Reablement e-learning course

Published: 2013 | Free to use

Reablement is about helping people regain the ability to look after themselves following illness or injury. This is an important element in the Government’s prevention agenda, which is aimed at keeping people as independent as possible for as long as possible. Reablement is different to traditional home care, so when staff are delivering the service they need to think and behave differently.

Use this course to find out about reablement, how it differs from home care and intermediate care, and why and how the service should be delivered.

Course modules

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• Module 1: Reablement for managers Open

  

  If you are involved in planning and commissioning services this module will show you how reablement is developing across England and help you consider why it’s important to offer the service. If you manage or implement care services you can explore different models of reablement, reflect on staff training and ways to measure the success of the service.

  This module will help you to:

  • develop an understanding of reablement as distinct from traditional home care
  • be aware of the national picture of reablement development
  • understand how the business case for reablement can be established
  • understand reablement in the context of the new social care outcomes framework

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• Module 2: Reablement for care workers Open

  

  If you are new to reablement this module will help you understand what you need to do when delivering reablement as a service. If you are already working in this area, use the module to develop your understanding and skills as you support people.

  Understand how reablement differs from traditional home care and intermediate care, and why people value the service. Learn how to carry out a reablement assessment and agree goals and support plans with people. Consider the emotional impact on people using the service. Develop better coping skills for dealing with the emotions that reablement brings out in others and in yourself.

  This module will help you to:

  • develop a greater understanding of reablement
  • understand your role in the reablement process
  • learn some motivational techniques
  • support people using reablement as they move to a long-term care provider

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Course details

• Who they are suitable for Open

  This e-learning course is for all staff working with people receiving care services. One module has been developed specifically for managers with strategic, planning and operational and delivery responsibilities; the other module is for health and social care staff involved in delivering care services. Paid and unpaid carers, people using reablement (and their families) may also find the modules useful.

  The content of the resource can be integrated into the higher education social work curriculum, as directed or self-directed study.

• Terms of useOpen

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  Please note these courses are provided free of charge on an ‘as seen’ basis. Although SCIE’s courses have been used over many years with almost no reported problems, SCIE cannot provide technical support for their implementation or to investigate or fix any reported technical problems, nor does it warrant that they are fully compliant with all or any technical platform.

  Any known issue with an individual course is noted on the opening page of that course.

  This course was developed using a technology called Adobe Flash, which is not compatible with any Apple/Android platform, and may not work on any mobile device.