Training Courses
West Midlands Care Association can cover your training needs
WMCA can now offer our members a range of regular training courses - centred around the care certificate - to ensure both your new and existing members of staff are well equiped to carry out their roles. These courses are delivered by our staff on a regular basis and details of these courses are outlined below. Members benefit from reduced rates
For ongoing development we have partnered with Realise Training and the Institute of Health and Social Care Manangment (IHSCM), both of whose offers are outlined below
There is still funding available through Government to cover certain elements of training costs. Details of the Learning Development Support Service (LDSS) are below
As well as the workshops highlighted on this page, we are always open to suggestions from our members and if there is sufficient demand, we will organise workshops for you
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WMCA delivered training
WMCA can now offer a range of courses delivered by our staff to your staff.
Most are delivered online but subject to numbers we can deliver on your premises
Available Courses
Care Certificate:
The modules below are mapped to the Skills for Care ‘Care Certificate’.
They can be used as part of an induction, refresher or as the theoretical component of the Care Certificate. The courses are interactive, engaging and discussion driven with questioning throughout to ensure learning is achieved. At the end of each session an interactive assessment is conducted to solidify the learning experience, ensuring professionals are well-equipped to deliver high-quality care
Other Courses:
Click the button below to see our full training calendar
If you don't see what you are looking for above, contact us, we may be able to signpost you to an alternative training provider
IHSCM/WMCA Members offer
The Association has signed up to be a registered 'Care Hub' for our members to be part of the IHSCM. This FREE membership supports managers by helping them to meet these challenges and understand, develop, share and celebrate good practice.
The IHSCM is a place for social care and health managers/staff/students to learn, share, and create. It's a supportive environment that aims to provide you with the resources you
need whilst also empowering you to share your knowledge with other members.
Your IHSCM membership offers you a wealth of benefits:
- CPD accredited courses
- Social care resources - Support Guides and more
- Free access to events - Including all Health and Social Care Chats
- Networking opportunities - With our partners and industry leaders
- Exclusive content created with our partners and members
- Innovation groups - becoming the solution.
The IHSCM is your place to be the voice of, and for, health and social care.
WMCA Members can join and access the IHSCM for FREE. More details here (requires members password)
Upcoming IHSCM Events
Flourish Learning
West Midlands Care Association have agreed to partner with Flourish to offer our members discounted prices on their e-learning packages.
Flourish are an award-winning eLearning provider in the social care sector. Since 2006, it has been our mission to ‘improve lives through learning’. We are a recognised Skills for Care ‘Centre of Excellence’, helping thousands of social care services and local authorities to reduce staff turnover and improve CQC ratings. Our eLearning platform, Click, features over 130 online health and social care courses, and seamlessly links assessment, learning, and evidence.
To get discounted membership rates on e-learning packages, please visit the Flourish WMCA portal
Realise Training
Realise Training is a longstanding training provider in the UK, specializing in work-based learning, particularly apprenticeships and adult education. They have a large network of trainers and deliver a wide range of training programs across various sectors, including early years, business, and health & social care.
They offer adult education programs, including health and social care, in various locations across the West Midlands.
Click the button to find out more about their fully funded level 3 training programs
Learning Development Support Scheme (LDSS)
The Government has announced a new fund for ASC Training which has replaced the Workforce Development Fund (WDF).
This fund is centrally administered by NHS Business Services
Eligible adult social care employers in England can claim staff training costs from the Adult Social Care Learning and Development Support Scheme (LDSS). The LDSS is available for non-regulated care staff, including deputy and Care Quality Commission-registered managers and agency staff, within the adult social care workforce. Staff taking the training must be in qualifying roles. You must show evidence of the spend on training.
There is guidance available on the Governemnet website
This guidance covers:
- the eligibility criteria for being able to make claims through the scheme
- how the funding can be used, including the training courses and qualifications within scope of the scheme
- when the funding will be available
- the reimbursement rates
- the transition arrangements from the Workforce Development Fund
- details on how adult social care employers can access the online claims service and make a claim
For full details please click here
