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Care Skills Training Transforming Care Skills for Tomorrow

๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ?For someone living with dementia, everyday...
28/09/2026

๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ?

For someone living with dementia, everyday interactions can feel very different. Thatโ€™s why knowing ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š is more than simply choosing the right words. Itโ€™s about ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ, ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  and understanding how dementia can affect communication.

Whether youโ€™re ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š, thereโ€™s always something new to learn.

Discover how to communicate with someone with dementia:
https://careskillstraining.org/blog/how-to-communicate-with-someone-with-dementia

Learn how to communicate with someone with dementia using calm techniques, non-verbal cues, and essential UK caregiver tips to reduce confusion and distress.

What happens after hospital, when someone isnโ€™t quite ready to manage on their own? This is where intermediate care can ...
26/09/2026

What happens after hospital, when someone isnโ€™t quite ready to manage on their own? This is where intermediate care can make a real difference.

If you work in ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž, understanding ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž can help you recognise:

๐Ÿ”น Who may benefit from it
๐Ÿ”น How short-term support helps prevent unnecessary hospital stays
๐Ÿ”น Why person-centred care matters throughout recovery

๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ:
https://careskillstraining.org/blog/what-is-intermediate-care/

What is intermediate care? Intermediate care is short-term support that helps people recover after illness, injury, or hospital discharge through personalised care.

Safeguarding responsibilities can become more complex as your role and level of responsibility grow.๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ...
25/09/2026

Safeguarding responsibilities can become more complex as your role and level of responsibility grow.

๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ?

Whether youโ€™re working in ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž, ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž, understanding the right level of training matters.

Explore and find out who needs Level 4 safeguarding training:
https://careskillstraining.org/blog/who-needs-level-4-safeguarding-training

Discover who needs Level 4 safeguarding training in the UK. Learn about DSLs, care managers, healthcare professionals, and training requirements.

Social care is changing, but what could the ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ?The latest social care reforms...
23/09/2026

Social care is changing, but what could the ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ?

The latest social care reforms are bringing new priorities for the workforce, including a universal Care Workforce Pathway and plans for ๐š ๐…๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐.

๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ?

Explore the expert guide and stay prepared for the changes ahead:
https://careskillstraining.org/blog/social-care-reforms/

The recent social care reforms aim to implement significant changes and improvements within the UK childcare and adult social care sector. Find out more!

If you work in health or social care, ๐‚๐๐‚ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ.CQC expects pro...
22/09/2026

If you work in health or social care, ๐‚๐๐‚ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ.

CQC expects providers to have appropriate systems for identifying training needs, supporting staff development and maintaining competence.

๐’๐จ, ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐‚๐๐‚ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?

Our latest guide breaks it down into simple points. Donโ€™t miss the details that could matter to your care practice: https://careskillstraining.org/blog/cqc-regulation-18-explained

Wondering what CQC Regulation 18 covers? It's the staffing rule that decides whether your care service has enough trained people on shift

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž? ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ž.Our le...
21/09/2026

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž? ๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ž.

Our learners have completed courses across different areas of health and social care, building their knowledge and developing a better understanding of the work they do.

Weโ€™ve collected some of their feedback to give you a better idea of what learning with ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  is really like.

Have a look through the reviews and see what our learners have to say.

If youโ€™re looking for online care training, explore the courses available at Care Skills Training.
www.careskillstraining.org

๐–๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž?Not sure? Thatโ€™s okay. Duty of Care is more than ju...
18/09/2026

๐–๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž?

Not sure? Thatโ€™s okay. Duty of Care is more than just knowing a standard number. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ง, ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž?

Our blog breaks down what Duty of Care means, your responsibilities as a care worker, common breaches, safeguarding, and how it connects with the Care Certificate.

Once youโ€™ve made your guess, take a few minutes to explore the topic in more detail.

๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ?

Explore: https://careskillstraining.org/blog/what-is-duty-of-care-in-health-and-social-care/

What really makes someone a great care worker?Itโ€™s not just about knowing what to do. Itโ€™s also about how you treat peop...
18/09/2026

What really makes someone a great care worker?

Itโ€™s not just about knowing what to do. Itโ€™s also about how you treat people, communicate with them and support them with dignity and compassion.

Thatโ€™s where the 6 Cs of care come in: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment.

Theyโ€™re simple principles, but they can make a big difference in everyday care.

Which of the 6 Cs do you think is most important in care?

Want to build your knowledge and understanding of care? Explore the Care Certificate Course from Care Skills Training:
www.careskillstraining.org/course/care-certificate

The expansion of community mental health services marks an important step towards providing earlier and more accessible ...
18/09/2026

The expansion of community mental health services marks an important step towards providing earlier and more accessible support for people across England.

The Department of Health and Social Care has announced plans for up to ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ— ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐‡๐’ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, including community mental health centres and dedicated mental health emergency departments. The aim is to help people receive the right support closer to home and reduce pressure on urgent care services.

For health and social care professionals, this highlights the growing importance of early intervention, compassionate communication, and understanding the wider needs of individuals experiencing mental health challenges.

As care pathways continue to evolve, skilled professionals remain essential in supporting people with dignity, recognising concerns early, and helping individuals access appropriate services.

At Care Skills Training, we continue to follow key developments shaping the UK care workforce.

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ of your own home. Thatโ€™s where ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž-๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ซ...
16/09/2026

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ of your own home. Thatโ€™s where ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž-๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž can make a difference.

A professional carer lives in the personโ€™s home and provides personalised support with daily routines, personal care, meals, mobility, medication and companionship.

Understanding โ€œ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž-๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐žโ€ matters for anyone working in ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž, especially when providing person-centred support that respects an individualโ€™s routines, choices and independence.

Explore our expert guide:
https://careskillstraining.org/blog/what-is-live-in-care/

What is live-in care? Live-in care is when a professional carer lives with a client to provide 24/7 personalised support, personal care, and daily assistance.

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