Distance learning
Distance learning courses are a great opportunity to expand your professional skillset. These courses are aimed at current members of staff who are interested in up skilling, progressing their career, or want to learn more for personal development. Courses range from Lean Organisation Management Techniques to Awareness of Mental Health Problems.
Distance learning courses include:
Children and young people
- adverse childhood experiences
- children and young people's mental health
- common childhood illnesses
- introducing caring for children and young people
Health and social care
- customer service in a healthcare setting
- dignity and safeguarding in adult health and social care
- falls prevention awareness
- personal care needs
- prevention and control of infection in healthcare settings
- principles of care planning
- principles of dementia care
- principles of end-of-life care
- safe handling of medicines
- technology enabled care
Health and wellbeing
- awareness of mental health problems
- care and management of diabetes
- common health conditions
- improving physical exercise health and nutrition
- nutrition and health
- safeguarding and prevent
- understanding autism
- understanding behaviour that challenges
- understanding domestic abuse
- understanding specific learning difficulties
- working with individuals with learning disabilities
- working with people with mental health needs
- mental health first aid and mental health advocacy in the workplace
Sustainability
- understanding climate change and environmental awareness
Workplace development
- business improvement techniques
- business start-up
- data protection and data security (GDPR)
- equality and diversity in the workplace
- information, advice and guidance
- lean organisation management techniques
- principles of business administration
- principles of customer service
- principles of team leading
- workplace violence and harassment
Digital
- digital skills for work
- principles of cyber security
How to access
If you work at CWPT and would like more information about our distance learning courses please contact the Talent for Care Team at talentforcare@covwarkpt.nhs.uk.