After completing this section, you should understand: Access to quality health and social care is a fundamental right for people with learning disabilities, Health inequality, barriers, and ways to reduce it, How changes in behaviour or presentation can indicate unmet communication needs, Health conditions for people with learning disabilities.
Module 1: An Understanding of ‘What is a Learning Disability?’
Easy
12 mins
Waleed Khalid
After completing this section, you should understand: Roles in supporting individuals with learning disabilities, Definition of learning disability, Levels of learning disability, UK prevalence of learning disabilities, Difference between learning disabilities, learning difficulties, and mental health issues
Brief Description of Supporting People with a Learning Disability – Tier 1
Easy
2 mins
Waleed Khalid
Supporting People with a Learning Disability - Tier 1 is a crucial course that teaches the basics of supporting people with learning impairments. For frontline workers, carers, and professionals in various contexts, this training covers basic ideas and best practices in accommodating unique learning needs.
Module 1: Who Are Carers?
Easy
6 mins
Waleed Khalid
Upon completion of this section, you should be able to demonstrate an understanding of: how to identify possible carers, how people may become carers, some facts about being a carer, the diversity of carers that you might meet, how some adults need care and support?
Module 2: Issues and Barriers Faced by Carers
Easy
7 mins
Waleed Khalid
To successfully complete this part, you should show comprehension of the poor health, social, and economical repercussions of being a carer, the negative impacts on young carers, and the usefulness of carers in patient care planning.
Module 3: Engaging with Carers
Easy
10 mins
Waleed Khalid
To successfully complete this section, you should understand: Supporting carers begins with recognition Understanding what makes a caregiver's life easier Understanding why staff may be hesitant to engage with carers
Brief Description of Carer Awareness
Easy
3 mins
Waleed Khalid
"Carer Awareness" is a comprehensive course designed to provide participants with a deep understanding of the responsibilities, challenges, and rewards associated with caregiving roles.
Module 4: Identify What Your Organisation can do to Support Carers and the Benefits
Easy
22 mins
Waleed Khalid
After completing this section, you should understand how your organisation can help carers? The advantages of supporting carers. Your Practice Can Help Carers Create a caregiving policy and assign a carer lead.
Module 3: When is Consent Needed?
Easy
22 mins
Waleed Khalid
Consent is essential to healthcare, regardless of the operation, treatment, or care. Adults must consent themselves. No one, including parents, relatives, or health and social care experts, may provide or withdraw permission for another adult without specific legislative provision.
Module 4: Refusal of treatment
Easy
21 mins
Waleed Khalid
Understand the right to refuse consent for adults with capacity, what to do if an adult lacks capacity, what an advance decision means, what to do if a child or young person refuses consent, when a refusal can be overruled, and end-of-life decision making.
