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Statutory & Mandatory Training: Mental Health, Dementia and Learning Disabilities

Course Overview

Format

Intermediate
1-2 Study Hours
Online Study
Self-Printed Certificate

Accreditation

1-2 CPD Hours
CPD Certified

Course description

If you work in a healthcare or care environment, it is vital to understand the particular problems posed by people with mental health difficulties, dementia, or learning disabilities.

This course aims to provide the learner with the knowledge of deal with such patients with consideration and dignity.

Throughout the course, the learner will undertake challenges to assess their learning so far.

Training outcomes

Be able to explain the meaning of the terms mental health, dementia, and learning disability
Understand the needs and experiences of people with mental health conditions, dementia, or learning disabilities
Be able to explain how positive attitudes will improve the care and support affected people receive
Be able to describe the social model of disability and how it underpins positive attitudes
Understand what adjustments might need to be made to the way care is provided
Be able to explain why early detection of mental health needs, dementia or learning disability is important
Understand legal frameworks, policy and guidelines relating to mental health conditions, dementia, and learning disabilities

Accreditation

This course is accredited by CPD. The certificates, awarded upon successful completion, can be used to log your hours against.

Duration

The course usually takes between 1-2 hours to complete, depending on the speed of learning. Learners do not have to complete all the training in one session as progress is recorded throughout and the training can be paused and resumed in our learning management system at any time.

Target audience

This course bundle is aimed at anyone working in a role that cares for people with mental health difficulties, suffers from dementia or learning disabilities.

Entry requirements

There are no entry requirements for this course.

Test and certificate

Each end of course test consists of 10 multiple choice questions. Learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark, and, if necessary, may attempt the test six times at no extra cost.

If learners do not achieve the 75% pass mark, further attempts may be given by contacting our support team.

Learners will be able to download a digital certificate on completion of each course. This can be printed, and we suggest you keep it for your records.

You will learn

Be able to explain the meaning of the terms mental health, dementia, and learning disability

Understand the needs and experiences of people with mental health conditions, dementia, or learning disabilities

Be able to explain how positive attitudes will improve the care and support affected people receive

Be able to describe the social model of disability and how it underpins positive attitudes

Who is it for?

Roles including:

Anyone working in a role that cares for people with mental health difficulties, suffers from dementia or learning disabilities

Doctors

Nurses

Carers

Hospice Staff

How the online courses work

Find a course

To begin searching for your online training you can click on the course category section on our website and browse through all of our training categories.
Alternatively if you already know the title of the training you’re looking for you can use the search bar located in the centre of the homepage and go directly to the course you want.
Buy the course

When buying one of our courses, you will need to enter a valid email address which will be used to create your account with our Learning Management System – Enable – where you will take the training. We will also send your purchase receipt to this email address, and any additional courses purchased in future using the same email address will be added to your system account.
Once you have purchased a course, you will be able to send this course to other people using your system account with Enable by entering the new learner’s email address so that they may access the training and set up their own system account with our Learning Management System.
If you are not 100% satisfied with your course then we offer a 30-day, no hassle money-back guarantee. To request a refund, you should email our learner support team with your receipt stating why you would like to be reimbursed. You, or your learners, must not have completed the training in order to make a valid refund claim. Any claim made after the training has been completed will be invalidated.
Take the course

This online course consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk learners through the lesson material. Pages may include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help learners stay engaged and interested in the material. Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be paused and resumed at any stage.
The course is self-paced so learners decide how fast or slow the training goes. There is no deadline for completion but some of our courses have a test at the end to check that learners have understood the material. If the course has a test at the end then learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark to successfully complete the course. Once learners have passed the test they are awarded a certificate, which can either be downloaded digitally or sent as a physical copy if this option was chosen when purchasing the course.
Your Certificate

Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College and will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable.
If you have bought the posted certificate option (available on select courses), a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out at the beginning of the following working week.