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The National Certificate Programme

Inspiration, Challenge, Action

Is designed for Managers and Care staff working with people with a dementia who wish to positively focus their work, and face the complex and challenging issues within the field. It is suitable for both care staff and those holding a professionally registered qualification.

A Selection of Workshop Titles

  1. Exploring the journey in your own professional development.
  2. The experiences of people with a dementia.
  3. The real meaning of person centred care for us all.
  4. Appraising your own service's care culture and social psychology.
  5. People's wider experiences of mental health in old age.
  6. How Mental helath needs affect the tasks of daily living.
  7. Feeling based communication skills.
  8. Improving well-being and the importance of occupation.
  9. People with a dementia; behaviours as feelings.
  10. Sexuality, initmacy and relationships.
  11. Later stage dementia care.
  12. Developing a continuous learning work plan.

Price £950 + VAT

Key features of the certificate

  • Certification of 30 level 2 credits towards a diploma.
  • Alzheimer's Society approved trainers.
  • 12 one-day units over 12 months.
  • 3 work assignments.
  • Learning, action and evaluation.
  • Invaluable 600 page participant course manual.

 

 

You will Discover:

  • How to travel the emotional journey of a person with a dementia, understanding the meanings behind their behaviour and experiencing their emotions.
  • How to hear and talk the language of a person with a dementia by developing your feeling based communication skills.
  • How to develop a specialist apporach to meet the unique needs of a person with a dementia.
  • The central importance of the conept of well-being in dementia care.
  • How to examine your care values in order to deliver true person centred care.
  • How to translate your new dementia care awareness into action within your care service therefore making waves in dementia care.
  • How to dramatically enhance your work life by exploring the unique relationships with yourself and working with people with a dementia.

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