5 Day Care Certificate, Basic Life Support & Patient Manual Handling
Our 5-Day course combines the Care Certificate with Basic Life Support and Patient Manual Handling, providing a strong foundation for those new to the care sector. The Care Certificate covers 16 standards required for care roles, while the practical elements ensure learners can respond to emergencies and move individuals safely. Both practical courses include theory and hands-on assessment by the tutor to ensure competence, confidence, and compliance with current best practice.
Description
This course has been updated to reflect the changes made to the Care Certificate standards in March 2025.
Our 5-Day course combines the Care Certificate with essential practical training in Basic Life Support and Patient Manual Handling, providing a comprehensive foundation for those who are new to working in the health and social care sector.
The Care Certificate is an agreed set of standards that define the knowledge, skills and behaviours expected of specific job roles in health and social care. It is made up of 16 standards that should be covered as part of a robust induction programme for those new to care. The Care Certificate was developed jointly by Skills for Care, Health Education England and Skills for Health.
Basic Life Support (BLS) training equips learners with the vital skills required to respond effectively in emergency situations. This includes how to assess an unresponsive person, perform CPR, and use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). The course includes both theory and practical elements and is assessed by the tutor to ensure learners are confident and competent to respond in line with current UK resuscitation guidelines.
Patient Manual Handling training provides learners with the knowledge and practical skills to move and handle individuals safely, reducing the risk of injury to both staff and those in their care. The course includes both theory and practical elements and is assessed by the tutor. It covers key principles of safe handling, risk assessment, correct use of equipment, and practical techniques to ensure safety, dignity, and compliance with current legislation and best practice.
We are proud to be one of the few training providers offering this programme through face-to-face, classroom-based delivery. This approach allows learners to benefit from direct support from an experienced tutor, interactive group learning, and immediate feedback. Unlike eLearning-only courses, classroom training provides hands-on practical experience, particularly for Basic Life Support and Patient Manual Handling, ensuring learners can demonstrate competence in real-life scenarios. It also encourages engagement, builds confidence, and allows learners to ask questions and fully understand the subject matter, supporting safer and more effective practice in the workplace.
Key positive points:
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Immediate tutor support and feedback
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Hands-on practical experience
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Better engagement and understanding
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Opportunity to ask questions in real time
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Builds confidence in real-life situations
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More robust evidence for competency (useful for CQC)
PLUS you will receive a FREE Care Certificate Observation, Practice and Sign-Off Document
As part of our 5-Day Care Certificate, Basic Life Support and People Moving & Handling course, learners will also receive a Care Certificate Observation, Practice and Sign-Off Document for each of the 16 standards.
This document is designed to support employers in completing the workplace-based assessment and sign-off required for the Care Certificate. Mitera Training will have already delivered and completed the theoretical elements of each standard, with relevant criteria clearly identified within the document.
This allows employers to focus on observing and evidencing competence in practice within the work setting, ensuring a smooth, compliant, and efficient sign-off process for their staff.
What is covered
Course Programme Overview (5 Days)
Day 1
Session 1
09:30–09:45 – Registration and Housekeeping
09:45–11:00 – Your Role and Duty of Care
11:00–11:15 – Break
11:15–12:30 – Record Keeping & Data Protection
12:30–13:00 – Lunch
Session 2
13:00–14:15 – Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
14:15–14:30 – Break
14:30–16:00 – Infection Prevention & Control (including Handwashing and PPE)
Day 2
Session 3
09:30–11:00 – Supporting Fluids & Nutrition
11:00–11:15 – Break
11:15–12:00 – Stress and Wellbeing at Work
12:00–12:30 – Safeguarding Children
12:30–13:00 – Lunch
Session 4
13:00–14:30 – Safeguarding Adults
14:30–14:45 – Break
14:45–16:00 – Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
Day 3
Session 5
09:30–11:00 – Health & Safety and Fire Safety
11:00–11:15 – Break
11:15–12:30 – Medication Awareness
12:30–13:00 – Lunch
Session 6
13:00–14:00 – Food Safety
14:00–14:15 – Break
14:15–16:00 – Person-Centred Communication and Support
Day 4
Session 7
09:30–10:30 – Basic Life Support (Theory)
10:30–10:45 – Break
10:45–11:15 – Basic Life Support Practical and Assessment
11:15–12:30 – Responding to Sudden Illness – Recognition and Actions
12:30–13:00 – Lunch
Session 8
13:00–14:00 – People Moving and Handling (Theory)
14:00–14:15 – Break
14:15–14:45 – Moving and Handling Knowledge Check
14:45–16:30 – Moving and Handling Practical and Assessment
Day 5
Session 9
09:30–10:30 – Privacy, Dignity and Empathy
10:30–10:45 – Break
10:45–12:30 – Personal Care & Continence Support
12:30–13:00 – Lunch
Session 10
13:00–14:00 – Learning Disabilities & Autism Awareness
14:00–14:15 – Break
14:15–16:00 – Mental Health & Dementia Awareness
16:00–16:30 – Personal Development and Feedback Session
Who will Benefit?
This combined course brings together the Care Certificate, Basic Life Support, and Patient Manual Handling, and is designed to meet the needs of those who are new to working in the health and social care sector. It forms an essential part of induction, providing the fundamental knowledge and practical skills required to work safely, effectively, and competently.
Learners who are new to care, employed as adult social care workers, or providing direct care in settings such as residential or nursing homes, hospices, or within domiciliary care, are expected to complete the Care Certificate as part of maintaining safe and compliant practice.
The inclusion of Basic Life Support and Patient Manual Handling ensures learners are equipped to respond to emergencies and support individuals safely, promoting compliance with current legislation and best practice.
Completion of this course supports ongoing professional development and may contribute towards further qualifications or apprenticeships. To evidence competency and maintain compliance, it is important that all certificates and related documentation are retained safely, as they may be required for inspection, audit, or employment purposes.
Prerequisites
This course is designed for individuals who are new to working in the health and social care sector and forms part of a robust induction programme. No prior experience is required.
Those responsible for signing off the Care Certificate must be satisfied that the learner is competent within their job role following completion of the programme.
The Care Certificate is endorsed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and provides a foundation for a career in health and adult social care. While it is not a mandatory qualification, the CQC expects that staff new to regulated services achieve the required competencies as part of their induction.
Learning and Assessment
This course is delivered through a combination of face-to-face classroom-based learning, group discussion, and practical demonstration to support a range of learning styles. Learners benefit from direct support from an experienced tutor, with opportunities to ask questions, share experiences, and apply knowledge throughout the programme.
Assessment is carried out through a combination of knowledge checks, observation, and practical assessment. Learners are required to demonstrate their understanding and competency in both Basic Life Support and Patient Manual Handling through tutor-led practical assessments. Ongoing feedback is provided to support development and ensure learners are confident, competent, and able to work safely in line with current legislation and best practice.
What will I Learn?
By the end of this course, learners will:
Care Certificate:
- Know what the Care Certificate is and how it is assessed.
- Understand their role in their health or social care setting, how to work with others and how to work in ways agreed with their employer.
- Know how to create and agree on a personal development plan (PDP), and the benefits of doing so.
- Understand their duty of care and duty of candour, and how to respond to dilemmas, complaints, incidents, errors, near misses, confrontations and difficult situations that arise.
- Know what is meant by diversity, equality, inclusion and human rights, and how to ensure they are working in an inclusive way for everyone.
- Understand the person-centred values and how to work in a person-centred way to support every service user.
- Understand what is meant by mental capacity and how it must be taken into account when supporting service users.
- Understand the importance of effective communication and how to meet the specific language and communication needs, wishes and preferences of every service user.
- Be able to explain the principles of privacy and dignity in care, including how to maintain a service user’s dignity and encourage active participation in their care.
- Be aware of the principles of hydration, nutrition and food safety, and ensure that service users have access to food and fluids in accordance with their care plan.
- Have an awareness of mental health and dementia, and how to make adjustments for service users with these conditions.
- Know what constitutes abuse and how to safeguard adults, including how to reduce the likelihood of abuse and respond to any concerns or disclosures.
- Know how to safeguard children and how this responsibility relates to health and social care.
- Understand how basic life support is carried out, and how it differs for adults, children and infants.
- Understand responsibilities for health and safety in their workplace, including for moving and assisting service users, medication and healthcare, hazardous substances, fire safety, working securely, managing stress, risk assessments and how to respond to accidents and ill health.
- Know their responsibilities for recording, storing and sharing information, how to keep records up to date and accurate, and the requirement for secure handling of information and reporting poor practice.
- Understand their responsibilities for infection prevention and control, including the importance of personal protective equipment (PPE) and how and when to use it.
- Have an awareness of learning disability and autism, and how their care and support should be adapted when supporting service users with these needs.
Basic Life Support:
- Understand the safe steps to take for responding to a medical emergency and the importance of a primary and secondary survey.
- Be able to recognise and respond to choking and severe breathing difficulties, including anaphylaxis or cardiac arrest.
- Know how cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is performed.
- Understand how to place someone in the recovery position.
- Understand the role of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) as well as how to locate and use one.
- Know the adaptations required for paediatric and infant basic life support.
Patient Manual Handling:
- Understand safe approaches for moving and positioning individuals that promote their independence, dignity and functional mobility.
- Be aware of the normal movement patterns of people and the role of anatomy and physiology when moving and handling.
- Understand how to use person-centred risk assessments to determine safer patient handling techniques that minimise risk, using the multidisciplinary team where appropriate.
- Be aware of the potential risks associated with poor practice, including injury to the patient or carer.
- Know about the different types of moving equipment which may be required and how to use them safely.
- Understand your role and the role of others, as well as when to seek advice or assistance when moving or positioning individuals.
- Be aware of relevant legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures relating to assisting and moving.