Full List of Courses

Taylors Academy have a extensive range of scheduled programmes and elearning courses to suit your organisations requirements. Click any of the category buttons below to help find the right course for you.
Empathic training delivered at Taylors Academy's simulated training centre, ideally located in the Centre of Cornwall

Manual Handling

Inexperienced - Manual & Patient Handling

Inexperienced - Manual & Patient Handling

3 hours

£40.00

To provide course members with sufficient knowledge and practical skills to enable them to undertake handling tasks in a safe manner without causing harm to the service user.

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Train the Trainer Manual and Patient Handling

Train the Trainer Manual and Patient Handling

4 days

£427.00

Legislation | Risk Assessment | Practical on a wide Range of Equipment | Theory Assessment | Practical Demonstration and presentation

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Medication

 Medication Awareness (Practical)

Medication Awareness (Practical)

£40.00

To enable the course member to have a good understanding of medication, the safe administration of medication and record keeping.

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First Aid

Emergency First Aid at Work

Emergency First Aid at Work

1 day

£80.00

The QA Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work (RQF) qualification is designed for individuals who wish to act as an emergency first aider in their workplace. Upon successful completion of this qualification, candidates will be equipped with the essential skills needed to give safe, prompt and effective first aid in emergency situations.

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Paediatric First Aid

Paediatric First Aid

2 days

£89.00

Would you know what to do if a child in your care needed first aid? Having the correct paediatric first aid provision is not only a statutory requirement for the majority of childcare providers, it is extremely important for the safety of children.

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Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health First Aid

1 day

£59.00

This course is suitable for everyone but has been designed to help employers to provide a positive mental health culture within the workplace and to provide learners with comprehensive knowledge on a range of the most common mental health conditions and the skills to be able to act should a condition be suspected.

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Basic Life Support

0.5 day

From £40.00

Anaphylaxis is a severe and life-threatening allergic reaction, which requires immediate medical attention. With the number of sufferers increasing each year, it is extremely important to know what to do when faced with this acute emergency condition

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Health and Social Care

Care Certificate 3-day course

Three days to complete

£150.00

The programme has been developed for newly recruited staff and workers returning to the sector.

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Fluids, Nutrition & Swallowing

1/2 Day course

£35.00

Supporting people to have a well-balanced diet. Also, the safe practices when supporting someone with swallowing problems.

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Care Certificate 5 x half day (Classroom external location)

Care Certificate 5 x half day (Classroom external location)

5 x scheduled half-days

£155.00

The Care Certificate is an agreed set of standards that define the knowledge, skills and behaviours expected of specific job roles in the health and social care sectors. The Care Certificate is made up of the 15 minimum standards that should be covered if you are 'new to care' and should form part of a robust induction programme. It was developed jointly by Skills for Care, Health Education England and Skills for Health.

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Care Certificate Course for Corserv Online

3 days online

£1,240.00

The Care Certificate is an agreed set of standards that define the knowledge, skills and behaviours expected of specific job roles in the health and social care sectors.

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Annual Mandatory Refresher 2-day Course (Mitera)

Annual Mandatory Refresher 2-day Course (Mitera)

2 days

£120.00

As part of the CQC requirements, Health and Social Care personnel are required to undertake Mandatory and Statutory Training. The CQC regulations are not clear as to what Mandatory refresher training is required. This is why Mitera Training Academy have aligned their All in 2 Day Refresher to the prescribed Skills for Care Essential Training programme.

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Well-led (Skills for Care Endorsed - WDF Funded)

Well-led (Skills for Care Endorsed - WDF Funded)

4 Days

Fully Funded

Well-led is a national leadership development programme for managers of adult social care services working in the private, public or third sectors. The programme is grounded in the reality of social care delivery and has been developed in partnership with registered managers familiar with the day-to-day challenges of leading a care team.

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Lead to succeed (Skills for Care Endorsed - WDF Funded)

Lead to succeed (Skills for Care Endorsed - WDF Funded)

5 days

Fully Funded

This programme is designed to help aspiring leaders and managers to develop their leadership and management potential. The programme will teach how successful behaviours and practical strategies can support leaders in their day to day work, as well as considering how they could implement these behaviours and strategies, now and in the future.

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Catheter Care

Catheter Care

1/2 day

£40.00

With the catheter care training course the aims are to familiarise learners with the methods and reason of catheterisation, covering both male and female anatomy.

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 Medication Awareness (Practical)

Medication Awareness (Practical)

£40.00

To enable the course member to have a good understanding of medication, the safe administration of medication and record keeping.

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Basic Observations and Vital Signs Monitoring

Basic Observations and Vital Signs Monitoring

1/2 day

£40.00

Our basic observation training course is aimed at carers who want to improve their understanding in healthcare by learning how to document and report their observations.

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Mental Capacity and DoLS - A Managers Perspective

Mental Capacity and DoLS - A Managers Perspective

1 day

£59.00

The Liberty Protection Safeguards have now been agreed by both the House's of Parliament and the House of Lords, and whilst it is anticipated they will become law next year, the responsibilities that will be placed upon Registered Managers are significant. Whilst the Code of Practice around LPS is still to be written, what is clear is that Registered Managers are going to need to have a sound understanding of the Mental Capacity Act.

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Managers Training

Mental Capacity and DoLS - A Managers Perspective

Mental Capacity and DoLS - A Managers Perspective

1 day

£59.00

The Liberty Protection Safeguards have now been agreed by both the House's of Parliament and the House of Lords, and whilst it is anticipated they will become law next year, the responsibilities that will be placed upon Registered Managers are significant. Whilst the Code of Practice around LPS is still to be written, what is clear is that Registered Managers are going to need to have a sound understanding of the Mental Capacity Act.

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Safeguarding Adults for Leaders and Managers (Level 3) rescheduled PM session

Safeguarding Adults for Leaders and Managers (Level 3) rescheduled PM session

1 day

£80.00

We offer a specialist training course designed for senior managers and newly appointed safeguarding leads with designated responsibility for safeguarding adults within their organisations.

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Lead to succeed (Skills for Care Endorsed - WDF Funded)

Lead to succeed (Skills for Care Endorsed - WDF Funded)

5 days

Fully Funded

This programme is designed to help aspiring leaders and managers to develop their leadership and management potential. The programme will teach how successful behaviours and practical strategies can support leaders in their day to day work, as well as considering how they could implement these behaviours and strategies, now and in the future.

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Well-led (Skills for Care Endorsed - WDF Funded)

Well-led (Skills for Care Endorsed - WDF Funded)

4 Days

Fully Funded

Well-led is a national leadership development programme for managers of adult social care services working in the private, public or third sectors. The programme is grounded in the reality of social care delivery and has been developed in partnership with registered managers familiar with the day-to-day challenges of leading a care team.

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Safeguarding Adults for Leaders and Managers Level 3 (online)

1 day

£80.00

We offer a specialist training course designed for senior managers and newly appointed safeguarding leads with designated responsibility for safeguarding adults within their organisations.

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Train the Trainer Manual and Patient Handling

Train the Trainer Manual and Patient Handling

4 days

£427.00

Legislation | Risk Assessment | Practical on a wide Range of Equipment | Theory Assessment | Practical Demonstration and presentation

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Train the Trainer Moving and Handling of People Annual Refresher

1 day

£105.00

This is a refresher programme for individual who are Manual Handling Trainers and need to update their skills in the safe moving and handling of people within a care environment.

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Mental Health

Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health First Aid

1 day

£59.00

This course is suitable for everyone but has been designed to help employers to provide a positive mental health culture within the workplace and to provide learners with comprehensive knowledge on a range of the most common mental health conditions and the skills to be able to act should a condition be suspected.

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Positive Behaviour Management

Positive Behaviour Management & Physical Breakaway Techniques

Positive Behaviour Management & Physical Breakaway Techniques

1 day

£150.00

This course is designed to look at presenting behaviours, understanding in which context these are occurring and the need behind them (Behaviour as a form of Communication). The training will centre on equipping staff with skills and confidence to proactively manage negative behaviours, by having a consistent approach to implementing techniques learnt. PBM training is recommended to be refreshed or renewed periodically to maintain skills and stay up to date with evolving best practices.

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Safeguarding

Safeguarding Adults for Leaders and Managers Level 3 (online)

1 day

£80.00

We offer a specialist training course designed for senior managers and newly appointed safeguarding leads with designated responsibility for safeguarding adults within their organisations.

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Safeguarding Adults for Leaders and Managers (Level 3) rescheduled PM session

Safeguarding Adults for Leaders and Managers (Level 3) rescheduled PM session

1 day

£80.00

We offer a specialist training course designed for senior managers and newly appointed safeguarding leads with designated responsibility for safeguarding adults within their organisations.

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WDF Funded Courses

Well-led (Skills for Care Endorsed - WDF Funded)

Well-led (Skills for Care Endorsed - WDF Funded)

4 Days

Fully Funded

Well-led is a national leadership development programme for managers of adult social care services working in the private, public or third sectors. The programme is grounded in the reality of social care delivery and has been developed in partnership with registered managers familiar with the day-to-day challenges of leading a care team.

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Lead to succeed (Skills for Care Endorsed - WDF Funded)

Lead to succeed (Skills for Care Endorsed - WDF Funded)

5 days

Fully Funded

This programme is designed to help aspiring leaders and managers to develop their leadership and management potential. The programme will teach how successful behaviours and practical strategies can support leaders in their day to day work, as well as considering how they could implement these behaviours and strategies, now and in the future.

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Essential Training - Fully Funded

Rapid Induction Programme - (Fully Funded)

Rapid Induction Programme - (Fully Funded)

3 days to complete

Fully Funded

Fully Funded by Skills for Care, the Rapid Induction Programme is delivered virtually or via elearning. The programme has been developed for newly recruited staff and workers returning to the sector.

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Safe Handling of Medication (Fully Funded Refresher - Virtual)

2 hours

Fully Funded

Fully funded by Skills for Care through the Essential Training Funding. Staff, care workers and senior care workers in health and social care sector.

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Food Safety (Fully Funded Refresher - Virtual)

1.5 hours

Fully Funded

(Fully Funded Refresher - Virtual) Our Food Hygiene Certificate Level 1 course is suitable for anyone who is a beginner in a food handling environment and needs to understand the basic principles of food safety and hygiene. This online course covers food safety terms, consequences of poor food safety and hygiene, and practical activities to prevent and control hazards.

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Safeguarding (Fully Funded Refresher - Virtual)

2 hours

Fully Funded

This online Safeguarding training course is designed to be taken by anybody who works with adults at risk. The course covers the different signs of abuse and what to do if you think a vulnerable adult has fallen victim to abuse.

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