Training in Care | Upskill Your Staff With PCS
Are you interested in upskilling your staff on understanding the ‘Whole Home Approach’ to wellbeing, and how to plan and implement meaningful activities for people in care?
In this blog, we’re sharing details of new training in care packages from our trusted supplier, PCS, to help your staff get ahead:
New Training in Care Packages
PCS have launched a series of training packages for those working in care, to help them plan and provide meaningful activities for those under their care.
The new training in care packages include:
Wellness Essentials
The Exercise Bundle
The Leadership Bundle
The Creativity Bundle
The Training Packages Explained
Wellness Essentials
This is the foundation, and provides a whole home solution to the foundations of wellbeing through e-Learning.
There are 10 modules within this bundle, and includes;
Access to a suite of CPD Certified 10 e-Learning titles for all staff within the home
Integrated online wellbeing assessment
Tailored wellbeing report
Unlimited learning pathways
Access to PCS, learn LMS, and a full suite of reporting tools.
Here are just a few examples of the courses included within the Wellness Essentials Bundle;
Bringing the 5 ways of Wellbeing to life. This 30-minute e-learning course will help you explore wellbeing and its significance in enhancing overall quality of life. You will learn how to understand the concept of wellbeing, the 5 ways framework and its role in contributing to wellbeing, personalise wellbeing strategies according to individual needs and much more.
The Principle of a Whole Home Approach to Wellbeing. In this 30 minute e-learning course you will explore the significant impact of staff job roles on individualâs lives and how they contribute to improving quality of life. You will learn how to understand the ‘Whole Home Approach’, understand how to plan and implement meaningful activities for people in care, learn to use life stories to create meaningful engagement and much more.
The Exercise Bundle. An add-on to the Wellness Essentials bundle, for those customers who want to upskill their wellbeing teams in specific exercise programmes. This bundle is designed for Wellbeing Leads and Activity Coordinators, and is focused on training staff on delivering exercise sessions.
Training in Care: The Exercise Bundle
This bundle is designed for Wellbeing Leads and Activity Coordinators, and is focused on training staff on delivering exercise sessions.
Here are just a few of the courses included in the Exercise Bundle:
Planning and Delivering Exercise Sessions. A 55 minute e-learning course that’s been designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the physical, emotional and social changes associated with ageing. You will learn how ageing affects the body, recognise the benefits of exercise, lead safe and effective exercise routines, and much more.
Leading Exercise. A 6-hour face-to-face workshop that will give you guidance on how to plan and deliver seated exercise sessions.
Strength Exercise to Prevent Falls. A 3-hour face-to-face workshop that will give you the knowledge and skill you need to run exercise sessions to build individual strength, with a view to helping prevent falls.
The Leadership Bundle
These 12 face-to-face workshops within the Leadership Bundle are an add on to the Wellness Essentials Bundle. The bundle is targeted at, and focused on, leadership development towards wellbeing delivery. These courses would be suitable for those in management/leadership roles with a focus on wellbeing.
Here’s just a few of what’s included in the Leadership Bundle:
Celebrating and Evidencing Success; a 4-hour face-to-face workshop that will support professionals with knowledge and skills necessary to cultivate a culture of recognition, appreciation, and evidence-based practices with their care setting.
Managing Stress and Anxiety for staff; a 4-hour face-to-face workshop. Participants will gain insights into the nature of stress and anxiety, their impacts on individual and organisational wellbeing, and strategies for building emotional and cognitive resilience.
The Creativity Bundle
The Creativity Bundle has 12 face-to-face workshops, and is an add-on to the Wellness Essentials Bundle. These courses are for customers who want to upskill their wellbeing teams in specific wellbeing titles.
This bundle is designed for Wellbeing Leads and Activity Coordinators, and is focused on training staff on how to deliver activities and exercises within your homes.
Here are some of the courses included in this bundle:
Active Games: This 5 hour course is CPD Certified. Explore dynamic activities like Bop Fit, which combines boxing techniques with core strength exercises, fostering physical fitness and fall prevention. You will learn how to use Bop Fit, understand Boccia rules, gain insight into the history and meaning behind activities like boxing, Boccia and the Olympic games, learn skills to lead effective sessions that cater to different abilities and more.
Crafting with Purpose; This 5-hour creative workshop will help you gain hands-on experience in leading engaging and therapeutic crafting sessions. You will learn to master the creation of macrame and origami items, explain the cultural significance of these crafts, adapt crafting techniques and much more.
Create Your Own Course Bundle
You also can choose courses from various bundles, picking out the most important aspects for your business, creating a tailored bundle to meet your needs!
Training in care is essential for growing your business, developing your teams. If you have any questions, or would like to know more about how you can upskill your staff, please contact Person Centred Software.
Or, to speak to us about our suppliers and members benefits, please contact a member of our Spectrum Care team.
Alternatively, why not read our previous blog for insight into recruitment and retention within the care sector?
