CACHE Level 2 Certificate in The Principles of End of Life Care

Certificate in The Principles of End of Life Care will enable learners to progress to other qualifications in this subject area, or within the wider area of health and social care. Learners will identify, develop and formally recognise their knowledge and skills surrounding the care of patients, friends and families at this sensitive time of life.

Benefits for the business:

• Upskill staff members
• Increase teamwork and morale as staff become more aware of how to communicate effectively and support colleagues
• The course offer can be used as a staff benefit or as part of a development scheme
• Increase the health, safety and security in the workplace as the course covers this.

Benefits for the employees:

• Gain a nationally recognised qualification
• Enhance both personal skills and professional development
• Courses are delivered as distance learning
• Personal tutors are assigned to ensure learners have the support needed.

This course is split into manageable units. These are:

Unit 1: Understand how to work in end of life care

This unit helps the learner understand different attitudes to death and dying, the aims of and approaches to end of life care and the support services available.

Unit 2: Care planning in end of life care

Learners will gain an understanding of the holistic approach to end of life care, person-centred assessment and care planning considering the needs of individuals nearing the end of life.

Unit 3: Understand how to provide support to manage pain and discomfort

This unit covers the knowledge and skills needed in order to provide support for managing pain and discomfort, this includes how to minimise pain and the approaches to managing pain.

Unit 4: End of life care and dementia

Learners will gain an awareness of the impact dementia can have on an individual’s end of life care and will learn how to support those individuals and their family and friends.

Unit 5: Understanding the role of the care worker in time of death

This unit explores the role of a care worker around the time of death of an individual, including how to support an individual, how to care for a deceased individual and legislation around this.

Unit 6: Understand loss and grief in end of life care

Learners will look at the process of loss and grief, and will gain an understanding of how to support people following bereavement and how to manage their own feelings of loss and grief.