Lead Adult Care Workers and Lead Personal Assistants provide guidance, support and leadership to enable the provision of a high standard of care and support. 

The lead role requires you to be supportive, confident and innovative in your working practices.

In this course you will learn about the main personal attributes and behaviours expected of all Lead Adult Care Workers; including how these differ from those of an adult care worker. 

You will also find out about how the lead role involves supporting the recruitment and induction of new staff as well as the development of adult care workers.

You will have an opportunity to explore how you can promote good care practices while maintaining a positive approach and building your own and others’ resilience. 

The importance of seeking information, help and advice when you have concerns or in different types of situations and will also feature in this course .

Finally, you will learn to demonstrate the ability to lead, support and mentor colleagues to practise effectively by modelling good practice, showing initiative and using research to inform working practices. 

Course Content

What you will learn

• Working in adult social care
• Social Care Values and Behaviours in the UK
• National Minimum Training Standards for ALL Adult Social Care Workers in England
• About Lead Adult Care Worker role
• National Occupational Standards for Knowledge and understanding for Lead Adult Care Worker in England
• National Occupational Standards for Skills and Competence for Lead Adult Care Worker in England
• Personal Attributes expected of all adult care workers in the UK
• Personal Behaviours expected of all adult care workers
• How role of Lead Adult Care Worker differs from that of an Adult Care Worker
• Lead Adult Care Worker’s role in supporting recruitment and induction of new staff
• Responsibility of a Lead Adult Care Worker to promote care practices
• Lead Adult Care Worker's responsibility for supporting and developing care workers
• Supporting care workers to produce accurate and effective records
• How to maintain a positive attitude towards work for self and colleagues
• Understand Signs and symptoms of stress in self and colleagues
• Know different Ways to promote resilience in self and others
• Actions to take if you have concerns about the practice of an adult social care worker
• How to seek help and advice in situations that are challenging or unfamiliar
• Identifying sources of information about specific conditions
• Demonstrating leadership and initiative in practice
• Leading and mentoring colleagues to carry out their role effectively
• Contributing to the induction process for new adult care workers 
• How to Model good practice when working with adult care workers 
• How to Support and mentor colleagues in challenging or difficult situations 
• How to Use research to advise colleagues about specific conditions and implications for practice 
• How to Bench mark and Review your own Knowledge, Skills, Behaviours