Course library

Health and social care courses

Every course follows the Skills for Care statutory and mandatory training guide, records the guidance it was checked against, and ends with an assessment you can retake until you pass. £15 each for individuals, or included in a business account.

Mental health£15

ADHD

Covers what ADHD actually is, the three presentations, the parts nobody sees including executive function and masking, the behaviour that gets misread in care settings, adjustments that work, and what the law requires. Written for care workers supporting people with ADHD and working alongside colleagues who have it.

35 min Every 24 months
Data and digital£15

AI Use

Covers what artificial intelligence can and cannot do, the difference between a public chatbot and a tool built into your care system, why a care plan must never be pasted into an AI tool, how to spot a care plan that is not about the person, and the law and the CQC expectations that already apply.

40 min Every 12 months
Mental health£15

Anxiety Awareness

Covers what anxiety is and how it differs from ordinary worry, the main anxiety disorders, how anxiety is misread in care settings, what actually helps in the moment and day to day, and the therapies and treatments available. Includes real care scenarios and a short final assessment.

40 min Every 24 months
Mental health£15

Autism

Covers what autism is, the language autistic people prefer, communication and the double empathy problem, sensory processing and overload, why behaviour is communication, and the health inequalities autistic people face. Includes real care scenarios and a short final assessment.

55 min Every 36 months
First aid£15

Basic Life Support and First Aid

Covers what to do for somebody who is unresponsive, chest compressions and how to use a defibrillator, choking and anaphylaxis, heart attack, stroke and shock, and the everyday first aid a care worker is most likely to need.

60 min Every 12 months
Care skills£15

Catheter Care

Covers why somebody has a urinary catheter and the kinds you will meet, the everyday care of hands, hygiene, bags, valves and fluids, the risks of infection, blockage and trauma, autonomic dysreflexia, dignity and consent, why fewer catheters is better, what care staff must not do, and what to record and report.

40 min Every 12 months
Care skills£15

Communication

Covers communicating with the people you support and their families, between the office and staff out in the field, and with inspectors and commissioners. Includes clarity, records, confidentiality, difficult conversations, staff group chats and social media.

50 min Every 24 months
Data and digital£15

Cybersecurity

Covers why care services are a target, the kinds of attack and malware you will meet, what an attack does to the people you support, the law and your rights under it, spotting phishing and scams, devices and working on the move, passwords and access control, and what to do the moment something goes wrong.

40 min Every 12 months
Data and digital£15

Data Protection and GDPR

Covers what counts as personal and special category data, the law and the principles behind it, the rights people have over their information, when to share and when not to, keeping information secure, and what to do about a data breach. Updated for the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.

40 min Every 12 months
Law and governance£15

Duty of Candour

Covers what the duty of candour requires, how to recognise a notifiable safety incident, the levels of harm and what each term means, the steps that follow including the apology and the written record, and how to hold the conversation with the person or their family.

60 min Every 36 months
Care skills£15

End of Life Care

Covers what end of life care is and the whole person approach, advance care planning and the documents behind it, comfort and symptoms, eating and drinking, recognising the last days, talking about dying, culture and faith, what happens after a death, what the law says about assisted dying, and looking after yourself.

45 min Every 24 months
Law and governance£15

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Covers what equality, diversity and inclusion mean in practice, the Equality Act 2010 and the nine protected characteristics, how discrimination happens and how to recognise it, identity and bias, inclusive everyday practice, and how to challenge and report discrimination.

60 min Every 36 months
Health and safety£15

Fire Safety

Covers how fire starts and spreads, the hazards specific to care settings including emollient creams and oxygen, detection and raising the alarm, fire doors and escape routes, extinguishers, and why evacuating a care home is not the same as evacuating an office.

45 min Every 12 months
First aid£15

First Aid Awareness

Covers the medical emergencies care staff meet most: anaphylaxis, heart attack, stroke, sepsis, severe bleeding, burns, head injury, seizures and diabetic emergencies. Recognising each one, what to do first, and when to call 999. Basic Life Support is a separate course and should be done first.

30 min Every 12 months
Food and nutrition£15

Food Hygiene

Covers the law and your own responsibilities, personal hygiene and fitness to work, cross contamination and cleaning, the temperatures for chilling, cooking and hot holding, allergens, texture modified diets, and the records a care service has to keep.

60 min Every 36 months
Health and safety£15

Health and Safety

Covers your health and safety duties in a care setting: spotting hazards, assessing risk, moving and handling, infection prevention and control, hazardous substances, medication safety awareness, fire and first aid, and looking after your own wellbeing.

55 min Every 36 months
Health and safety£15

Infection Prevention and Control

Covers how infection spreads, the infections you meet most often in care, hand hygiene and protective equipment, cleaning, spills, laundry, waste and sharps, what to do if you are exposed, and how outbreaks are spotted and managed.

60 min Every 12 months
Health and safety£15

Lone Working and Personal Safety

Covers what counts as lone working, the hazards you meet on your own, risk assessment on the doorstep, planning and staying in touch, travel, de-escalation and getting out safely, emergencies when nobody else is there, and what to report afterwards.

60 min Every 12 months
Care skills£15

Medication Awareness

Covers the main types of medicine and what they are for, the law and who is responsible for what, safe ordering, storage and disposal, the principles of safe administration, and what to do when a person refuses, reacts badly or an error is made.

60 min Every 12 months
Law and governance£15

Mental Capacity Act & Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

Covers the five principles of the Mental Capacity Act, how capacity is assessed and how people are supported to decide for themselves, best interests, restraint and planning ahead, and how deprivation of liberty is now judged following the Supreme Court's 2026 decision.

60 min Every 12 months
Mental health£15

Mental Health Awareness

Covers what mental health is, the conditions you will meet most often, how to notice a change and have the conversation, what to do about suicide and crisis, the treatments available, and the physical health of people with severe mental illness. Updated for the Mental Health Act 2025.

45 min Every 24 months
Health and safety£15

Moving and Handling People

Covers the law and your responsibilities, how a personal handling plan and risk assessment work, the equipment used to move people and the checks it needs, safe principles in practice, techniques that must never be used, and the risks that come with bed rails.

60 min Every 12 months
Food and nutrition£15

Nutrition and Health

Covers the principles of healthy eating, spotting and preventing malnutrition and dehydration, supporting people with swallowing difficulties, helping somebody eat with dignity, and the specific needs that come with dementia, diabetes, allergies and eating disorders.

60 min Every 24 months
Food and nutrition£15

PEG and Enteral Tube Feeding

Covers why somebody has a feeding tube, the kinds of tube you will meet, feeding, flushing, stoma care and medicines, what to do when the tube blocks or comes out, the particular danger of nasogastric tubes, and the decisions and records around tube feeding. Knowledge only. Competence needs a registered professional to watch you and sign you off.

40 min Every 12 months
Care skills£15

Pressure Area Care

Covers how pressure damages skin, the categories of pressure ulcer and how they look on every skin tone, who is at risk, the daily skin check, the aSSKINg bundle of surface, movement, moisture and nutrition, medical devices, healing, end of life skin, and when a pressure ulcer becomes a safeguarding concern.

40 min Every 12 months
Safeguarding£15

Professional Boundaries

Covers what a professional boundary is, the power imbalance that makes it necessary, the criminal law that applies to care workers, and the places boundaries get crossed: gifts and money, relationships, social media, favouritism and over-involvement. Includes real care scenarios and a short final assessment.

40 min Every 12 months
Care skills£15

Promoting Dignity and Person-Centred Support

Covers what person-centred support actually means in practice, dignity during personal care and in the language we use, establishing consent, offering real choice, supporting independence and positive risk, and recognising and challenging the institutional habits that quietly take dignity away.

60 min Every 24 months
Law and governance£15

Record Keeping

Covers why care records matter, what the law requires of them, how to write an entry that is accurate, factual and useful, the errors that cause most harm, and how to keep records secure. Includes real care scenarios and a short final assessment.

45 min Every 12 months
Safeguarding£15

Safeguarding Adults

Covers the six safeguarding principles, the ten categories of abuse and neglect and how to recognise them, what the Care Act requires, how to respond when somebody discloses, how to report a concern, and how to spot and challenge unsafe practice in your own service.

60 min Every 12 months
Safeguarding£15

Safeguarding Children

Covers what safeguarding children means, the four categories of abuse and how to recognise them, exploitation and harm outside the home, what the law requires, how to listen to a child and report a concern, and what to do when the concern is about a colleague.

60 min Every 12 months
Health and safety£15

Slips, Trips and Falls

Covers what a fall costs the person, why people fall, the hazards that cause slips and trips, what to do in the first five minutes after a fall, what has to be reported and to whom, and what actually prevents the next one. Updated for NICE NG249.

40 min Every 12 months

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Every course is £15 for individuals. Start straight away and download your certificate the moment you pass, at 80 percent, with unlimited retakes.