According to the survey only 23% of the respondents believe that Social Workers have a proper understanding of autism and 46% of authorities still do not have a system in place to embed an understanding of autism across Health and Social Care.

Why not let Kwango help you with our high quality, National Skills Academy rated Understanding Autism E-Learning course?

Our Understanding Autism E-learning course is designed for anyone whose job may bring them into day to day contact with people with Autism. The course aims to help in a number of ways. These include providing a ‘basic awareness’ level of skills and knowledge as described in the Autism Skills and Knowledge list produced by Skills for Health, Skills for Care and the National Autistic Society. It offers an introduction to policy and good practice in supporting people with Autistic Spectrum Conditions and also provides practical approaches, tools and technologies that promote a person centred approach to meeting needs.

Our high quality course contains interviews with people with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder and a range of quizzes to further engage learners. As with all our courses, it can be customised for each individual organisation and allows electronic tracking of user and usage. It can also be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week which gives learners both the advantage and flexibility of completing the course at their own pace and to suit their work schedule.

Our Meeting the CQC’s Essential Standards in Primary Dental Care E-Learning course is designed to give Dental Care providers an overview of what the Essential Standards are and how best to ensure that they are compliant with them.

The course gives providers clear guidance about what they should know; how to find this information; what further support is needed and who should be doing what in relation to providing the evidence needed by CQC inspectors. In order to help them meet the CQC outcomes, there is also additional learning on Equality and Diversity; Data Protection and Confidentiality; Mental Capacity and Safeguarding.

It is suitable for new staff and for staff seeking to refresh their knowledge and skills and includes quizzes to further engage learners.

As with all our courses, we only charge a ‘one-off’ fee for an indefinite unlimited licence.

It can also be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week which gives learners both the advantage and flexibility of completing the course at their own pace and to suit their work schedule.

Our Working with Children with Disabilities E-Learning course is designed to promote the social, health and educational well being of children and young people with disabilities and to make sure that children with disabilities and their families have the same opportunities to live ordinary lives as everyone else.

It aims to give everyone an awareness of how better to support the needs of children and young people with disabilities. This includes providing a basic understanding of what a disability is; disability and the Law; causes of disabilities and range of needs; common challenges; safeguarding; communication and education; early support, transition and the future.

It is suitable for new staff and for staff seeking to refresh their knowledge and skills.

Our high quality course contains stories and quizzes to further engage learners. As with all our courses, it can be customised for each individual organisation and allows electronic tracking of user and usage. It can also be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week which gives learners both the advantage and flexibility of completing the course at their own pace and to suit their work schedule.

Research shows that a positive parenting style has a strong positive impact on children. As stated in the ‘Every Child Matters’ strategy:

‘Parents and the home environment they create are the single most important factor in shaping children’s well-being, achievements and prospects’

Our Working with Parents E-Learning course is designed to help practitioners working with Parents in a number of ways. These include understanding the importance of creating good working relationships with Parents; developing knowledge of positive parenting and parenting skills; relating to Parents and establishing good working relationships with them; planning their work; reflecting on how to prevent and manage barriers to good working relationships with Parents and ensuring that they look after themselves and seek good support.

It is suitable for new staff and for staff seeking to refresh their knowledge and skills.

Our high quality course contains interviews and quizzes to further engage learners. As with all our courses, it can be customised for each individual organisation and allows electronic tracking of user and usage. It can also be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week which gives learners both the advantage and flexibility of completing the course at their own pace and to suit their work schedule.

Many people in need of services at home are supported by family, friends, Domiciliary Care Workers, Personal Assistants, Health Care Assistants or Nursing Auxiliaries.

Our Food Safety, Infection Control, Nutrition and Hydration E-Learning Course is designed to help these Carers deliver high quality care to maintain the health, safety and wellbeing of those they support in their own home or other care setting.

Good food safety, infection prevention and control must be part of everyday practice to ensure that the people being supported receive safe and effective care. Carers also need to be aware of ways to promote adequate nutrition and hydration to maintain the wellbeing of those being supported.

Food Safety, Infection Control, Nutrition and Hydration e-learning is designed to help in a number of ways. These include providing Carers with an understanding of the key elements of health and hygiene in the provision of personalised care; encouraging a balance between an individual’s right to choose and the application of best practice; helping them to understand their responsibilities and boundaries and promoting health, safety and wellbeing through a Person Centred Approach.

Our high quality course contains interviews and quizzes to further engage learners. As with all our courses, it can be customised for each individual organisation and allows electronic tracking of user and usage. It can also be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week which gives learners both the advantage and flexibility of completing the course at their own pace and to suit their work schedule.

To meet CQC standards, our Consent to Treatment in Mental Health Law E-Learning Course provides an effective way of ensuring that large numbers of learners have a clear awareness of Consent both in hospitals and in the community.

Our course is designed to help practitioners in Health, Social Care and other Statutory Agencies and the Private, Voluntary and Independent Sectors in a number of ways. These include understanding the background to Consent to Treatment; the principles underpinning Consent to Treatment in Mental Health Law; legislation impacting on Consent to Treatment in Mental Health Law and examples of good and bad practice in relation to Consent to Treatment.

Guy Davis, Strategic Lead on Mental Health Law, East London NHS Trust; Chair of the former Institute of Mental Health Practitioners and Chair of the an on-line Mental Health Law Discussion Group comments:
‘East London NHS Trust commissioned Consent to Treatment E-Learning from Kwango. My colleague, Jo Turner and I helped with developing the content plus featured in photo-animated interviews with former patients and ourselves. The programme is very interactive and we are happy to recommend it as a pre-learner ahead of training, a refresher following training or as awareness raising for staff unable to attend training’.

Our high quality course contains case studies and quizzes to further engage learners. As with all our courses, it can be customised for each individual organisation and allows electronic tracking of user and usage. It can also be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week which gives learners both the advantage and flexibility of completing the course at their own pace and to suit their work schedule.

In line with the Government’s commitment to improving carers’ experience of services and the Skills for Care Common Core Principles for Working with Carers, our course provides knowledge, skills and strategies for carers, people who receive care and professional workers.

It aims to increase understanding of each person’s perspective, rights and responsibilities.  This will promote genuine partnership working and the best outcomes for some of society’s most vulnerable people.

Carers Awareness e-learning is designed to help practitioners in Health, Social Care and other Statutory Agencies and the Private, Voluntary and Independent Sectors in a number of ways.  These include understanding who a carer is,  the position of carers in law and their rights; the importance of the ‘Support Triangle’; ‘Common Core Principles’ for working with carers, including young carers; key messages from carers, research and carers’ organisations; the diversity of carers and their needs and support networks at local and national level.

Our high quality course contains interviews and quizzes to further engage learners.  As with all our courses, it can be customised for each individual organisation and allows electronic tracking of user and usage.  It can also be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week which gives learners both the advantage and flexibility of completing the course at their own pace and to suit their work schedule.

Support Brokerage is now seen as a crucial component to the transformation of Social Care under the Government’s Personalisation Agenda and our Support Brokerage e-learning course is designed to help train the large and varied cross section of people involved in it.

Our course aims to promote an understanding of the role of a Support Broker among service users, their families, carers, staff and managers in statutory and voluntary organisations within the Health, Social and Community Sectors; offer an introduction to good policy and practice in the areas of Personalisation and Self-Directed Care and promote the development of support that is truly user-led.

Our high quality course contains interviews with Support Brokers, case studies and quizzes to further engage learners. As with all our courses, it can be customised for each individual organisation and allows electronic tracking of user and usage. It can also be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week which gives learners both the advantage and flexibility of completing the course at their own pace and to suit their work schedule.

Autism is a lifelong development disability affecting how an individual communicates and relates to the world around them.

Everyone with an Autistic Spectrum Condition is unique. As highlighted in the ‘Getting it Right for People with Autism’ 2011 report, it is essential that Care and Support Services work together to give careful consideration to each person’s particular needs, strengths, talents and wishes. Support should be person centred and timely.
Working this way will make a positive difference to people’s lives and will help us to value the things they bring to ours.

Our Understanding Autism E-learning course is designed for anyone whose job may bring them into day to day contact with people with Autism. The course aims to help in a number of ways. These include providing a ‘basic awareness’ level of skills and knowledge as described in the Autism Skills and Knowledge list produced by Skills for Health, Skills for Care and the National Autistic Society. It offers an introduction to policy and good practice in supporting people with Autistic Spectrum Conditions and also provides practical approaches, tools and technologies that promote a person centred approach to meeting needs.

Our high quality course contains case studies and quizzes to further engage learners. As with all our courses, it can be customised for each individual organisation and allows electronic tracking of user and usage. It can also be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week which gives learners both the advantage and flexibility of completing the course at their own pace and to suit their work schedule.

Current national policies around Personalisation require employers to provide more flexible and individualised care and support to give people maximum control and choice.

This develops an organisational culture which values and empowers people, respecting them as individuals and promoting their rights, dignity, choice, aspirations, independence and overall wellbeing.

Person Centred Thinking e-learning is an awareness level programme designed to help Health, Social Care, PVI staff, together with the people they support and their carers, in a number of ways. These include providing an awareness of what Person Centred Thinking means; the Background to Person Centred Thinking in Social and Healthcare; what Person Centred Practice is; Person Centred Thinking tools and how to use them; Person Centred approaches in assessment and planning and Person Centred Support and Care.

Our high quality course contains photo-animated interviews with those using a Person Centred approach, case studies and quizzes to further engage learners. As with all our courses, it can be customised for each individual organisation and allows electronic tracking of user and usage. It can also be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week which gives learners both the advantage and flexibility of completing the course at their own pace and to suit their work schedule.