DVD based training course for domiciliary care staff
Home Care 7 & Food Hygiene in the Care Home:
The DVDs' are a useful tool to use for induction for Home Care and Care Home. The DVD's give a solid foundation of knowledge relevant to the persons specific area of work on which to build on.
Adult Health and Community Services, Warwickshire County Council
"… very good and very interesting."
K Ashworth, Carewatch Care Services
Designed exclusively for those providing care within the domiciliary setting, this title explores the vital role home carers have in making sure that they prepare food that is safe to eat. It covers the range of factors that home carers must appreciate when preparing food for service users, and aims to consider the causes and effects of food poisoning. The video also helps you to develop an understanding of how to handle, store and prepare food properly and improves awareness of the importance of good personal hygiene, including when it is essential to wash hands. Also explored is the need for working within a clean kitchen environment.
Subjects covered include:
Personal Hygiene • Your Hands • Your Clothes • Your Health • Shopping • Work Areas • Preparation and Handling • Cooking and Serving
Duration: 24 minute DVD in 10 sections to be used in a suggested 3 hour training session.
Supporting material:
An accompanying CD-ROM contains a Training Pack, which includes a Lesson Plan, 4 case studies, 2 group and/or individual exercises and 5 handouts. The CD-ROM also contains Question and Answer sheets a Trainer’s Guide and other supporting materials, all designed to help speed your preparation and help you run an effective training session.
Consultant: John Downer, FRIPH, MCIEH, MRSH Cert Ed Food Hygiene Matters
Peer Review: Salvus Consulting
Standards:
Skills for Care Common Induction Standard (Revised 2010) 8.11
Health and Social Care NOS/NVQ Units 22, 32, 213, 214 & 246
Reference:
QCF: Health and Social Care Diploma (England) Unit HSC 2029
QCF: Health and Social Care Diploma (Wales and Northern Ireland) Unit HSC 2029
Course available for Online Training starting from £3.50 (plus VAT) per user
