Handling Information in Health and Social Care Settings

This course is aimed at people working in wide range of settings, encompassing health services and adult social care. It provides learners with the knowledge and skills required to implement and promote good practice in recording, storing and accessing information.

On completion, learners with an increased understanding of the requirements for handling information in health and social care settings and understand how to support others to handle information correctly.

On completion of this Virtual College course learners will:

• Understand requirements for handling information in health and social care settings
• Be able to implement good practice in handling information
• Be able to support others to handle information

The content of this course has been mapped to the underpinning knowledge within the following units on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF):

Promote good practice in handling information in health and social care settings

This unit is a mandatory unit within the following qualifications:
Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England

Handle information in health and social care settings

This unit is a mandatory unit within the following qualifications:
Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England

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For more information about this or any of our courses mapped to the QCF please contact us on the details provided below.

Lesson Plan

Areas covered in this Virtual College course include:

• Welcome and Learning Objectives
• Introduction
• Information Handling Requirements
• Good Practice for Handling Information

Accreditation

The content of this Virtual College course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines

Certification

On completion of this course you will be able to download a Virtual College certificate.

Duration

Approximately 1 and a half hours. With approximately 40 interactive screens, it is estimated that this course will take approximately 1 and half hours to complete (depending on learning speed). As an e-learning course you can complete this training in convenient stages and revisit whenever you wish. The system will record your progress throughout.

Target Audience

This course is targeted primarily at those working within health, social care settings, including professional care and support workers and practitioners.

Entry Requirements

There are no specific entry requirements for this course.