UK's first Care Certificate training platform launched by Right at Home

National home care provider, Right at Home UK UK, has embraced new training requirements implemented as part of the 2014 Care Act, announcing the first City & Guilds accredited training platform.

To be introduced on April 1, care providers will have six months to ensure their induction training meets 15 core principles, which individual employees have to demonstrate they are compliant with, while care providers are required to maintain records of evidence and assessment.

Right at Home managing director Ken Deary is keen to see these new initiatives embraced sooner rather than later, saying, “We fully support the introduction of the Care Certificate. To us, caring for vulnerable adults and seniors involves much more than simply completing tasks – it centres on choice, compassion, dignity and respect; and of ensuring that each individual can decide how they would like to be supported.

“At Right at Home we always aim to significantly surpass the required national standards and we pride ourselves on going above and beyond usual expectations when we deliver care. We welcome the fact that the Care Certificate will require all care providers to show much greater commitment to training their staff to high standards and promoting their clients’ overall well-being.

“We have used this opportunity to work with Affinity Training to build a new first class learning platform for our CareGivers to ensure that anyone joining the company from April 1st achieves a Right at Home 'Affinity Care Certificate', accredited by City & Guilds. In the near future our network of local offices will also roll out the new standards across their existing staff.”

The new care standards are largely focused on person-centred provision, demanding an approach that supports compassion and dignity for the individual, while training is to be assessed in appropriate environments. The Right at Home “Affinity Care Certificate”, accredited by City & Guilds will only be awarded once all 15 areas have been demonstrated to the required standards.