Training
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Common Inductions Standards online assessment tool
Social Care Learning Information and Learning Services (Scils)
Norfolk County Council Social Care Learning Hub
Fully Funded Healthy Eating and Food Hygiene Course with numeracy
Common Induction Standards online assessment tool
A user friendly online assessment tool, developed by CIS-Assessment in partnership with local authorities and the Private, Voluntary and Independent Care sector, is available free for care providers in Norfolk to assess and evidence an employees knowledge and practice against the Common Induction Standards.This assessment could be used at the interview stage or for new and existing staff to identify training needs and gaps in knowledge. It can be especially useful in identifying sections of the induction that experienced staff need to complete and can help you target training at the areas particularly needed. The beauty of using this online assessments is that it automatically and immediately shows the results of how a person has performed during the assessment. Managers don’t event need to be in the same location or town as the employee taking the assessment. All that is needed is internet access to access the results.
Managers are able to run reports on individuals or groups of people to identify individual and group learning needs. The results provide an opportunity for the manager to facilitate discussions about the Standards during supervision . The manager can identify if the employee already has the required knowledge, can be coached to fill some of the knowledge gaps or whether training is required. Where the manager ascertains that the person does have the knowledge following this discussion, the manager can enter additional information and can amend the overall score for the assessment.
This assessment tool is FREE to providers courtesy of a licence purchased by Norfolk County Council Community Services learning & Development Team.
To find out more contact Cindy Yeo on 01603 224116 or email cindy.yeo@norfolk.gov.uk
Social Care Learning Information and Learning Services (Scils)
SCILS is an online learning resource and community dedicated to the Health and Social Care sector.
Access to Scils is free to all health and social care workers in Norfolk (courtesy of Norfolk County Council). Visit www.scils.co.uk and sign up using the registration number 191NORFOLK.Scils offers a wide range of learning and development solutions for staff throughout social care, health and children and young people’s services. Many of the services are on-line.Once a week Scils trawl key social care, health, education and housing websites for any new research, reports, legislation, policies or other key documents which have been published.This is your service designed for providers and people working in health and social care and attempts to include any website that you have found useful. There are useful sections including: learning materials, other resources, personal development plan, group sharing, news desk, discussion board, your questions and useful websites.
Norfolk County Council Social Care Learning Hub
The Social Care Learning Hub is a free service and is intended to help you learn more about Social Care related matters and to increase the skills and knowledge of employees, partners and others who work within the Social Care environment. By offering this service Norfolk County Coucil believe they can improve the service they offer to the public.
www.learningpool.com/norfolksocialcare/
Fully Funded Healthy Eating and Food Hygiene Course with numeracy
NCC Skills, a specialist Skills for Life training provider, are currently offering a fully funded Healthy Eating and Food Hygiene course with Skills for Life details of this course please click here or visit www.nccskills.co.uk.