Care Matters.

Care Matters are specialists in providing nationwide training courses for staff at all levels working with older people, people with special needs and Childcare.

Our courses are designed to meet our client's needs and reflect current practice. We work closely with our clients to ensure that we deliver exactly what they need, and ensure quality standards, relevant guidelines and current legislation are adhered to.

With experience throughout the care industry you can be assured of the very best and most relevant training.

Courses are certified to meet current guidelines and statutory requirements. External Awarding Body approval is available where required

Safeguarding Children

• Integrated Working
• Keeping Children Safe
• Safeguarding children: Introduction
  

• Safeguarding children: Intermediate
• Safeguarding children: Professional abuse
  

Health and Safety

• Childhood illness
• Responding to infestations
• Health and Safety level 1
• Health and Safety level 2
• Health and Safety level 3 (supervisors)
• Health and Safety level 4 (advanced)

• Infection/diseases and control
• Fire Safety level 1
• Fire Marshal / Warden
• Fire Risk Assessment
• Risk Assessment
• Manual Handling - childcare practitioners

Food Safety

• Food Safety level 1
• Food Safety level 2

• Food Safety level 3 (supervisors)
• Food Safety level 4 (advanced)

First Aid

• HSE Approved Paediatric First Aid
• HSE Approved First Aid at Work

• HSE Approved Emergency First Aid at Work
• HSE Approved First Aid at Work Requalification

Learning and Development

• Active Play – PE for 3-5 Year olds
• Active Play - 5 Times a Day
• Creative Development
• Early Reading
• Engaging Boys in their learning
• EYFS Effective Pedagogy
• EYFS Profile using the EYE profile
• Attachment theory
• I can talk
• Phonics – Phase 1 Letters & Sounds
• Print rich environment
• Communicating with children

• Physical Activity for the Over 5's
• Writing Individual Education Plans in E. Y. F.
• Developing Speech & Language
• Early Writing – raising attainment in CLLD
• EYFS – Observation Assessment & Planning
• EYFS – Principles into Practice – out of school
• EFYS Workshop for new practitioners
• Food can be fun
• Mark Making
• The power of storytelling
• Effective display

Leadership & Management

• Improving Recruitment & Retention
• Outdoor play – exploring possibilities
• Nutrition Matters Under 5's

• Working in partnership with parents
• Completing the Ofsted Self-Evaluation Form

Inclusion and Equalities

• A Foundation course in Singalong
• Diversity, values & attitudes
• Dyspraxia awareness
• Introduction to Autism
• Inclusion & development programme
     supporting children on the Autism
     Spectrum
• Promoting Positive behaviour over 5's

• Attention Deficit & Hyperactive Disorder
• Dyslexia awareness
• The use of signing and speech together
• Introduction to Signalong
• Multi-Sensory training
• Signalong Christmas workshop
• Signalong Themed workshops stories
     and rhymes

Special Courses

• Health and Safety for Childminders
• Food Safety for Childminders
• Fire Safety for Childminders
• Risk Assessment for Childminders

• Fire Risk Assessment for Childminders
• Baby signing classes
• Staff baby sign training
• Adult signing

Support Services

• Health & Safety Management Systems
• Health & Safety/Food Safety Inspection/Audit

• HR Support Systems

A

• Activities for Older People
• ADHD
• Advanced Life Support
• Alzheimer's disease
• Acquired Brain Injury
• Assertiveness
• Autism – Advanced
  

B

• Basic Life Support
• Bereavement

C

• Care for the Elderly
• Catheterisation & Catheter Care
• Challenging Behaviour
• Cleaning in food premises level 2
• COSHH
• Conflict resolution and personal safety
• Cultural Awareness
  
  

  D

  • Dementia
  • Diabetes
  • Dignity Support & Choice
  • Disengagement & restraint
  • Down's syndrome
    
    

    E

    • Epilepsy
    • Equality and Diversity

• Activities and Support for Learning Difficulties
• Administration of Medication
• Alcohol and Drug Abuse
• Appointed Persons First Aid
• Aspergers syndrome
• Autism
• Automatic Defib
  

• Behaviour Management
• Bi-Polar

• Care Planning
• Cerebral Palsy
• Choking & Airway Management
• Communication for Special Needs
• Continence promotion
• Common Induction (2010 'refreshed' edition)
• Customer Care & Communication

• Dementia with Learning Disabilities
• Diet and Nutrition
• Disability Awareness
• DoLS (deprivation of liberties)
• Dysphagia Awareness
  
  

   

  • Emergency First Aid

F

• Fire Safety Awareness
• Food safety level 1
• Food safety level 3

H

• Handling of Loads
• Health & Safety level 2
• Health & Safety level 3
• Hoist Training
• Hygiene hazards and controls
  
  

  I

  • Independent Living

  L

  • Learning Disabilities Dual Diagnosis
  • Lone Working
    
    

    M

    • Makaton
    • Manual handling principles & practice
    • Mental Capacity Act 2005
    • Motor Neuron Disease
      
      

      N

      • Nursing Care

      O

      • Oxygen / Entonox Therapy

P

• Palliative Care
• Parkinsons Disease
• Peg and Tube Feeding
• Positive Communication
• Pressure Sores and Wound Care
  

R

• Record keeping
• Risk Assessment (Principles)

S

• Schizophrenia
• Single Assessment Process
• Social Care Induction
• Strokes
• Supported living environment
  
  

  T

  • Tissue Viability

  V

  • Vital Observations
    

  W

  • Working with People with Learning Disabilities
    
    
    

  Specialist Courses

  • Care Ambassadors - communication
  • Training Skills and Practice (TSP)
  • PTLLS (Preparing to Teach in the Life Long Learning Sector)
  • TSP/PTC to PTLLS conversion

• Paranoia
• PECS
• Personality Disorders
• Prader Willi
• Professional Boundaries
  

• Report Writing
• Risk Assessment (Principles and Practice)

• Service user risk assessment
• SOVA
• Staff Supervision
• Stress Management
  
  

• Turner Syndrome