FETAC Level 5 Practical Home Care Skills (N22940)

 

Module:                       
FETAC Level 5 Practical Home Care Skills (N22940)

A FETAC level 5 component Certificate in Practical Home Care Skills will be issued upon successful completion of assessments and course curriculum. This course is one of the elective modules and can be counted towards an overall FETAC level 5 Major award in Healthcare Support, Community and Health Services, Nursing Studies and Community Care 

Duration of course:          
50 hours over 14 x 3 Hour sessions plus 1 day of Patient Moving & Handling Training (e.g. 14 weeks training from 10.00am -1.00pm each week) or 1 full day per week for 8 weeks e.g. every Tuesday from 10.00am – 5.00pm for 8 weeks

Target Group:                         
Family Carers
Respite Workers
Home Helps
Care Attendants or Care Assistants
People interested in working in the Care sector                                            

Locations:                               
Available in any area nationwide subject to demand

Course Aim:                            
To equip participants with the skills, knowledge and attitudes essential for providing quality care and to ensure that the environment where they are providing care is safe for the person they are caring for 

Specific Learning Outcomes:

  • Identifying the various methods of communication e.g. verbal and non-verbal communication
  • Demonstrate active listening skills by practicing simulated situations to ensure that learners have a full understanding of how to communicate verbally and non-verbally
  • Explain that there are different ways in which communication can be difficult for different client groups. These difficulties include physical and mental impairments and also include challenges from an environment and/or family situations where people are being cared for
  • Identify aids to communication in a care setting
  • Demonstrate effective and appropriate communication with the person being cared for, their family and the multi-disciplinary team caring for the person and their family
  • Discuss possible ways of handling minor complaints, preventing and reporting accidents to the relevant person in their working environment whether verbally or in writing
  • Identify the different ways that a Carer's personal standard of hygiene assists in the prevention of infection
  • Understand how infection can be transmitted in a care environment
  • Outline how to prevent cross-infection. This prevention includes the correct and appropriate use of cleaning procedures and the use of protective equipment
  • Explain how food should be stored hygienically, safely and free from hazards
  • State the importance of fire prevention, accident prevention and learn the different ways that fire and accidents are prevented in the home and caring environment
  • Identify the importance of dignity, privacy and confidentiality in providing care to vulnerable people
  • Respect the right of the person being cared for to autonomy, independence and choice
  • Discuss the normal ageing process and the limitations of age related


Conditions

  • Explain how to provide support with nutrition and feeding of the person being cared for
  • State the importance of a well-balanced diet for people who need care
  • Discuss how important it is to assist the person being cared for in maintaining personal hygiene routines in the care of hair, teeth and personal grooming, bathing and dressing
  • Outline how to manage the personal hygiene routines for elimination and continence for a person in their care
  • Outline how to manage moving a person safely who has limited mobility with proper moving and handling techniques
  • Identify how to make a bed which is occupied and unoccupied with the use of the particular aids for the process
  • Explain how pressure areas occur and know what measures to put in place to prevent them
  • Outline practical and financial supports available to Carers
  • List the demands of caring on Carers
  • Identify practical ways of coping with the stress involved in providing care to vulnerable people

 Training Methods:            
Role Plays
Simulated situations
Classroom tuition
Group Discussion
Practical Demonstrations
Skills Demonstration & Assessments
Written work 

All training is delivered in a friendly and enjoyable fashion focusing on ensuring each participant is given every opportunity to learn the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities in order to excel in their caring role.

Assessment criteria:        
Assignments (2) 60%
Skills Demonstration 40%

For further details please contact:

The Training Unit, The Carers Association, Market Square, Tullamore, Co. Offaly

Ph:     057 9322920

Email: training@carersireland.com