TRAINING
At Different Care we pride ourselves on comprehensive training for our team.
All of our staff are put through every level of training to ensure maximum skills and knowledge for every level of the company.
When our staff first start with us they are given their mandatory training which includes:-
- Moving and Handling of People
- Emergency First Aid
- Health & Safety
- Fire Safety
- Safe Administration of Medication
- Infection Control
Then staff are trained in non mandatory training which includes:-
- Continence Care
- Diabetes Awareness
- Stroke Awareness
- Sepsis Awareness
- Pressure Area Management
Different Care Director Samantha Yeadon has her MSc in Dementia Studies from Stirling University. With this qualification and her Personal Performance Coaching qualification she has combined the two to create a Dementia Coaching course, this course trains Different Care staff to not only understand Dementia and how it presents but how to support the person and their loved ones with practical coaching/assistance.
