Training and support for adult social care staff
All you need to know about planning or furthering a career in adult social care.
Adult social care courses
We offer a wide range of courses to help you get fully accredited qualifications in many different subjects.
These can be studied flexibly with online and distance learning options available providing you with the flexibility to complete the course in your own time.
Our courses are suitable for everybody and are ideal for keeping you up to date with current working practices, legislation and to reduce any skill gaps.
Learning and Skills health and social care education courses
Health, social care and education courses cover a wide range of services to children and adults who may be in need or at risk. If you have a caring personality, are empathic and want to support or educate people, potentially at difficult times in their lives, this could be for you.
Health carers can work in care homes, medical practices, clinics, hospitals or in the community. Social carers provide support for people with a wide range of health problems - from older people to those with mental illnesses, people with learning or physical disabilities, or those involved in fostering, adoption and child protection to name a few.
Our short courses and vocational qualifications (which can lead to license to practice) can help new starters step into health and social care careers, whilst our bitesize professional development options help you to widen your knowledge base and progress in the sector.
Visit the Stockton Learning and Skills Service website to download a prospectus.
Apprenticeships in adult social care
Apprenticeships are an excellent opportunity to gain education and experience in adult social care while working in an active care setting.
Starting an apprenticeship
To start an apprenticeship, you'll need to:
- be 16 or over
- live in England
- not be in full-time education
You can apply for an apprenticeship while you're still at school.
What you'll do as an apprentice
An apprenticeship is a job where you'll:
- earn a wage and get holiday pay
- work alongside experienced staff
- gain job-specific skills
- get time for training and study related to your role
The training might be at your place of work, a college, a training provider or online.
For more information apprenticeships in adult social care please contact:
The Employment and Training Hub
Phone: 01642 528392
Email: hub@stockton.gov.uk
You can find out more about apprenticeships at apprenticeships.gov.uk
Activity Coordinator Network
Within care homes and extra care services, activities are an integral part of supporting a resident's wellbeing and health, with regular activities being essential for physical, social and mental wellbeing.
Activities should be meaningful and tailored to the needs and interests of individual residents, which ultimately enhances the lives of vulnerable residents and creates positive experiences and helps improve and enhance their emotional wellbeing and health.
The Activity Coordinator Network welcomes activity staff from care homes and extra care services to share good practice, ideas, information and resources, in order to develop their own knowledge, experience and skills.
As well as opportunities to hear from key speakers from Stockton-on-Tees' community and VCSE sector, activity coordinators have the opportunity to take part in peer led workshops, idea generation sessions and share their own resources with peers.
Meetings are held quarterly for two hours. If you would like to attend future meetings and be part of the mailing list, please email Julie Nisbet, Transformation Manager on Julie.Nisbet@stockton.gov.uk stating which care service you are from.
Partner training for social care
We work together with local partners and other organisations to offer training to adult social care staff in Stockton-on-Tees.
These courses are suitable for adult social care professionals who want to keep up to date with current working practices, legislation and reduce skills gaps.
North Tees and Hartlepool Education Alliance
These sessions are delivered via MS Teams or if you would like to book a face-to-face please contact Melanie Andrews, Education Admin Support Officer. To book any of the training sessions look out for the available dates on the training schedule. Get a copy of the training schedule by emailing melanie.andrews6@nhs.net
Each session will take 2 hours to complete:
- End of Life Care: Delivered by Alice House Hospice
- Dementia and Delirium Awareness: Delivered by Tees, Esk & Wear Valley
- Hydration and UTI Prevention: Delivered by North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust
- Pressure Sore Prevention: Delivered by North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust
- Falls Awareness: Delivered by Falls Prevention at Stockton on Tees Borough Council
- Oral Health: Delivered by North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust
- Respiratory: Delivered by North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust
- Recognising Deterioration and Sepsis: Delivered by North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust
- Stoma Care: Delivered by North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust
- Nutrition and MUST: Delivered by North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust
Requests for additional courses will also be considered by the team and sourced where appropriate. Please contact melanie.andrews6@nhs.net if you have any questions or queries.
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) training
To arrange IPC training please contact gillian.roberts14@nhs.net or claire.brookes@nhs.net
Each session will take 2 hours to complete.
Barclays Digital Courses
All learning is made available through the Council's Digital Wings Platform where you will be able to open your own personalised account and you will be able to track your learning and development.
The Council's 'Digital Wings' platform is for social care staff providing care to adults.
Learning is delivered through short manageable e-learning modules. There may be other modules available that you can access free of charge.
To join and to find out more you will need to open an account on the Council's Digital Wings Platform.
Visit Barclays Digital Wings' sign-up page and enter the appropriate code for adult social care staff working in an administration or managerial role 'CAAOS' when prompted, followed by your details.
For more information on courses available, visit the Barclays Digital Wings course web page.
Other Learning Resources
Social Care Information and Learning Services (SCILS) is an online learning resource and community dedicated to the health and social care sector. A wide range of social care materials are available either for online or group learning along with other services that support social care professionals in furthering their knowledge.
Learning from Events - Skills for Care Digital Learning Module. This 35 minute, interactive module is designed to support managers and leaders in all adult care settings carry out learning reviews.
PrescQIPP is a Skills for Care-endorsed provider. All courses are CPD accredited and several courses carry a NICE endorsement statement.
Clinical training and support for adult social care staff
Nursing and clinical staff roles are integral to enhancing and improving the general health, wellbeing and comfort of residents in care provisions. Clinical support roles also offer an ideal entry route to many careers in health, such as nursing especially for people with commitment and enthusiasm.
We work together with local partners and other organisations to offer training and professional development opportunities to clinical staff in Stockton-on-Tees.
Information and Resources
NECS Medicines Matter Newsletter - Medicines information for social care staff
Queens Nursing Institute (QNI) Care Home Nurses Network
Royal College of Nursing Care Home Journey
Nurse Lifeline - Nurse Lifeline is a national, free, confidential, peer-led listening service in the UK run by nurses and midwives, for nurses and midwives.
Phone 08088 010 455 from 7pm to 11pm, Monday to Friday.
Opportunities
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