
Understanding Your Role (Care)
Every health and social care worker plays a crucial role in ensuring the wellbeing, dignity, and safety of individuals receiving care. Understanding your responsibilities, workplace rights, and collaborative working relationships is key to providing high-quality, person-centred care.
This Understanding Your Role online course, aligned with Care Certificate Standard 1, provides essential knowledge about the responsibilities, workplace expectations, and legal duties of care professionals. It equips learners with the necessary skills to work effectively within partnerships, adhere to care standards, and uphold ethical responsibilities in health and social care settings.
£19.80
20
MINUTES
20
QUESTIONS
Unlimited
ATTEMPTS
Instant Digital
CERTIFICATION
What You'll Learn From This Course
Clearly understand your role and responsibilities as a care worker.
Identify workplace rights and responsibilities in the social care sector.
Develop awareness of effective partnership working within the care environment.
Recognise the importance of whistleblowing and reporting errors.
Learn about maintaining clear documentation of reports.

Understanding your role in health and social care is fundamental to delivering high-quality care. This course empowers care professionals with the knowledge, confidence, and skills to uphold best practices, maintain professional standards, and ensure the safety and wellbeing of individuals receiving care.
By clearly defining responsibilities, improving team collaboration, and reinforcing ethical care principles, learners will be well-prepared to navigate the challenges of the care sector while maintaining a compassionate and professional approach.A clear understanding of your role is vital for delivering exceptional care, ensuring compliance with Care Certificate Standard 1, and maintaining a safe, respectful, and effective work environment. By completing this course, care professionals demonstrate their commitment to high-quality, person-centred care.
New health and social care workers looking to complete Care Certificate Standard 1.
Existing care professionals seeking to reinforce their knowledge and compliance.
Employers and managers training staff on their role within a care setting.
Individuals looking to enter the care profession who need foundational training.
Section 1: Skills for Care
This section introduces Skills for Care, an organisation dedicated to improving social care standards. It highlights how best practices and guidelines contribute to delivering high-quality and person-centred care.
Section 2: Main Duties
In this section, learners will explore the core responsibilities of a care worker, including safeguarding, supporting independence, following care plans, and ensuring dignity in care. Understanding what is expected in daily tasks is crucial for maintaining professionalism and accountability.
Section 3: Workplace Rights and Responsibilities
This section covers employment rights and responsibilities, ensuring care workers understand contractual obligations, professional conduct, duty of care, and the importance of maintaining confidentiality.
Section 4: Working in Partnership
Care work is a team effort, and this section highlights the importance of partnership working. Learners will explore collaborating with healthcare professionals, families, social workers, and other support networks to provide holistic and coordinated care.
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