Caregiver & Elderly Care Assistant Professional Certificate

Caregiver role, person-centred support, dignity, consent concepts, communication, culture, boundaries and documentation.

Practical work: Complete communication and professional-boundary scenarios.

Hygiene support concepts, dressing, meals/hydration, toileting support awareness, skin observation and comfort.

Practical work: Demonstrate non-invasive daily-living support skills in simulation.

Mobility support, fall prevention, positioning concepts, transfer-assist principles and when to seek trained help.

Practical work: Practice safe supervised mobility-assistance techniques using approved equipment.

Normal ageing, common challenges, dementia awareness, behaviour communication, loneliness and family interaction.

Practical work: Develop a person-centred activity/support plan.

Hand hygiene, PPE, environmental safety, medication-boundary awareness, warning signs and emergency escalation.

Practical work: Complete safety and emergency-response simulations.

Care plan concepts, observation/reporting, routine support, handover and supervised skills assessment.

Practical work: Complete an OSCE-style non-invasive skills assessment and care-support plan.