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Care Certificate Standard 09: Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disabilities

The Ninth Standard of The Care Certificate informs you about a range of different conditions involving the brain.
CPD Certified Online Training Approved by Skills for Care

Care Certificate Standard 09: Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disabilities at a glance

  • 1-year nationally recognised certificate
  • 59 minutes of engaging video training
  • Video access for 8 months
  • Printable wall certificate
  • CPD time credit conformation
  • Free weekly video refresher
  • Evidence Based Training certificate
  • Videos include subtitles
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Online Course: £10.00 + VAT

Study online for the knowledge units of the Care Certificate Standard 9 "Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disabilities".  This short course covers all you need to learn to complete this knowledge unit.  You then complete the practical units in your workplace.

This qualification and most of the other ProTrainings qualifications are Endorsed by TQUK to show our commitment to extra levels of compliance and quality assurance.

Companies, organisations or agencies are encouraged to contact us for group discounts and information about onsite training and how our system can be used to track and monitor your staff training.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

  • Care workers
  • Nurses
  • Social care
  • Health care assistants
  • Assistant practitioners
  • Care support workers
  • Anyone supporting clinical roles in the NHS where they have direct contact with patients
  • Home care workers
  • Porters
  • Volunteers
  • Cooks
  • Drivers

This course comes with 2.0 hours of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 59 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

  • What is Dementia?

  • Classifications of Dementia

  • Early diagnosis of Dementia and reporting

  • Risk factors affecting the chance of developing dementia

  • Helping people with Dementia

  • Things that can help people with Dementia

  • Things that help the carer

  • Diet, meals and Dementia

  • A Healthy Body

  • Adapting the environment

  • Communication and Dementia

  • The safeguarding vulnerable groups act 2006

  • The Human Rights Act 1998

  • Discriminatory Abuse and the Human Rights Act

  • Mental health conditions

  • MCA Assessment Criteria

  • MCA Assessment

  • What is mental capacity
  • Finding more information and support