Evaluation of the Care Assistant Development Programme
Learning from early implementation – SCIE evaluation report for HC-One
Published: June 2016
Executive summary
HC-One’s Care Assistant Development Programme (CADP) aims to develop senior carers into nursing assistants, trained up to assist with medication and care planning. The Programme enables newly-trained nursing assistants to support registered nurses and improves the quality of care provided to residents.
This report presents the findings from SCIE’s independent evaluation – commissioned by HC-One – of the early implementation of the Programme. It aims to:
- evaluate the immediate and short-term impact of the CADP on the quality and consistency of care provided by HC-One
- inform the development and further implementation of the Programme and ongoing self-evaluation after this evaluation is complete
- validate the Programme against national good practice markers for the delivery of safe and good care.
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Background
Report focuses on recruitment to the Programme, how it was communicated, implementation, emerging impacts and future aspirations.
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Findings
This research suggests the majority of nursing assistants surveyed and interviewed are happy in their new role and plan to stay with HC-One for the foreseeable future.
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Conclusions and recommendations
See what our evaluation says about the Care Assistant Development Programme in the first year of its implementation.
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Nursing assistant’s perspective
“Being a nursing assistant has improved the care I give to my residents”
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Resident’s perspective
“How do the nursing assistants manage to do it all? I don’t know”
