Training for staff working in Durham County Council Commissioned Services

This training is funded directly through the Care Academy and is only available to staff working with our commissioned providers.  Please note that bookings need to be made with agreement from your line manager and is subject to the Care Academy's cancellation policy (see Care Academy provider charging policy for training course cancellations or non-attendance for details).

• Bowel Care and Management
• Care planning training
• Care Home Assistant Practitioner (CHAPs)
• Defensible documentation training
• Effective Complaint Handling for Care Providers
• End of Life Care and Anticipatory Medication
• Fluids and Nutrition including Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST)
• Focus on Undernutrition
• How to identify and treat undernutrition in older person's care home
• How to identify and treat undernutrition in learning disability and other care settings
• Hydration
• Level 2 Supporting Individuals with Learning Disabilities (including PBS units)
• Namaste care
• Respiratory conditions
• Risk assessment training
• Sepsis Awareness Course
• Venepuncture (phlebotomy) training
• Single Handed Care - Assisted Moving and Handling

eLearning Courses 

• Behaviour that challenges
• Care planning
• Dementia awareness
• Dignity in Care
• End of life
• End of Life Care in Care Homes and Domiciliary Care Settings
• End of Life Dementia Care
• Epilepsy
• Falls awareness
• Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
• Parkinson's disease
• Personal care
• Professional boundaries
• The Oliver McGowan Training on Learning Disability and Autism Course

Management and Leadership Programme

• Level 4 Lead Practitioner in Adult Care
• Level 5 Leader in Adult Care

We also offer a wide range of courses to help you get fully accredited qualifications in many different subjects. See Care Academy courses for further information.