Record Keeping
Records in health and social care settings may be required as legal documents, one reason why anyone completing or using records needs to know how to use them, properly.
Duration:
30-40m
30-40m
Modules:
15
15
About the course
Standards require training in this area and the Social Care TV Record Keeping course is specifically designed for health and social care providers, like you.
Written communication (record keeping) does need to be taught, this course will do exactly that for you in an easy to understand and easy to put into practice way.
Who is this course for?
Whether for induction, vocational, refresher or management training, this is proper record keeping (written communication) training, the way you want it to be.
What does the course cover?
- The principles of good record keeping
- Knowing the use of records
- Making sure information is understandable
- Ensuring relevance
- Being clear and concise
- Facts
- Accuracy
- Checking
- Accountability
- The worker's role in record keeping
- Using records appropriately
- Working with reading/writing difficulties
- Developing good record keeping habits
- Making sure records are useful
- Legal requirements of records
- Access to records
- Confidentiality
- Different levels of recording
- Care plans
- Using black ink and why
- When to use red ink
- Open and closed records
- Dealing with mistakes correctly
- Proper recording styles
How is the course assessed?
After each module you will be asked a set of multiple-choice questions. The answers are marked automatically so you instantly know your score.
Every trainee receives a FREE training certificate on completion of the course as evidence for your records.
Contributes to Care Certificate Standards 2, 6 & 14
All new health and social care workers should be inducted according to the Care Certificate framework. This replaces the Common Induction Standards and National Minimum Training Standards.
Social Care TV have a wide range of training that satisfies the requirements of the Care Certificate. Furthermore, our training covers, at the same time, important aspects of further vocational training.
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