With our extensive heritage in this sector, we are uniquely placed in the UK to provide genuinely specialist health and social care training solutions. Our flexible, cost effective programmes are tailor-made for workers in a wide range of social care occupations across the public, independent and voluntary sectors including residential care, social services, hospitals, nurseries, children's homes, foster care, schools and further education.

As employers seek to attract committed individuals and legislation requires that all employees hold or work towards the appropriate care qualifications, the need for training in the health and social care sector has never been greater.

CPD's training packages are designed to give candidates the essential skills and knowledge they require, not only to meet, but even to exceed legislative and statutory requirements and also to help deliver the highest possible level of physical, emotional and enabling care to clients and service users.

Fully accredited by 5 leading governing bodies, we enjoy a reputation for providing training that offers genuine value for money to employers and makes a real contribution to ongoing staff development.

Whilst each of our clients has their own individual needs, our specialist Health and Social Care training programmes include:

• Attachment Disorders
• Child Care Law
• Child Development
• Child Protection
• Grief & Loss
• First Aid at Work
• Food Hygiene
• Health & Safety
• Managing Challenging Behaviour
• Managing Physical Intervention
• Manual Handling
• Stress Management
• Working with Vulnerable Adults
• Valuing Diversity

Health & Social Care NVQs

As part of our training portfolio, CPD offers nationally recognised Health & Social Care NVQs tailored to the needs of both the employer and the individual.

NVQ Level 2

The Health and Social Care Level 2 qualification is about direct care, focusing on hands-on care, enablement care and the development and maintenance of clients’ independence. Candidates will usually be delivering care in support of, and under the direction of, a colleague who is accountable in the area of practice, although this person may not always be in the immediate vicinity while the candidate is working with clients. This qualification will include supporting the care, protection and wellbeing of individuals, communication and record keeping, supporting individuals in daily living and personal care, working with carers and developing working practices.

NVQ Level 3 (Adults and Children & Young People)

The Health and Social Care Level 3 qualification is about the delivery of physical, emotional or enabling care to clients/service users. Candidates will usually be delivering care in support of, and under the direction of, a colleague who is accountable in the area of practice, may often be working without direct supervision or on their own, will have a degree of responsibility and autonomy, and will be required to make decisions within agreed boundaries. This qualification will include promoting and maintaining the care, protection and wellbeing of individuals, assessing and developing care plans, supporting individuals to live in the community, managing challenging behaviour and working with families and agencies.

NVQ Level 4 (Adults and Children & Young People)

The Health and Social Care Level 4 qualification is about the management and delivery of physical, emotional or enabling care to clients/service users. Candidates will be managing and delivering care in support of others and will be accountable in the area of practice; they will have autonomy and will be required to make decisions within agreed boundaries. This qualification will include managing the delivery of physical, emotional or enabling care to service users, developing methods and systems to communicate, record and report, developing and maintaining health and safety practices in the workplace and developing practices to promote the wellbeing and protection of all individuals.

Leadership and Management in Care Services (LMCS) is the qualification that has replaced the Registered Managers Adults and the Managers in Residential Child Care awards. LMCS gives an option of choosing different units according to whether you work with young people or adults.