Dementia CHAMPION – Application

Course fees: HCPA Full Member: Fully funded* | ACE Member: £264+VAT | Associate Member: £300+VAT | Non-member: £400+VAT
Four day programme open for applications
Day 1: 02/02/2026 | Day 2: 09/02/2026 | Day 3: 16/02/2026 | Day 4: 17/02/2026
All sessions must be attended

Lead Excellence in Care with HCPA Champions
Empower your team by developing experienced colleagues to become HCPA Champions – individuals who influence positive, high-quality change within their care services.

What is an HCPA Champion?
A Champion is a trained experienced care professional who drives improvements in care practices, embeds governance, and models excellence across the organisation.
The programmes equip Champions with the confidence, tools, and knowledge to influence change, support colleagues, and apply best practice consistently.
Champions revalidate every two years by evidencing change through action plans, case studies, and continuing professional development.

Why have Champions?
Care 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.

We 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:

The Dementia CHAMPION course will enable Care professionals to take on the role of Champion within their organisation for this topic. The Champion will have a clear understanding of local and national guidance and legislation for and will cascade this information amongst care teams, improving the safety and quality of care for individuals.

Learning Outcomes:
• Define the expectations and responsibilities of a Dementia Champion within a care setting, and explain how this role can enhance service quality and culture.
• Describe the principles of personalised, outcomes-focused care planning in dementia care and explain their importance in meeting individual needs.
• Define the principles of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) and explain their application in promoting dignity, autonomy and well-being for people living with dementia.
• Select and apply evidence-based pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to meet the changing needs of individuals with dementia, including the management of behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPSD).
• Implement dementia-friendly environmental adaptations, communication strategies and active support approaches that enable daily living, foster positive engagement and reduce distress.
• Demonstrate effective multi-disciplinary working and collaboration with families, carers and professionals to support the person with dementia holistically.
• Analyse case studies to identify challenges, risk factors and opportunities for improving care, and apply risk-positive approaches that encourage meaningful engagement.
• Evaluate the impact of language on perceptions of dementia and analyse how communication choices influence stigma, inclusion and person-centred relationships.
• Assess methods for evaluating dementia care standards and measuring service impact, reflect on insights from experts with lived experience.
• Develop SMART goals and a practical action plan to drive positive change in dementia care, integrating personalised planning, PBS principles and best practice standards.

Find out more and apply here

Note – This is an application, not a booking. If approved, you will be invited to book.