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SUMMARY:Care Planning and Risk Assessment - Extended Knowledge
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nCourse fee: HCPA Standard Member: Fully funded*\nAssociate/Network Member: £112.50+VAT | Non-member: £225+VAT  \nThree day course at HCPA Campus\nDay 1: 10/11/2026\nDay 2: 17/11/2026\nDay 3: 18/11/2026\n\nCourse Overview \nThis three-day extended knowledge course supports care staff to strengthen their understanding and practical skills in assessment\, care planning\, and risk management. Ideal for senior care staff or those in lead roles\, the course covers the full care planning journey\, from initial assessment through to daily delivery\, risk assessment\, and quality assurance. \nThis course is aligned with the Workforce Development Pathway under:\n• Care or Support Worker – Established in their role with consolidated skills and experience\n• Enhanced Care Worker – Delegated healthcare activities and/or condition-specific support \nEntry Requirements\nLearners must be responsible for care planning activities in their services. \nCourse structure \nDay 1 – Laying the Foundations\nFocuses on pre-admission information gathering\, referral and funding pathways\, and planning for a smooth transition into care. Learners will explore the principles of person-centred assessment and how different conditions and needs influence planning. Key safeguarding\, human rights\, and service agreement considerations are also covered. \nDay 2 – Care Planning and Risk in Practice\nAn interactive workshop day where learners apply learning to develop real-life care plans and SMART outcomes. The session explores how to manage fluctuating needs\, balance risk and choice\, and create clear\, practical risk assessments that reflect daily care delivery and mental capacity principles. \nDay 3 – Reviewing and Improving Quality\nCovers quality assurance\, record-keeping\, and the use of tools such as ABC charts and incident logs. Learners will learn to evaluate and update care plans\, reflect on lessons from incidents\, and understand the role of supervision\, digital tools\, and co-production in maintaining safe\, high-quality care. \nLearning outcomes:\n\nDay 1:\n•Explain the importance of effective information gathering and assessment.\n•Describe referral pathways\, funding options\, and the role of brokerage.\n•Outline the legal and safeguarding principles that underpin assessment and care planning.\n•Identify the key considerations when assessing and accepting a care package.\n•Describe how to support a safe and person-centred transition into care. \nDay 2:\n•Explain the principles of consent\, mental capacity\, and best-interest decision-making.\n•Describe the features of effective\, person-centred care plans.\n•Identify approaches to capturing communication\, culture\, preferences\, and individual outcomes within care plans.\n•Outline how meaningful goals and outcomes can be developed\, monitored\, and reviewed.\n•Explain how choice\, independence\, and risk can be balanced through positive risk-taking and effective risk assessment. \nDay 3:\n•Explain how monitoring tools and records provide evidence of outcomes\, wellbeing\, and changing needs.\n•Identify when care plans and risk assessments require review\, escalation\, or reassessment.\n•Describe the principles of co-production and meaningful involvement in care planning and decision-making.\n•Outline the purpose of advance care planning and the documentation that supports future decisions.\n•Explain how audits\, learning\, and quality assurance processes support continuous improvement in care. \n*Please note: As per our T&C’s\, this course carries a fee in the event of non-attendance\, non-completion or late cancellation.\nBookings of more than two delegates per site may be amended to allow access to all member organisations at the discretion of HCPA.\nDelegates who are late may not be admitted into the training and a cost incurred.
URL:https://www.hcpa.info/courses/care-planning-and-risk-assessment-extended-knowledge-2/
LOCATION:HCPA\, Mundells Campus\, Mundells\, Welwyn Garden City\, AL7 1FT
CATEGORIES:Care topics
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SUMMARY:Engagement CHAMPION - Application
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nCourse fees: HCPA Standard Member: Fully funded*\nAssociate/Network Member: £400+VAT | Non-member: £400+VAT \nFour day programme open for applications\nDay 1: 10/11/2026 | Day 2: 17/11/2026 | Day 3: 24/11/2026 | Day 4: 30/11/2026\nAll sessions must be attended \nLead Excellence in Care with HCPA Champions\nEmpower your team by developing experienced colleagues to become HCPA Champions – individuals who influence positive\, high-quality change within their care services. \nWhat is an HCPA Champion?\nA Champion is a trained experienced care professional who drives improvements in care practices\, embeds governance\, and models excellence across the organisation.\nThe programmes equip Champions with the confidence\, tools\, and knowledge to influence change\, support colleagues\, and apply best practice consistently.\nChampions revalidate every two years by evidencing change through action plans\, case studies\, and continuing professional development. \nWhy have Champions?\nCare Managers cannot do everything\, they need support from trusted staff to ensure the service remains compliant with evolving national and local guidance. Champions mentor peers\, influence care delivery\, and maintain elevated care standards through ongoing governance and learning. \nWe suggest care providers have a Champion in each relevant topic area. To ensure quality and focus\, each individual may only be a Champion in up to two topic areas: \n Care Culture | Data Security & Protection | Dementia | Enablement | End of Life | Engagement | Falls & Frailty | Infection Prevention & Control | Medication | Mental Capacity | Mental Health Service | Positive Behaviour Support (ADS) | Skin Health | Safeguarding \nFind out more and apply here \nNote – This is an application\, not a booking. If approved\, you will be invited to book.
URL:https://www.hcpa.info/courses/engagement-champion-application/
CATEGORIES:Champions,Prevention & Enablement
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SUMMARY:Engagement CHAMPION...
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nCourse fees: HCPA Standard Member: Fully funded*\nAssociate/Network Member: £400+VAT | Non-member: £400+VAT \nFour day course at HCPA Campus\nAll sessions must be attended\nDay 1: 10/11/2026\nDay 2: 17/11/2026\nDay 3: 24/11/2026\nDay 4: 30/11/2026 \nJoin us for a comprehensive 4–day Champion Course designed for activity leads in care settings. \nThis course will equip you with the skills and knowledge to create and implement meaningful and effective activities tailored to the needs of those in your care. Through a combination of theoretical learning and practical application\, you will become a champion in delivering person–centred\, outcome–focused care activities. \nEntry requirements:\nAttendees must have completed the Care Certificate or equivalent & must be in a current role that involves activity planning within a care setting.  \nExpectations of being a Champion are as follows:\n• Share knowledge to staff through team meetings\, mentoring and coaching\n• Gain topic specific knowledge\n• Keep up to date with resources and support via the HCPA Members Zone\n• Take responsibility to champion the topic area to ensure the care provider meets best practice standards\n• Build strong relationships with professionals\n• Support “Better outcomes for the individuals you support” for topic area\n• Review Governance of the topic including reviewing and update policies and procedures to meet standards\n• Attend yearly CPD and complete reflective accounts to enable revalidation \nSelecting your Champion\nTo help you select your chosen Champion\, they will need to:\n1. Be a member of staff with authority to mentor staff and work with external partners\n2. Have enthusiasm and dedication to promote best practice in the organisation and action change\n3. Be committed to multi-disciplinary working\, both internally and externally\n4. Have confidence and strong communication skills to share information with staff teams via team meetings\n5. Have the ability to critically review current governance processes for the topic area \nLearning Outcomes:\n• SMART Goal Setting–Practice setting specific\, measurable\, achievable\, relevant\, and time–bound goals to enhance care outcomes.\n• Sensory Activities & Problem–Solving–Engage in hands–on sensory activities and learn problem–solving techniques to improve daily support.\n• Cultural Awareness in Activities-Discover how to incorporate cultural considerations into care activities for more personalised engagement.\n• Budgeting & Tracking Resources–Learn to manage and record activity–related spending effectively\, ensuring sustainable care practices \n*Please note: As per our T&C’s\, this course carries a fee in the event of non-attendance\, non-completion or late cancellation.\nBookings of more than two delegates per site may be amended to allow access to all member organisations at the discretion of HCPA.\nDelegates who are late may not be admitted into the training and a cost incurred
URL:https://www.hcpa.info/courses/engagement-champion/
LOCATION:HCPA\, Mundells Campus\, Mundells\, Welwyn Garden City\, AL7 1FT
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SUMMARY:Respiratory Conditions - Extended Knowledge
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nCourse fee: HCPA Standard Member: Fully funded*\nAssociate/Network Member: £75+VAT | Non-member: £150+VAT  \nTwo day course at HCPA Campus\nDay 1: 10/11/2026\nDay 2: 16/11/2026 \nTwo day course at HCPA Campus \nThis course will teach delegates about some of the most common Respiratory conditions such as: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD and Asthma. It will help them understand the respiratory system\, the mechanisms of normal breathing and how COPD affects respiratory function\, including the symptoms of emphysema\, chronic bronchitis and asthma. This course also covers risk factors\, co-morbidities and managing exacerbations/flare ups. The course also includes some practical tips and techniques on how to help manage breathlessness and to help clear the chest in a person with COPD \nThis course is aligned with the Workforce Development Pathway under:\n• Care or Support Worker – Established in their role with consolidated skills and experience\n• Enhanced Care Worker – Delegated healthcare activities and/or condition-specific support \nEntry Requirements\nParticipants must have completed a Care Induction or equivalent and have worked in care for a minimum of 6 months. \nLearning objectives: \nDay 1\n•To have an awareness of how the respiratory system works\n•To have an awareness of some of the common respiratory conditions such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease\, Asthma\, Interstitial lung disease\, Asbestosis and other lung problems\n•To have an awareness of the causes and pathophysiology\, common signs and symptoms and the management options for a person with COPD\n•To have an awareness of the signs of an acute respiratory tract infection (chest infection) or an ‘exacerbation’\n•To have an understanding of how to use some of practical techniques to help a person manage their breathlessness \nDay 2\n•To be confident to help a person to clear their secretions\n•To understand aspiration pneumonia\, dysphagia and the importance of oral health\n•To understand physical observations – look\, listen\, feel & smell\n•To have a good understanding of vital signs – temperature\, pulse\, respiration\, blood pressure and oxygen saturations\n•To be able to practice conducting vital sign measurements\n•To have a working understanding of the NEWS score ‘Track & Trigger’ system and be able to use it to determine appropriate management of someone with deteriorating observations\n•To be able to communicate vital sign measurements using SBARD\n•To have a basic understanding of the signs of sepsis \n*Please note: As per our T&C’s\, this course carries a fee in the event of non-attendance\, non-completion or late cancellation.\nBookings of more than two delegates per site may be amended to allow access to all member organisations at the discretion of HCPA.\nDelegates who are late may not be admitted into the training and a cost incurred.
URL:https://www.hcpa.info/courses/respiratory-conditions-extended-knowledge/
LOCATION:HCPA\, Mundells Campus\, Mundells\, Welwyn Garden City\, AL7 1FT
CATEGORIES:Prevention & Enablement
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