Training and qualifications available include:
- Care Quality Commission assessment preparation courses
- Leadership and performance management programmes
- Specialist training courses focusing on mental health and mental capacity, autism, dementia, learning disabilities and end of life care
- Training to support care staff to deliver high-quality care : Mental health first aid and Positive behavioural support (from Foundation to Advanced Levels)
- Supporting care staff to deliver care to people with medical conditions: diabetes, epilepsy and medication handling
- Preventing injury and ill health in care settings: falls prevention, food safety and nutrition, oral health and stroke awareness
- Promoting wellbeing: wellbeing through commissioning, advocacy and activity provision.
- Equipping care staff to deliver a raised baseline standard of care: Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate
- New: supporting care leaders to embed digital technologies
- Qualifications in leadership and management (levels 4 and 5)
- Health and social care diplomas (level 3)
- Qualifications for assessors and trainers in care settings (levels 3 and 4)
- Train the trainer qualifications (level 3)
Who can claim: LDSS funding must be claimed by an eligible employer, towards the cost of eligible training courses and qualifications undertaken by eligible staff. To qualify, the employer (including local authorities) must meet all of the following criteria: provide an adult social care service in England and have an up-to-date account on the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS)
How to claim: Claim funding though the NHS’s digital portal, setting up an account through the onboarding form
Full details of Eligible training courses and qualifications – GOV.UK
