At Othen Care Limited, training and personal development remains a huge priority in our day to day care practices.  Training starts for the carer as soon as they join our care team, through the Induction process.

Induction training involves 5 days learning about our policies and procedures, about our approach to delivering Person Centred Care and completing our core training courses which are listed below;

• Manual Handling

• Health and Safety

• Abuse Awareness

• Understanding Dementia

• Infection Control

• Medication Management

• Dignity & Respect

• Nutrition 

We also arrange for new carers to have on the job training in the form of shadowing. The new carer will go out with an experienced member of the team, which allows them to see what happens at the clients homes, filling in Clients folders and generally how policies and procedures are put in place when physically carrying out the work.  We hope to complete all Induction training within a week but due to individual circumstances we allow six weeks to complete the Induction.

Once our care staff have completed their induction they will then complete other work related training courses and receive regular updated training which includes;          

Basic First Aid                       

Basic Food Hygiene                                      

Dignity & Respect                 

Fire Safety