Training & Development
NACAS IS AN ACCREDITED ORGANISATION
Care working is a highly skilled and technical vocation, and to ensure the sector has skilled, competent and well trained professionals, the ability to access to high quality training and personal development opportunities is a priority and a key feature of NACAS membership.
We are an accredited organisation, registered with the CPD Group, and with the support of our partners, our members have access to over 300 online courses and accredited training. Many are free, others are heavily discounted, and perfectly compliments an employers own staff training.
Digital Learning
NACAS is proud to be partnered with Qintil and our members have access to 38 free Qintil e-learning courses to help keep them stay compliant and to improve their skills and knowledge
Download the Course List Below
NACAS is proud to have teamed up with FuturU to offer our members including our corporate partners access to accredited 100% free digital e-learning courses. With over 110 to choose from there is something for everyone.
An online education and career development hub for healthcare professionals, providing both mandatory and specialist courses to learners for free – plus no-stress admin tools for managers.
Grey Matter Learning are an award winning provider of Social Care e-learning, Skills for Care endorsed Centre of Excellence and offer CPD accreditation on all core and mandatory social care courses, and we are delighted to be partnered with them.
NACAS members will receive a 20% discount on all courses.
In local authority areas where Grey Matter have a partnership agreement, all training will be provided free.
Click here for list of social care courses
e-Learning for Healthcare was formed in April 2007 and are now in the process of delivering or developing more than 400 e-learning programmes in collaboration with organisations including Royal Colleges, Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and NHS Improvement and Public Health England.
NACAS is proud to be able to offer its members access to over 200 free health & social care courses, including a course to support learners currently undertaking the Care Certificate.
Free CPD Accredited Skin Tear Training
Skin tears are extremely common wounds in people over the age of 65. Even though they are common, there is not much information on the prevention, assessment, and management of skin tears. This can lead to skin tears being mismanaged and result in complications such as pain and infection.
At Richardson Healthcare, we want to spread awareness of skin tear management by providing free in-person and online training to all UK healthcare professionals to ensure the best possible patient outcomes.
Key Objectives:
- Enhance knowledge of the different types of skin tears
- Improve the identification of patients at risk of skin tears
- Expert guidance on minimising the risk of skin tears
- Build confidence in dressing and managing skin tears
Key Outcomes:
- Empower care home staff to prevent and treat skin tears effectively
- Achieve an accredited certification on skin tear management
- Receive a ‘Skin Tear Management’ kit
- Access to skin tear educational resources