Course Overview

Course Aim
The Common Induction Standards are designed for people entering social care, and those changing roles or employers within adult social care. The CIS incorporate eight standards that are specific to adult social care and standards that are generic to the working environment.

Course-Content
The eight standards map across to the mandatory units of the new Health and Social Care Diploma to ensure there is consistency of approach for the workforce.

• Standard 1 Role of the health and social care worker
• Standard 2 Personal development
• Standard 3 Communicate effectively
• Standard 4 Equality and Inclusion
• Standard 5 Principles for implementing duty of care
• Standard 6 Principles of safeguarding in health and social care
• Standard 7 Person-centred support
• Standard 8 Health and safety in an adult social care setting:
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Risk assessments
  • Manual Handling
  • Responding to emergencies
  • Health care tasks
  • Infection control
  • Promoting fire safety in the work setting
  • Food hygiene

Course-Duration
Online: The timing and duration is flexible to your requirement.
In-house: This course is run over a period of 2days. Minimum of 8 delegates required.

Course-Certification
A certificate of attendance is awarded on successful completion of Common Induction standards.