that it meets the requirements for HCAs from different organisations and The idea of the Care Certificate was sectors. developed from the Cavendish report Terminology regarding the Care into the training and regulatory Certificate and the various roles requirements of the country’s growing, involved needs to be agreed across and at present unregulated, support organisations and disseminated well. workforce in health and social care. An effective forum for continued discussion across organisations and Islington CEPN approached the Care sectors needs to be maintained to Certificate with a strong commitment to deal with emerging problems and providing integrated training across the issues and could be essential if an sectors where support workers are integrated approach is to be employed: the acute sector, community maintained. services, general practice, care homes and social services. The challenge is to devise and deliver a single input that both is relevant to workers in these sectors and dovetails with the varying induction that support workers are given by their employers. Developing educational opportunities for Our evaluation was qualitative in the existing health and social care character and involved interviews with a workforce selection of those involved in four Development of APL pathway to different organisations across Islington: for overseas trained nurses the manager or other person with Building on Helen and Sue’s work in scoping lead responsibility for the Care the needs of internationally educated nurses Certificate an assessor/assessors working as health care assistants in North a trainer/ trainers (both within the Central and East London, Marion Taylor, organisations and external providers) Associate Professor, Lecturer has worked with staff undertaking the Certificate the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust a supervisor(s)/mentor(s) to develop a unique pathway to support a number Overseas Trained Nurses (OTNs) working as HCAs at the Royal Free to achieve The following is a summary of selected their Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) recommendations: Registration and BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing. Recommendations A dedicated, adequate and The pathway has three main components: sustainable resource needs to be available to coordinate and APEL of previous education and the continuing implementation experience of the Care Certificate. A Transition Module Clear attention needs to be given to the design of the Care Certificate so
The idea of the Care Certificate was developed from the Cavendish report into the training and regulatory requirements of the country’s growing, and at present unregulated, support workforce in health and social care. Islington CEPN approached the Care Certificate with a strong commitment to providing integrated training across the sectors where support workers are employed: the acute sector, community services, general practice, care homes and social services. The challenge is to devise and deliver a single input that both is relevant to workers in these sectors and dovetails with the varying induction that support workers are given by their employers. Our evaluation was qualitative in character and involved interviews with a selection of those involved in four different organisations across Islington: the manager or other person with lead responsibility for the Care Certificate an assessor/assessors a trainer/ trainers (both within the organisations and external providers) staff undertaking the Certificate a supervisor(s)/mentor(s) The following is a summary of selected recommendations: Recommendations A dedicated, adequate and sustainable resource needs to be available to coordinate and the continuing implementation of the Care Certificate. Clear attention needs to be given to the design of the Care Certificate so that it meets the requirements for HCAs from different organisations and sectors. Terminology regarding the Care Certificate and the various roles involved needs to be agreed across organisations and disseminated well. An effective forum for continued discussion across organisations and sectors needs to be maintained to deal with emerging problems and issues and could be essential if an integrated approach is to be maintained. Developing educational opportunities for the existing health and social care workforce Development of APL pathway to for overseas trained nurses Building on Helen and Sue’s work in scoping the needs of internationally educated nurses working as health care assistants in North Central and East London, Marion Taylor, Associate Professor, Lecturer has worked with the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust to develop a unique pathway to support a number Overseas Trained Nurses (OTNs) working as HCAs at the Royal Free to achieve their Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registration and BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing. The pathway has three main components: APEL of previous education and experience A Transition Module