Principles of Care Planning | Level 2

Our level 2 course in Care Planning will make sure you've got all the knowledge you need to provide high-quality care for the people you work with.

Course Overview

In the care sector, it's important that residents and patients are treated with a caring and friendly approach. This course will help you to develop personally and professionally and evidence your competency to employers.

You will learn about person-centred care and the best ways to provide support with everything from nutrition and hydration, to personal hygiene and continence care.

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Is This Course Free?

This course is funded by the government's Adult Skills Fund, which means you may be able to study for free. Eligibility criteria for funding can be found below. If you are not eligible for funding, you can still purchase the course by clicking the 'Buy Now' button above.

Fully Accredited Course

This course is accredited by NCFE CACHE, a leading educational charity with over 170 years experience. NCFE is recognised by the UK Department for Education and regulated by Ofqual.

Progression Opportunities

This course would be important for job roles such as: Senior Care Worker (£17,000 to £27,000) Animal Care Worker (£13,500 to £22,000) Social Worker (£24,000 to £40,000)

How Long is the Course?

The duration of this course is seven weeks. We refer to our online courses as 'flexible learning' because they're designed to be completed around your work and home life commitments. All deadlines for your course will be shown in your online course platform once you are enrolled to help keep you on track.

What will I learn?

This course is made up of 6 units:

Understanding person-centred thinking and planning
Care planning for the care worker
Understanding nutrition and hydration in health and social care settings
Principles of supporting an individual to maintain personal hygiene.
Understanding continence care.
Principles of supporting sleep.

Eligibility Criteria

This course is government funded, you must meet the following criteria to be able to study for free:

You must currently live in England
You must have been resident in the UK/EU for 3+ years, for purposes other than study
You must be over the age of 19
You must not be on an apprenticeship

There is a £125 cancellation fee if you enrol and do not complete or withdraw from the course. This fee is to cover administration costs.

Don't meet these criteria?

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Over 17k care homes in the UK

Over 400k people live in UK care homes

70% of care home residents have dementia

751k people work in the UK care sector

Studying made simple!

We don't like to make things more complicated than they need to be... Our courses are designed to be flexible around your work and family life.

Step 1

Submit your enrolment form

You'll get instant access to begin your course

Step 2

We'll start processing your funding application

A tutor will be assigned to support you through your course, they can be contacted via phone, text or email

Step 3

You'll receive text reminders when your work is due

Your work will be marked by your Tutor and returned to you within 7 days.

Step 4

Submit your work

Once you've finished your course, we'll apply for your certificate. This will be posted to your home address within 12 weeks of completing your course.

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