Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability - Train the Trainer Course + Trainer Pack
Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability – Train the Trainer Course + Trainer Pack -E-Learning Course – Level 3 - CPDUK Accredited.
Welcome to The Mandatory Training Group's online Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability - Train the Trainer Course + Trainer Pack for frontline healthcare and social care support workers. All our online training courses, programmes and qualifications are accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK).
While you may not be working in a role that directly supports people with mental health conditions, dementia and learning disability, it is vital to have the awareness to become an effective health and social care worker.
This Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability - Train the Trainer online course will harness each learner’s ability to work in ways that show compassion and understanding by having an awareness that can help them identify any signs and symptoms of any mental health condition.
Course content
This online Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability - Train the Trainer Course + Trainer Pack training course covers 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
- Summary.
Who is the course for?
This e-learning Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability - Train the Trainer Course + Trainer Pack was developed for healthcare and social care staff who are responsible for workplace induction and onboarding training in the following roles:
- Clinical support roles
- Adult social care workers
- Non-clinical roles.
Clinical support roles
This eLearning Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability - Train the Trainer Course + Trainer Pack provides subject knowledge to trainers who train new and unqualified staff in clinical roles within the NHS and other healthcare settings where there is any direct contact with patients, including:
- Health care assistants
- Care support workers
- Assistant practitioners.
Adult social care workers and non-clinical roles
The online Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability - Train the Trainer Course + Trainer Pack is also suitable for trainers who train staff in community care settings, including:
- Home care workers
- Domiciliary care staff.
Non-clinical roles
- Caring volunteers
- Porters
- Cooks
- Drivers with direct contact with patients/service users.
Course aims
Our online Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability - Train the Trainer Course + Trainer Pack provide the learner (the trainer) with the necessary subject knowledge to train new health and social care workers and those who do not hold formal qualifications.
As a trainer, you may have to adapt the aims to meet your service requirements.
In general, the aims of this Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disabilities online train the trainer 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
As a trainer, you will have to ensure that the learning objectives align with the needs of your organisational policies and procedures.
In general, on completion of this online Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability - Train the Trainer Course + Trainer Pack, the learner will be able to:
- 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
As a trainer, you will have to ensure that the learning outcomes align with the needs of your organisational policies and procedures.
In general, on completion of this online Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability - Train the Trainer Course + Trainer Pack, the learner 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 wellbeing 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.
What is included in this Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability Trainer Pack?
This online Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability - Trainer Pack provides an all in one solution for trainers. Essentially, we will provide you with an Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability training course in a box that includes the following:
- Introductory video/How to use the trainer materials
- Course register template
- Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability PowerPoint presentation
- Lesson plan template
- Learning outcomes and workbook
- Reflective activities
- Course evaluation form
- Trainer support information
- FREE LearnPac LMS registration
- Set-up on the LearnPac LMS as an administrative user
- FREE 20 registrations for the Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability CPD course to allocate to learners/attendees
- FREE blended learning environment for learner management and e-learning enrolment
- Self-service dashboard for managing learners and their personal development.
The online Awareness of Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disability - Trainer Pack PowerPoint slides, handouts and other trainer materials are fully editable. You can, therefore, amend them to meet your delegates' requirements.
