Care Planning and Risk Assessment Combined Training Course

This combined course equips health and social care professionals with the knowledge and confidence to develop person-centred care plans whilst effectively identifying, assessing, and managing risk. Covering documentation, defensible recording, the care planning cycle, and practical risk assessment, the training supports organisations to meet regulatory expectations and deliver safe, high-quality, compliant care.

This combined Care Planning and Risk Assessment training course better equips managers, team leaders, and health and social care staff with the knowledge and confidence to write person-centred care plans for those in their care, whilst ensuring that a clear log is available for CQC and Ofsted inspections.

There is useful information on how to assess risks to service users and those involved in their care. Care plans are explained along with practical measures to reduce the risks identified.

Care planning can be complex and can vary between different care sectors. This course will be tailored to your specific requirements.

Course Overview

Writing effective care plans, person-centred planning, documentation, risk management, communication, reviews, and adhering to legal and professional standards are just a few of the important topics covered in the course. Students also study the cycle of care planning and their roles in it.

This training will enable learners to understand the process and what is involved in Care Planning, know the information that is needed and how it should be recorded. They will also learn how to support an individual with advance care planning.

There is useful information on how to assess risks to service users and those involved in their care, including how to identify, assess, mitigate and review risk effectively as part of the Care Planning process.

Who is this course intended for?

This course is targeted to all health and social care workers who are involved in the process of care planning and work in settings such as Care Homes, Day Centres, or supporting an individual in supported living or an individual in their own home.

This course is ideal for managers, team leaders, and senior staff in health and social care who are responsible for developing person centred care plans. It is scheduled by organisations for their employees and is suitable for those working in care homes, supported living, domiciliary care, day services, or any other care setting.

Course Objectives

What is a Care Plan?
What is Person Centred Care?
The components of the Care Planning Cycle
Responsibilities
Required levels of communication, use of documentation and record keeping
The importance of Care Plan reviews, their purpose
Risk Management / Assessments
Partnership Working

Understanding Risk Assessments Content

Why Risk Assessment matters
Understanding role and requirements of HSE, CQC, Coroners
Understanding concept of ‘reasonable risk’
Ability to identify risk or level of risk at corporate and individual levels
Common Risk areas
Applying the 5 step approach
Balanced decision making in relation to risk
Roles and Responsibilities in the process
Mitigation and escalation of risk
Assessing current level of risk
Developing control measures
Understanding the importance of regular and dynamic review of risk assessments
Risk Assessment as part of the Care Planning process
Required content of all areas of Risk assessment documentation
What does Defensible Documentation look like
Clear information – readability and understanding

Care Planning Content

Documentation
How to develop care plans
How to carry out assessments
‘This is me’ section
Review care plans regularly and in response to critical incident/change in Risk
Who is responsible for which part of the process
What not to do
How to carry out risk management
Wording to use
Person Centred Planning
Partnership Working
Meeting Professional, local, national standards following recommended best practice
Aims, Actions, Responsibilities
Goal Setting – Setting out what do you want to achieve, by when, how to measure success and measuring whether or not we have achieved it
Accessibility to care plans by all supporting in the client’s life
Linking care planning to reviews
Useful/ Good Practice re: Behaviour Support
What to cover for meeting safeguarding, legal requirements

Course Assessment and Certification

There will be continuous tutor assessment; there is no final examination.

Assessment: There is no formal assessment although the trainer will check understanding and involvement of all students throughout the duration of the course.

Those students who complete the course and are deemed to have reached the required standard will be awarded a certificate that is valid for 2 years.

1. What are the main advantages of finishing this course on care planning and risk assessment?

This course is ideal for managers, team leaders, and senior staff in health and social care who are responsible for developing persom centred care plans. It is scheduled by organisations for their employees and is suitable for those working in care homes, supported living, domiciliary care, day services, or any other care setting.

2. How is the training evaluated and approved?

Delegates will acquire the abilities and self-assurance necessary to create person-centred, transparent, and compliant care plans. The course teaches staff how to support individuals with advance care planning, foster productive partnership working, and align care planning with CQC and Ofsted expectations.

3. Is the Care Planning course offered both in-person and online?

Indeed. Professional and qualified educators present the Care Planning and Risk Assessment course in-person or through a live interactive webinar. The format can be modified to meet the training requirements and preferences of your organisation.

Care planning and risk assessment training is often booked with the following courses:

• Professional Boundaries
• Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (MCA & DoLS)
• Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults Training
• Safeguarding of Vulnerable Children