Recording Skills (Half Day)
Core Skills Training • Duration: Half day
Suitable for: Support Workers & Care Staff
This half-day course gives learners the opportunity to consider good practice around recording skills - what legislation is relevant, what should be recorded and why, and how to keep the process person-centred. Participants reflect on current writing skills and identify practical ways to strengthen them.
What You’ll Learn
Understand the legal implications of recording and confidentiality
Identify information appropriate for recording purposes
Demonstrate the principles of good recording practice
Identify common problems in recording and how to avoid them
Reflect the service user's perspective in records
Relate recording to the objectives of the care or support plan
Course Content
Relevant legislation: The Care Act, Data Protection and GDPR, Equalities Act
Records and reports: purpose and importance
Service user perspectives and involvement
Distinguishing fact from opinion, description from analysis, confidentiality from secrecy
Writing in an accessible style, using Plain English
What to expect: