Description
Care Certificate Standard 7 – Privacy and Dignity | Level 2 | Online Training Course | CPDUK Accredited | Instant Course Access | Includes Assessment & Certificate | Instant Certificate Download.
Welcome to our online Care Certificate Standard 7 (Privacy and Dignity) training course for front-line healthcare and social care support workers. All our online training courses, programmes and qualifications are accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK).
Privacy is defined as giving someone space where and when they need it, and dignity is defined as focusing on the value of every individual, including:
- Respecting their views, choices and decisions,
- Not making assumptions about how they want to be treated,
- Working with care and compassion and
- Communicating directly with the individual whenever possible.
Certificate duration: 3 years
Entry requirements: No entry restrictions
Recommended prerequisites: N/A
Assessment type: End of course assessment
Assessment pass mark – 80% needed to pass and gain a CPD certificate
Cost(s) of assessment and certification – All costs included in the course price
Awarding/Accrediting body – CPD Certification Service (CPDUK)
Who is the course for?
The online Care Certificate Standard 7 (Privacy and Dignity) training course was developed for new healthcare and social care staff as part of their workplace induction.
The primary audience of the Care Certificate is Healthcare Support Workers or Adult Social Care Workers. It is also suitable for existing health and social care staff who do not hold recognised qualifications.
Clinical support roles
The Care Certificate Standard 7 (Privacy and Dignity) e-learning course is suitable for those giving support to clinical roles in the NHS and other healthcare settings where there is any direct contact with patients, including:
- Health Care Assistants,
- Care Support Workers, and
- Assistant Practitioners.
Adult social care workers
The online Care Certificate Standard 7 (Privacy and Dignity) training course is also suitable for those giving support in community settings, including:
- Adult Social Care workers in residential, nursing homes and hospices,
- Home care workers, and
- Domiciliary care staff.
What is covered in this course?
This online Care Certificate Standard 7 (Privacy and Dignity) training course covers the following:
- Introduction to privacy and dignity,
- CQC regulations,
- Consequences of failure to comply,
- Key definitions, and
- Key abbreviations.
- Privacy and dignity:
- Promoting safeguarding and wellbeing,
- Privacy and dignity in care and support, and
- The ten-point ‘Dignity Challenge’.
- The three essential values to consider when providing care and support:
- Privacy,
- Dignity, and
- Respect.
- Making choices:
- Promoting individuals’ choice and control,
- Dignity factors:
- The dignity factors,
- Promoting choice and control,
- Communication skills,
- Improving eating and nutritional care
- Improving hydration in practice,
- Pain management and dignity
- Key points about pain management and dignity,
- Key points about practical assistance and dignity,
- Key points about privacy and dignity,
- Promoting privacy,
- Social inclusion.
- Key points about social inclusion and dignity,
- Privacy of information:
- Promoting confidentiality,
- Legislation relating to dignity and respect,
- Risk assessment,
- 5 steps of risk assessment,
- Supporting active participation,
- Encouraging self-care,
- Whistleblowing and dignity,
- Whistleblowing case study – Winterbourne View,
- Abuse and dignity, and
- What to do when you suspect abuse,
- Dignity in practice:
- The dignity of health and social care workers,
- Valuing care workers,
- What the CQC says about valuing care workers,
- CQC outcomes,
- Key points about dignity for care workers,
- Providing specialist care,
- Promoting dignity in end of life care,
- How commissioners can show dignity for health and care workers,
- Dignity in mental health care,
- Dignity and end of life care,
- Key points about the end of life care and dignity, and
- Key points to about dignity in mental health
- Summary
- References and resources.
Course aims
This online Care Certificate Standard 7 (Privacy and Dignity) training course helps health and social care workers to understand their legal responsibilities to those they provide care.
Part of providing good care and support involves building trust and confidence and having the best interests of individuals in mind. Take great care not to discuss personal information where others might overhear or by using too loud a voice. Personal information includes things like their health conditions, sexual orientation, personal history or social circumstances.
Individuals may tell you other private information that they trust you to keep to yourself. Unless it is necessary to pass this on for health and social care reasons you should keep this confidential. That will have the added benefit of it helping to build trust.
Learning objectives
On completion of this online Care Certificate Standard 7 (Privacy and Dignity) training course, the learner will be able to:
- Understand the principles that underpin privacy and dignity in care,
- Maintain the privacy and dignity of the individual(s) in their care,
- Support an individual’s right to make choices,
- Support individuals in making choices about their care,
- Understand how to support active participation, and
- Support the individual in active involvement in their care.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this online Care Certificate Standard 7 (Privacy and Dignity) training course, the learner will:
- Understand the principles that underpin privacy and dignity in care,
- Maintain the privacy and dignity of the individual(s) in their care:
- Demonstrate that their actions maintain the privacy of the individual,
- Demonstrate that the privacy and dignity of the individual is maintained at all times being in line with the person’s individual needs and preferences when providing personal care,
- Explain why it is important not to disclose anything about the individual that they may wish to be kept private unless it is appropriate to do so,
- Report any concerns they have to the relevant person.
- Support an individual’s right to make choices,
- Support individuals in making choices about their care,
- Understand how to support active participation,
- Support the individual in active participation in their care,
- Demonstrate that they can support the active participation of individuals in their care
- Reflect on how their personal views could restrict the individual’s ability to participate in their care actively
- Report any concerns to the relevant person.
What is involved in Privacy and Dignity?
Two essential values, when providing care and support, are privacy and dignity.
Privacy is defined as giving someone space where and when they need it, and dignity is defined as focusing on the value of every individual, including:
- Respecting their views, choices and decisions,
- Not making assumptions about how they want to be treated,
- Working with care and compassion and
- Communicating directly with the individual whenever possible.
Why is this online Care Certificate Standard 7 – Privacy and Dignity training course important?
The safeguarding and wellbeing of individuals are significant. As far as possible, you should get to know each individual; their background and ideas, wishes, likes and dislikes. You should always provide personalised care and support that puts an individual at the centre of their attention.
You should enable them to be as independent as possible and respect their privacy and dignity. Working in this way reduces the risk of an individual being treated in a way that is degrading or harmful.
