Tips for training and training material

posted on 27 Jan 2012

Many of us now face the prospect of organising the rest of the year. This can include many different areas of the business including finance, staffing, CQC inspections and training. Speaking to someone who specialises in this can help massively as they know all the ins and outs of their chosen field.

There are specific courses that you are expected to have updated every few years and it is important to ensure that these are done effectively. Keep your training material fresh and interactive. This can help keep people interested and mean they are more likely to retain the important information.

Think out of the box. Taking people out of their comfort zone or thinking in a new way can help keep the information relevant or even make people think about it differently.

There are many other courses that fall out of what was termed mandatory that are equally important. These will differ depending on your environment and clients needs. It is important that you and your staff are equipped to deal with a number of different subjects, not only does it help improve the care they give but also with their sense of importance and quality of their working day.

Making sure you know who the audience is. Residential and Domiciliary care do not work in the same way for things such as Administration of Medication. Make yours relevant to those you are training.

Learning is quite tiring so don’t overload people with info. You may find they come away from the course with so much to process that they forget certain things. Make it punchy and informative while keeping it fun.

The purpose of training is to keep everyone up to date with the subject as well as teaching any changes. This helps everyone to improve or keep high standards. Make sure that it covers the expectations from skills for care, these guidelines help focus training.

Use real life examples. This can make people see what relevance this has in their daily routine. Everyone has a story of how it affects them, whether it is funny, sad or something that has been improved upon. Let’s use it.

If you want to ask more about how you can improve or change your training, or even where to start please ask. We have a collective wealth of experience in direct care and training practices, we also keep up to date with governments focus, trends and funding.