination.

Protecting food from contamination by harmful bacteria, poisons, chemicals and foreign bodies and preventing germs from multiplying by destroying harmful bacteria and throwing away unfit food is essential to protect the most vulnerable in care from foodborne illness.

Course Length

3 Hours

Number of attendees

Attendees minimum 6 to maximum 15

Availability

This training course is available as in-house training at a venue of your own choice throughout the UK.

Certification

All delegates will receive an Advantage accredited certificate.