Training and Development
This page shows just some of the many training schemes and development opportunities available for care providers across York and North Yorkshire. This include training opportunities delivered by the ourselves and a range of partner organisations, as well as links to other organisations such as Skills for Care who have a wealth of further support and resources available. If you have any suggestions for topics you would like adding to this section please get in touch.
- For more information on our React to Red Pressure Ulcer Prevention Training programme, please follow this link.
- For more information on our Recognising and Responding to Deteriorating Residents Training, please follow this link.
- For more information on the React to Falls Prevention Training Programme, please follow this link.
- For more information on Hand Hygiene and PPE Training including resources, please follow this link
- For more information on Improving Hydration in Care Home Residents Training, please follow this link
- For more information on Oral Health Training, please follow this link.
Can't Find The Training You are Looking For? Please contact sam.varo@nhs.net and we will endeavour to help
Upcoming Training Sessions, Learning Opportunities and Events
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Skills for Care Webinar- Medication from the Regulatory Perspective Part 2 |
Tuesday 21 November 10.00-11.00 Virtual |
Further information to follow |
For further information please follow this link. |
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Palliative Symptom Management Study Days- Pain |
Wednesday 22 November 9.00-1.00 Virtual |
St Gemma's Hospice are facilitating a series of symptom palliative study days throughout the year designed for Harrogate area care providers. |
For more information please follow this link |
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Skills for Care Webinar- Change management – sharing lessons and learnings from managers leading digital change in their services |
Thursday 18 January 2024 10.00-11.00 Virtual |
Further information to follow |
For more information please follow this link |
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I wish I knew then what I know now – sharing lessons and learnings from early adopters of digital approaches |
Thursday 08 February 10.00-11.00 Virtual |
Further information to follow |
For more information please follow this link |
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BD Bodyguard Syringe Driver Training |
Monday 19 February 2024 9.30-12.30 at Selby War Memorial Hospital |
These sessions are designed for care home nurses from the York and Selby area. This will cover when to appropriate to put one in place, knowledge of commonly used medicines and dilatants and how to set up a syringe driver. |
For further information please follow this link. |
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Skills for Care Webinars- LGBTQ+ Good Practice |
Thursday 29 February 10.00-11.00 Virtual |
Further information to follow |
For more information please follow this link |
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Immedicare Virtual Training Sessions |
All care homes who have the Immedicare service in place are able to access a range of virtual training sessions. |
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The October timetable can found through this link. |
Local Training and Support Offers |
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Advance Care Planning |
St Leonard's Hospice run monthly sessions on the third Thursday of each month 9.30-12.00 which are open to staff from all Vale of York area providers, designed to support in empowering people’s choice and wishes. Open to all, the training session is designed to normalise and enhance decision making in end of life care. You will gain an insight into the types of decisions we make, your legal protections and how best to support friends, families, and patients. For more information please follow this link. |
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Catheterisation and Bowel Simulation Sessions |
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have released a series of dates for catheterisation and bowel simulation training sessions designed for registered nurses working in the Vale of York area taking place in 2024. For more information please follow this link. |
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Continence |
Vale of York area providers are able to access regular bowel and bladder, and catherterisation session available to social care staff. For more information please email:Clare.Markwell@york.nhs.uk |
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Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT) |
The team provide regular sessions to help providers reach both Approaching Standards and the Standards Met levels of the Data Security Protection Toolkit (DSPT), as well as tailored individual support to providers as needed. For more information please email: england.dsptney@nhs.net |
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Dementia- Positive Approach to Care™ (PAC™)- Training for Staff Working with People Living with Dementia |
The Positive Approach to Care™ concept Is designed to support people living with dementia by equipping both formal and informal carers with specific skills aimed at increasing understanding of what it is like to live with dementia. Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust are facilitating a number of sessions open to care staff taking place in both the Hambleton and Richmondshire, and Scarborough, Ryedale and Whitby Areas. For more information please follow the below links. |
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Dementia- Responding to Behaviours that Challenge |
University of Hull have created an online course that has been updated in 2019 to align it with changes in treatment and pathways for people with dementia. Module 3 in particular has been found useful by the using it, as it assists staff to make rational decisions on unmet health and psychosocial needs in people with dementia who challenge caregivers. It also helps signpost professionals to what care homes and family carers may need to deliver these ‘biopsychosocial’ support plans. To access this training you will need to create an account. |
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Dietetics |
The dietetics team from York Hospital are now able to offer nutrition training to interested staff from Vale of York care homes. The training is anticipated to take 30 minutes-1 hour and will help those taking part a greater knowledge of nutrition to help embed in their service. To express an interest in this training please email Nutrition&Dietetics@YORK.NHS.UK |
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Digital Skills |
Barclays Digital Eagles offer Free training and support for care providers with tablet devices to help get the most out of them to connect residents with families and staff with clinicians. 5 different sessions are available with training taking place every weekday- Getting Started, Entertainment, Digital Safety, Connectivity, Rapid Run Through. |
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Freestyle Libre Management |
An increasing number of individuals in our care will be in receipt of Flash Glucose Monitoring equipment which allows monitoring of glucose levels without a finger prick test. For those settings with residents with the Freestyle Libre system, the manufacturer are offering bi-monthly training sessions available to staff which will guide through the basics of using the devices and interpreting the results. Further details and how to book can be found through this link. For providers requiring additional support with these devices you can contact the customer care helpline 0800 170 1177 |
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Home First |
Health Education England’s e-learning for healthcare (HEE elfh) has worked with NHS England and NHS Improvement, The Queen’s Nursing Institute, Allied Health Professionals and the Department of Health and Social Care, to develop the new Home First, Act Now e=learning programme. The programme supports health and care professionals involved in the discharge process, to act in a way that values patient time and helps facilitate safe and timely discharge from hospital. The e-learning programme also aims to increase awareness around Home First Principles in the Discharge Policy. By completing the sessions, learners will understand the principles of Home First, benefit from first hand case study examples and be able to share best practice. Home First, Act Now is suitable for a range of health and care professionals including nurses, AHPs, care staff and students across NHS providers, commissioners and social care. Sessions available as part of the programme include:
For more information about the e-learning, including how to access it, please visit the HEE elfh Home First, Act Now programme page. |
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Humber and North Yorkshire Cancer Champions |
These virtual Cancer Champion training sessions help raise awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer to encourage early detection within local communities. The 90-minute session will be available to anybody from across the Humber and North Yorkshire area, and aims to save lives by promoting healthy lifestyle choices and encouraging early detection of cancer, when treatment could be simpler and more successful. You'll gain the confidence and knowledge to have life-saving conversations about cancer and everyone who completes the course will receive a copy of our virtual handbook, a certificate and a badge to show they have taken part. |
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Palliative Care- Learning Disablities |
The PCPLD aim to raise awareness of the palliative care needs of people with learning disabilities, to share and promote ‘best practice’ and to enhance collaboration between all services providers, carers and people with a learning disability. They provide resources, webinars and training that may be helpful to providers. |
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Personalised Care Institute |
Personalised Care Institute (PCI) which is the NHS-endorsed home of personalised care education. It has a growing number of free eLearning modules, developed and peer-reviewed by national subject leaders and each one takes just 30-60 mins to complete. It sets the standards for third-party courses with its robust quality-assured accreditation programme, signposting clinicians to the very highest quality training. Its partners include NHS England and more than 40 royal colleges and professional health and care associations, and it provides a range of services including consultancy and research. To find out more please follow this link, |
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Syringe Driver Management |
Further information on upcoming training sessions available to nursing staff across the patch to support in using syringe drivers can be found below. |
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Quality Improvement Training |
The Improvement Academy are operated by Bradford Institute for Health Research, and offer a range of training relevant to the care sector. This include bronze and silver awards in quality improvement, which provide are an introduction to a model of improvement and how to use in practice within your sector. Other training modules include achieving behaviour change, understanding data for improvement and human factors training. |
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Verification of Expected Death |
Saint Catherine's Hospice are running sessions throughout 2023 available to nurses within the Scarborough, Ryedale and Whitby locality. For further information please follow this link. Providers across the area who have the Immedicare service are also able to access the service through them. Further information is available through this link. |
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Access New Qualifications Through DN Colleges Group- Open to All Health and Care Staff Across Humber and North Yorkshire |
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB are offering you the opportunity to gain new skills and qualifications through a partnership with DN College, via a bespoke online learning portal. This exciting offer is fully funded and open to all health, care and VCSE staff and volunteers across our system. The qualifications available are at academic levels 1, 2 and 3 and cover a diverse range of subjects relevant to clinical and non-clinical roles. There are also qualifications around quality improvement, leadership, equality and diversity and personal wellbeing. To be eligible to enrol, staff and volunteers must be employed (paid or unpaid) by one of the HNY’s health, social care (including independent sector) or voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. You do not have to be NHS staff to access the training. Please note, there are no restrictions on the number of level 1 or 2 qualifications an individual member of staff or volunteer can complete. Level 3 qualifications are available to those who do not presently hold a level 3 (A-Level or equivalent) qualification. Paper-based course materials and additional learning support is available for some courses. Please request this via the enquiry form here. Click here to find out more about the courses available and how to enrol. |
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Further Training Provision and Opportunities |
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| Skills for Care |
An independent charity working in the social care sector, who provide guidance and courses to help recruit, develop and lead high quality staff. |
| City of York Council |
City of York Council’s Workforce Development Unit offer a large number of training sessions relevant to health and social care staff. Some of this training is available to providers free of charge and others will come with a small cost. To book on to these courses you will need to register for a MyLo account. For any queries please contact: wdu@york.gov.uk |
| The Skills Platform |
The Skills Platform was created in collaboration between Skills for Health and The National Skills Academy, and is an excellent resource for browsing a large number of training and e-learning courses suitable for health and social care staff. |
| Dementia Friends Training | Dementia Friends is a social action group organised by Alzheimer’s Society to raise awareness, and to help those living with dementia. For more information on how to become a Dementia Friend, please follow the opposite link. |
