Dignity in Social Care

It is important to understand that all individuals deserve to be treated with dignity and respect with their feelings and individual identities consider by all in a social care setting.

With this short online course discover the principles that underpin dignity in health and social care and how to maintain dignity, respect, and privacy of an individual with topics including how to promote independence, how to address basic human needs and encourage participation.

This 30-minute course can be used as an introduction or as refresher training to ensure that all learners have up to date knowledge of Dignity.

Learning Outcomes for this course include:

• Outline the principles that underpin dignity in care
• Maintain the dignity, respect and privacy of an individual

Accreditation

The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

Certification

At the beginning of each module learners will be asked to answer a “knowledge check” question. Answering the question correctly will allow learners the opportunity to skip this section. However, if they wish to complete it anyway, they are still able to.

On completion of this course, learners will be able to print a certificate. Learners must complete the course to obtain their certificate.

Duration

30 study minutes to complete. The length of time taken depends entirely on how quickly learners can study and absorb the material.

Target Audience

This training is designed for care workers and support workers wanting to get a good understanding of what is required of them within their role as well as for anyone working in a Social Care setting wanting annual refresher training.

Entry Requirements

There are no specific entry requirements for this course.