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This Support Worker Course will guide you toward a fulfilling adult support career. Our 1-day short course will provide you with all essential caregiving skills, including providing emotional support and ensuring they’re living a fulfilled life.
This Course at a Glance
- Eligible to apply for insurance
- Expert-created course module
- Get trained by an industry expert
- Flexible schedule options
- Learn what developmental psychology and gerontology are
- Understand what constitutes old age
- Learn what ageing is and how it happens
- Understand common stereotypes of older people and how they affect them
- Learn life stages and theories, and what to look forward to in old age
- Understand what mental health issues and learning disabilities are in old age
- What is the quality of life and various scenarios, where older people need emotional and mental support
- Learn how to improve the health and well-being of older people
Adults Support Worker Course Overview
Our CPD-certified support worker course will give you a basic understanding of methods and techniques used for the well-being of aged people and how to take care of older adults’ mental health needs. Learn how helping these older adults can bring feelings of accomplishment and satisfaction through our exponential lessons.
Our course will teach you the steps to work with adults who are alone or anyone who is coping with grief and loss. You will learn how older people can benefit from eating healthy food and keeping a well-balanced life. As this Personal Support Worker Certificate course progresses, you will understand what we should look forward to in our old age, which is dealing with physical and mental health issues.
By the end of our course, you will have a profound understanding of adult support counselling, enabling you to form meaningful connections and encourage the development of new life skills in adults and the elderly. Don’t miss this opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of those in their old age!
Adults Support Worker Course Details
IPHM
International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine
International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine (IPHM) is a leading accredited organisation that certifies and regulates alternative therapists, healers, and training providers around the world. After completing an IPHM-accredited course, you will be eligible to apply for insurance.
CPD UK
The CPD Certification Service
CPD certificates are accepted by thousands of professional bodies and government regulators here in the UK and around the world. Many organisations look for employees with CPD requirements, which means that by doing this course, you would be a potential candidate in your respective field.
QLS
Quality Licence Scheme
The Quality Licence Scheme is a brand of the Skills and Education Group, a leading national awarding organisation for providing high-quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries.
Introduction to Psychology of Older Age
- About Your Tutor
- About Your Course
- What is ‘Developmental Psychology’
- What is ‘Gerontology’
- What We Consider as ‘Old Age’
- What is ‘ageing’ and How It Happens
Common Stereotypes of Older People
- Common Stereotypes of Older People
- How Stereotyping Affects Older People
- Life Stages and Theories
- What Do We Look Forward to in Our Older Age
What Do We Look Forward to in Our Older Age
- Memory-related Issues
- Learning Disabilities
- Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia
- Chronic Illness and Disabilities
The Quality of Life
- What is ‘Quality of Life
- Loneliness Factors in the Elderly Population
- Coping With Grief and Bereavement
- ‘Mild’ and ‘Severe’ Depression
- Fear of Dying (‘Death Anxiety’)
Improving Health and Well-being
- The Effects of Exercising
- Is It Worth Eating ‘Healthy’ in Older Age
- What Else Affects ‘Health’ and ‘Well-being’?
- Caring for Older People
- Thank You & Good Bye!
This comprehensive Support Worker Course is perfect for those who want to pursue their education in the adult support work industry or anyone who works in a non-government organisation and wants to learn ways and methods of counselling old age people.
You can also check out our Basic Life Support Course and learn how to provide immediate care to someone experiencing a life-threatening emergency, such as cardiac arrest or choking. Our course is designed to teach you the necessary skills and knowledge to save lives and increase survival rates.
- There are no academic entry requirements for this Support Worker Course Online, and it is open to students of all academic backgrounds.
- However, you are required to have a laptop/desktop/tablet or smartphone and a good internet connection.
This Home Support Worker course assesses learners through multiple-choice questions (MCQs). Upon successful completion of the modules, learners must answer MCQs to complete the assessment procedure. Through the MCQs, it is measured how much a learner can grasp from each section. In the assessment pass mark is 60%.
Endorsed Certificate from Quality Licence Scheme
After successfully passing the Home Support Worker MCQ exam, you will be eligible to order the Endorsed Certificate by the Quality Licence Scheme. The Quality Licence Scheme is a brand of the Skills and Education Group, a leading national awarding organisation for providing high-quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. Besides, it will give you a competitive advantage in your career, making you stand out from all other applicants and employees. There is a Quality Licence Scheme endorsement fee to obtain an endorsed certificate, which is £65.
Certificate of Achievement from Lead Academy
After successfully passing the Support Worker Course Online MCQ exam, you will be eligible to order your certificate of achievement as proof of your new skill. You will get the CPD-accredited PDF certificate free of cost, which is included with the course. There is an additional fee to obtain a printed copy of the CPD-accredited certificate, which is £35.
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Perfect source to fulfll educational needs
I always love to help people and give my assistance and affection to the vulnerable individuals who need them most. This course perfectly fulfilled my need.
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An effective course
It was a very effective course for people willing to build their careers as social workers or aid workers.
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Well-structured and comprehensive curriculum
The curriculum of the training course was very useful and well-structured to easily understand. It covered various aspects of aid, personal care, medication and mental health of aged people and other weak people.
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Quite informative
For my passion to help people with their needs drove me to enrol on this course online. I learned various skills and knowledge about how we can and should take care of aged people in our surroundings. A very informative course.
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Essential course provider
This course online covers a wide range of topics including mental health problems , crisis intervention and understanding the needs of older people. It has all the curriculum essential for the workers.
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Much Appreciable
This course not only provides technical skills but also helps to build the mindset to help people in need. This course is a great source of motivation for caregivers. Much appreciated.
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Helpful and motivational training
This course not only provided me with the necessary skills but also helped me develop a deep understanding of the emotional aspects of care workers. I left motivated to make a difference in vulnerable people.
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A reliable and authentic source
As an aider worker, this course helped me to better understand the needs of old people and the importance of their mental health and well-being. I can now help them with more empathy after doing this worker training course.
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Highly recommendable to everyone
This Support worker training has helped me to understand better the emotions and feelings of the elderly people in my family. Highly recommended for those who have to take care of elderly people.
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Highly transformative experience
I recently completed this course and it was a very transformative experience for me. The trainers were exceptional in creating an inclusive learning environment along with various skills along with an understanding of social workers.
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Happy with the learning results
I have a small old-age home and I did this service provider training to better serve the elderly people who live in my home. This course covered every topic one needs to know and I am very happy with the result as the people of my old-age home are satisfied with my service. Highly recommended.
FAQs
BLS is a training that teaches people how to respond to emergencies and save lives. It focuses on basic strategies and actions to save a person's life and stabilise their condition in the event of a cardiac arrest, choking, or other medical emergency.
They provide the physical and emotional assistance that people may require in order to attain their goals. People with learning disabilities, autism, physical disabilities, mental health problems, communication difficulties need to rely on caregivers to live independently.
Among various skills, the following skills are some essential skills that a support worker needs to have:
- A drive to help others, regardless of their situation.
- Patience and emotional resilience are required.
- Being sympathetic to everyone.
- The ability to establish and maintain meaningful relationships with people and their families.
- A non-judgmental attitude towards others, regardless of their needs.
- The ability to remain cool under pressure and under difficult situations.
To be eligible, you must have obtained a minimum 2.2 degree (level 6) in any discipline from a higher education institution in the UK or an approved equivalent from overseas, except for social work. If you want to learn more, then read our How to Become a social worker- a complete guide blog.
The average salary for a Support Worker in the United Kingdom is a solid £24,943 per year, with an additional cash compensation averaging at £4,457, ranging from £704 to £28,201.
The Support Worker Course is typically delivered online through our Lead Academy's learning platform, where you can access all the course materials and assignments at your own pace.
This Personal Support Worker Certificate is accredited by CPD UK, which employers and professional organisations across the globe recognise. Upon completing this course, the chances of getting a job will increase with such qualifications as it will serve an additional merit to your profile.
Yes, you will get the course materials while doing the Home Support Worker course. The instructor will send the materials as necessary as the lecture videos. However, you must pay a minimal amount for the course materials.
For a CPD-accredited PDF certificate, it will take 24 hours; however, for the hardcopy CPD certificate takes 5-7 business days.
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After successfully purchasing the Support Worker Course Online, you will receive an email within 24 hours with the login details of your course. Kindly check your inbox, junk or spam folder, or you can contact our client success team via info@lead-academy.org
There's no need to worry if you didn't pass the exam or didn't get the required score. You can always retake the exam with better preparation.
You can browse our website to discover all the available options and find the perfect one for your career advancement. However, if you want to improve your abilities to sensitively care for individuals and support them in the final stages of their life as well, we recommend you join our End of Life Care Course and gain the necessary skills along with a recognised certificate.
