Care Certificate
The Care Certificate is an agreed set of standards that define the knowledge, skills, and behaviours expected of specific job roles in the health and social care sectors. It's made up of the 15 minimum standards that should be covered if you are 'new to care' and should form part of a robust induction programme.
The Care Certificate was developed jointly by Skills for Care, Health Education England, and Skills for Health.
The Standards
- Understand your role
- Your personal development
- Duty of care
- Equality and diversity
- Work in a person-centered way
- Communication
- Privacy and dignity
- Fluids and nutrition
- Awareness of mental health, dementia, and learning disabilities
- Safeguarding adults
- Safeguarding children
- Basic life support
- Health and safety
- Handling information
- Infection prevention and control
The information in this section shows you the national resources available to deliver the care certificate within your own organisation, resources that have been developed by employers in South Yorkshire, along with information about the South Yorkshire careers care certificate approved awarder process.
Resources and Support
In addition to the care certificate workbook, Skills for Care has developed a range of resources to help and inform you about the care certificate.
New care certificate assessors eLearning course now available
Created in partnership with Health Education England, the Care Certificate assessors eLearning course has been designed to support care certificate assessment.
Local approved awarders
Whilst the care certificate is the national minimum standard of competence, it is sometimes difficult for an employer to know whether they should recognise a care certificate issued elsewhere, as there is no common standard or measure applied to those who issue the award.
The South Yorkshire Region Education and Careers team aims to provide a degree of assurance across the health and social care sector by maintaining a list of approved awarders. Those appearing on the list are able to demonstrate that they support staff to develop in a structured manner.
See the list of locally approved awarders together with further information on how to become one.
Other local resources include:
- Work books
- Self-Assessment
- Questionnaire