Virtual College

  • In today's healthcare landscape, fostering an inclusive environment that respects and upholds the principles of equality, diversity, and human rights is not just a moral imperative but a legal requirement. Aligned with the Core Skills Training Framework, this course has been meticulously designed to equip healthcare professionals with the essential knowledge and skills to navigate the complexities of equality, diversity, and human rights.
  • Fire Safety training is a legal requirement and this course covers the hazards and risks as well as demonstrating the legal responsibilities towards fire prevention in the workplace. Covering hazards and risks, this module will demonstrate the legal responsibilities towards fire prevention in the workplace.
  • In any workplace, there are health and safety hazards that need to be controlled to reduce the risk of accidents and injuries. It’s down to you and your organisation to make this happen. This module outlines common health and safety hazards in the healthcare sector, how to perform a risk assessment and what to do in the event of an incident. It also explores what a ‘culture of health and safety’ means, and what is expected of you and your organisation in order to achieve this.
  • Infection poses a threat to everyone and can lead to severe illnesses, worsening of underlying conditions, or even fatalities. As part of your role, you need to understand the routes by which an infection can get into the body and how poor health or hygiene might pose a risk to yourself and others. This module looks at the importance of preventing and controlling the spread of infection, and best practice in the healthcare setting.
  • Infection Prevention and Control Level 2 builds on your understanding of the key concepts introduced in Level 1. This advanced course delves deeper into your clinical responsibilities as a healthcare professional, and will elevate your understanding of related components, such as risk assessments, hand hygiene, decontamination, waste disposal and PPE. Equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to implement Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICPs) and expand your arsenal to break the chain of infection in healthcare environments. By the end of this course, you'll be empowered to safeguard against infections with confidence and precision.
  • You play a crucial role in preserving information privacy and confidentiality, so we've broken it down in straightforward terms to help you get started. It's time to strengthen your expertise in information security and record management in today's digital landscape. In this module, discover the essentials of safeguarding sensitive information and preserving data privacy. When things go wrong, learn to swiftly identify, and address potential data breaches, reporting incidents promptly to minimise their impact.
  • Millions of workdays are lost globally each year due to preventable lifting injuries. Adopting safe lifting principles for heavy loads is key to improving your protection from injury. In this module, you'll delve into risk factors and responsibilities under national health and safety laws. Explore ergonomic approaches for musculoskeletal health and learn about developing risk assessments and control strategies for various moving and handling activities. This module provides the foundational knowledge and skills to minimise your risk of injury and ensure your safety, both at work and outside of work.
  • In Level 2, you will expand on basic moving and handling principles and delve into the situational factors and best practice procedures that specifically help protect a person's dignity and independence during movement and handling. A compassionate, person-centred approach to risk assessment not only tailors safety measures to individual needs, but also lays the foundation for cultivating a respectful and supportive environment. In this module, you'll discover how prioritising empathy and understanding fosters a culture of care. You will need to complete Moving and Handling Level 1 and Level 2.
  • Expanding on what you learnt in the introduction module, this advanced module offers healthcare professionals an in-depth exploration of radicalisation dynamics and counter-terrorism strategies. Throughout the course, you'll explore the complexities of radicalisation processes and examine preventive measures, including a detailed look at the government's 'Prevent' strategy, as well as interventions such as referrals and the role of Channel. By the end, you'll have gained advanced knowledge and practical skills to effectively reduce the risks of terrorism in your communities.
  • Radicalisation is the process through which a person comes to support extremist ideologies. It can result in a person supporting terrorist violence. Understanding how people are radicalised, and recognising the risk factors and signs of radicalisation, can help you to act appropriately and prevent people from being drawn into terrorism. This module looks at the government’s strategy for preventing terrorism, and what this means for healthcare professionals; how to recognise if an individual may be vulnerable to, or experiencing, radicalisation; and what to do if you have concerns.
  • In a cardiac emergency, every second counts, and knowing how to respond could mean the difference between life and death. This module is designed for non-clinical staff and imparts the essential skills needed to confidently intervene during a cardiac arrest. Throughout this module, you'll uncover the critical signs of cardio respiratory arrest and learn the fundamental steps of early and effective resuscitation. Covering everything from when to call for help to administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and using automated external defibrillators (AEDs), this course will provide you with all the knowledge and skills necessary to act swiftly and decisively in a crisis. Get ready to make a real difference – because being prepared can save lives.
  • In a cardiac emergency, your role as a qualified healthcare professional is pivotal in influencing patient survival. This module equips you with advanced skills for responding effectively during a cardiac arrest in adults, including the use of the NEWS system, recognition of cardiac arrest signs, adult resuscitation techniques, AED utilisation, and addressing choking incidents. Elevate your clinical skills and prepare yourself to make a difference in life-saving scenarios.
  • Every decision you make during a cardiac emergency can determine the fate of a precious life. In this module, you'll acquire essential skills for supporting newborns in line with national guidelines. Delve into key responsibilities, emergency response protocols, and temperature control techniques. Learn to master newborn-specific resuscitation and transition support within these guidelines, preparing you to deliver swift and effective care in critical situations.
  • In a cardiac emergency, your role as a qualified healthcare professional is pivotal in influencing patient survival. This module equips you with advanced skills for responding effectively during a cardiac arrest in adults, including the use of the NEWS system, recognition of cardiac arrest signs, adult resuscitation techniques, AED utilisation, and addressing choking incidents.
  • Abuse can manifest in various forms and have devastating, long-lasting effects on the health and wellbeing of the individual. Begin your journey in safeguarding and protecting adults from abuse with Level 1, where you'll learn to recognise potential indicators of abuse, harm, and neglect. Gain confidence in taking appropriate actions if abuse is suspected whilst understanding the legislative framework supporting safeguarding practices.
  • Our Safeguarding Adults Level 2 course involves enhancing your safeguarding expertise, pushing your skills to the next stage of proficiency. Learn to provide effective advocacy, particularly in complex situations like mental capacity issues. Develop an understanding of your professional responsibilities within multidisciplinary and multi-agency settings and know when and how to refer concerns to social care. Enhance your documentation skills and grasp key statutory and non-statutory guidance to prepare yourself for more complex safeguarding scenarios.
  • Our Safeguarding Adults Level 3 course helps you achieve a deeper level of understanding of safeguarding adults, where you'll refine your ability to identify signs of various forms of abuse and neglect. Enhance your documentation skills and grasp key statutory and non-statutory guidance to prepare yourself for more complex safeguarding scenarios.
  • Child abuse, in its many forms, has a significant impact on a child’s wellbeing and development. This module looks at children’s rights in the context of safeguarding, key legislation, how to recognise the different types of child maltreatment and signs of abuse, and what to do if you need to raise a concern. By the end, you'll feel confident in identifying safeguarding concerns and taking appropriate action to protect children and young people.
  • As a healthcare professional, you have a responsibility to safeguard children.​ Building upon your foundational knowledge, this course will take you deeper into the complexities of safeguarding children within healthcare. You'll explore advanced topics, such as recognising potential signs of abuse, advocating effectively for children, and understanding specific risks like FGM, grooming, and radicalisation. The content aims to advance your skills in making child protection referrals and documenting concerns, including the procedures for sharing information with relevant parties. By the end, you'll be equipped with the expertise to navigate complex child protection scenarios confidently.
  • Tailored for experienced practitioners, our Level 3 Safeguarding Children offers comprehensive training in specialised safeguarding practices. Dive deep into topics such as conducting risk assessments, effective communication with children and young people, and the importance of contributing to serious case reviews. Learn how to refine your ability to identify opportunities for enhancement in safeguarding practices through participation in supervision and audits. Get ready to take your expertise to the next level and make a lasting impact in safeguarding and child protection.
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    Statutory and Mandatory: Non-Clinical Package

    Original price was: £200.00.Current price is: £60.00.
    Staff working in a healthcare environment need to ensure that they undertake statutory training to ensure they are able to do their job safely. This training package is designed to provide effective learning for staff to ensure they understand how to work safely in a healthcare environment. It is ideal as induction training, and can be completed by staff at their convenience as all progress will be saved. There are challenges throughout the course to test your knowledge on what you have learnt so far. Our Statutory and Mandatory: Non-Clinical Training Package gives you a saving of 70% when compared to purchasing the 10 included courses separately.
  • The course begins with a review of stroke related statistics and some important facts about stroke. The course then goes onto describe what happens when a stroke occurs and the three main types in detail. What are the risk factors for stroke, which can be divided into two groups – modifiable and non-modifiable? Learn the acronym FAST for identifying stroke signs and symptoms. Learn what you can do to help whilst waiting for the emergency services. Learn how healthcare professionals should work with individuals who have suffered stroke. This course describes what treatments are recommended for the different types of stroke and more about the effects of stroke on the brain. It also explores rehabilitation and professional support for individuals suffering from stroke.
  • Being able to identify the signs and symptoms of someone suffering from suicidal thoughts is crucial for anyone who works with children, young people or vulnerable adults Lack of mental wellbeing in children, young people and vulnerable adults can lead to suicidal thoughts suicidal ideation. This course goes into the reasons for such thoughts, explains why some people are vulnerable, and gives guidance on how to support people in this situation.
  • The module reviews an individual’s case study, identifying how access to services and facilities has helped him in his daily life and has a positive impact on his well-being. What are these services and facilities and who provides them? Legislation can affect the provision of services and facilities and the module reviews Well-being and the Care Act 2014.
  • Our training covers a wide range of topics to help provide those who work with children or young adults the information they need to help and support young people who are vulnerable to abuse or neglect. This course is designed to give information and guidance to those working with teenagers and young people who may be vulnerable to relationship abuse, substance misuse, and teenage pregnancy. This course uses a multimedia approach to engage the learner including videos and scenarios to allow professionals to develop their knowledge and skills.
  • This course provides information about mental health and well-being for employers and managers. It is aimed at business owners and managers in a variety of settings who want to better understand and support people with mental health problems. This course looks at the six main factors affecting mental health and well-being at work and how you can support your employees through helping to define mental health, look at the symptoms, the impact it can have, legislation surrounding mental health and how to devise an action plan which promotes positive mental well-being in the workplace.
  • Filled with lots of guidance and practical tips, our short course has been designed to help managers support the health and wellbeing of their remote team. The Coronavirus pandemic has seen a massive change in working, with businesses across the world having to quickly adapt to remote working, so now more than ever we must look after our employee’s health and wellbeing. Remote working presents some challenges to people’s health and wellbeing and managers can feel uncertain of the best ways of supporting and helping.
  • This tenancy training course looks to educate first time tenants by exploring need to know topics such as how to find accommodation, managing finances, debt and budgeting, tenancy agreements and setting up basic utilities. Learners will be provided with the information they need to avoid anti-social behaviour and how to be a good neighbour. Additional information within the course include the basics of finding and viewing a property and the practicalities of running a new home - including paying rent, opening a bank account and getting advice on the services and support available.
  • Providing a professional tenancy management service is an essential requirement for all Registered Providers of social housing. To manage social housing tenancies effectively, you are required to have a basic knowledge of the law and regulations. Registered Social Housing Providers will develop policies and procedures to ensure they achieve the aims of the regulatory standards and comply with the legislation surrounding social housing tenancies at all times. When you have completed this online course, you will have an understanding of the following topics in the context of basic tenancy management for a Registered Social Housing Provider.
  • The Bribery Act 2010 course has been developed from the ground up with experts to help you understand the corporate offence of failing to prevent bribery. It has been designed to create awareness of how to recognise a bribe, what should be done in the event of bribery being discovered, and how to put procedures in place that show your company has taken adequate measure to prevent bribery in the workplace. It also addresses the complicated high risk area of corporate hospitality.
  • The Consumer Rights Act 2015 is a key piece of legislation within the retail industry and is something that all vendors need to have an awareness off. This course provides traders with jargon-free, step by step guidance to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 which outlines a single set of rights for consumers when they buy goods, digital content or services and clarifies the current legal framework. The course looks at the law and how it affected contracts that were entered into from 1st October 2015 to identify where the changes occurred and how they shaped the current retail market.
  • This course is aimed at those involved in the handling of people’s information as part of their day to day role. This Course will provide a Data Protection (GDPR) overview for those looking to gain more information on how to uphold the 6 principles. With this course learners will understand the key principles and process under the regulation and what their roles and responsibilities include. In its early days, data protection compliance quickly became a key priority for businesses, as the risk of large financial penalties for failing to introduce a culture of greater data transparency were introduced.
  • The Principles of Effective Income Management course will look at rent arrears and the importance of prevention and control. It also addresses the challenges facing social housing providers in ensuring that rent can be paid and tenancies sustained. On completion of this course you will have knowledge of the subjects outlined in the lesson plan below, in relation to income management for a social housing provider. Because the e-learning course is hosted on our platform you can re-visit the training at any point, even after it has been completed.
  • Managers play an important role in businesses, yet the role itself can be daunting. But one of the steps to overcome this feeling and become an effective manager is to truly understand the role of the manager. Did you know that managers account for at least 70% of the variance in team engagement and heavily influence employee wellbeing? The role of the manager is perhaps one of the most significant in the workplace.
  • This e-learning course has been designed to help learners improve their time management skills. In your day, do you find you are not as organised as you might like? Do you often feel under pressure and find you do not achieve everything you wanted to do? If so, you are not alone, the pace of day-to-day life has dramatically increased, and many people feel that there are simply not enough hours in the day. As a result, this time management training course has been designed to help learners improve their time management skills.
  • This Trading Fairly course has been created with the trade industry in mind and will provide the relevant information to ensure a fair trade. By completing this course you will be meeting your legal obligation of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, and minimising the risk of bad publicity or lawsuits.
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