At Curam, we don't just want you to receive the pay you deserve, we want to give you the tools to:
This is why we're offering all carers, who have completed their Curam profiles, free access to Curam Qintil courses, and the Understanding Dementia with Alzheimer's Society course, that are specifically for carers looking to grow their skillset.
By completing these training courses, it will not only help you in your day-to-day work but it will enhance your Curam profile that's viewed by potential clients looking to hire a carer.
We have an extensive selection of relevant CPD training courses (currently 11 but this number will grow) you can begin to access for free as soon as you have completed your profile.
You can access these from your phone or a computer, so you can do them at home or on the move.
Each course takes between 20 minutes to an hour and is self-paced. This means you choose when you start any course and you can stop at any point and return at a later time and pick up where you left off.
This course is designed to help you learn about dementia, including different forms of the disease and how the brain is affected.
We will explore how dementia is diagnosed, risk factors for developing dementia and look at attitudes towards the condition. This course also examines how the symptoms of dementia can affect day-to-day life and looks at the impact the condition has on an individual and people around them.
To learn how to recognise, assess and appropriately manage emergency first aid situations.
You'll have a better understanding of the relevant health and safety regulations and how to properly manage an incident. You will also learn some resuscitation skills and how to deal with various incidents such as shocks, seizures and burns.
This course walks you through legislation and recognized methods of moving and handling of clients.
You will have a better understanding of the manual legislation, the risks of manual handling as well as the relevant anatomy and physiology of the human body. You'll also have a better insight into the principles of safe manual handling.
To help raise your awareness of workplace basic food hygiene measures.
You'll have a better understanding of food safety, personal hygiene and the cleaning. You'll also learn how food can be contaminated and what illnesses that it can cause.
To provide an introduction to equality and diversity examining legal and professional issues relating to equality and diversity and to apply this information to everyday settings.
You'll understand the expectations and responsibilities and the legal UK context around discrimination.
This course gives you an introduction to Health and Safety legislation.
You will learn the basics around Health and Safety legislation and requirements, you'll also learn about COSHH Regulations within the workplace.
The aim of this course is to raise awareness of Infection Control issues within the workplace and promote best practice measures of standard infection control precautions such as appropriate hand washing technique to prevent and control health care associated Infections.
You'll acquire a good understanding of what infections are, learn effective strategies to break the chain of infection, how to deal with spills and exposure and how to manage linen & waste.
A guide packed with useful information about this novel coronavirus.
You'll gain awareness about the covid-19, how it is transmitted, and how you can prevent catching it or spreading it to others.
You will gain an understanding of person-centred care.
You will know how person-centred care can improve the care experience for the client as well as family members and healthcare professionals. You will also understand how person-centred care is provided and its impact on health.
The aim of this course is to provide you with the essential theoretical knowledge surrounding the clinical skill of urinary catheterisation.
By the end of the course, students will understand the relevant anatomy and physiology as well as the indications and risks. They will know they need to gain consent of the patient and what information needs to be documented. They will have learned the procedure to follow and how to execute infection control and catheter care.
You will gain good working knowledge of the aspects of planning person-centered care.
You'll understand what care planning is, what different models and framework exist, and how to write care plans for person-centered care planning.
When you've completed your course you'll receive:
If you've completed the application process on the Curam platform, we will email you an invite to set up your free Curam Qintil training account.
To begin your learning journey, just click the link in your email invite.
If you'd like to complete further training courses beyond the ten that are currently available, you can access Qintil's large training library and receive an exclusive 25% discount off the course fee. Details of how to claim your discount will be sent to you via email.
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