Source: http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/cis
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Following consultation with the sector, Skills for Care has refreshed the Common Induction Standards to ensure they are fit for purpose and reflect current policy and practice. The standards are for people entering social care, and those changing roles or employers within social care.
The refreshed Common Induction Standards replace the Common Induction Standards 2005.
The effective implementation of the Common Induction Standards is a significant step towards the delivery of high quality care and support. The Care Quality Commission's Essential Standards of Quality and Safety highlight the importance and value of strong and comprehensive induction and they will need to be assured that all new staff have undergone a thorough induction process.
They are designed to be met within a 12 week period to enable care workers to demonstrate providing high quality care and support. It provides recognition for their work, and prepares them for entry onto future training and qualifications.
the standards
The standards now map across to the mandatory units of the new Health and Social Care Diploma to ensure there is consistency of approach for the workforce. There are now eight standards, however they will not take any longer to complete and the core elements are still retained.
Standard 1 Role of the health and social care worker
Standard 2 Personal development
Standard 3 Communicate effectively
Standard 4 Equality and Inclusion
Standard 5 Principles for implementing duty of care
Standard 6 Principles of safeguarding in health and social care
Standard 7 Person-centred support
Standard 8 Health and safety in an adult social care setting
Each standard contains a number of areas of knowledge that care workers need to know about before they can work unsupervised. Managers have a duty to ensure new staff know enough to meet the required outcomes in each knowledge area.
If carried out in depth, they can provide excellent evidence of underpinning knowledge towards the diploma at level 2 or level 3.
There will be a transition period of 12 months (until 10th June 2011) to move from the old standards to the new before the old standards are removed.
The following documents are available to download. These are the refreshed standards with a glossary which outlines how they link to GSCC codes of practice; a progress log; a guide for those responsible for workers in an induction period; a guide for new workers; and a certificate for managers to sign to confirm that standards have been met.
Common Induction Standards 2010 with glossary
Common Induction Standards 2010 progress log
Common Induction Standards 2010 guidance for new workers
Common Induction Standards 2010 guidance for those responsible for workers
(please note this document has been updated - 16 July 2010)
Common Induction Standards 2010 certificate of successful completion
Skills for Care Common Induction Standards books
Following the 2010 'refresh' of the Common Induction Standards (CIS), Skills for Care has published guides to help workers being inducted, and their managers.
Starting Out is the worker's guide, replacing Your Induction to Work in Adult Social Care. Supporting Starters is for managers and replaces The First 12 Weeks and Beyond.
The refreshed CIS are explained in both, and suggestions made for assessing and recording a new worker's induction (including experienced workers starting new posts).
Both publications are now available to pre-order and are priced at £17 each. Please visit www.skillsforcare.org.uk/publications for details of how to order.
Blank copies of the templates in Starting Out section D can be downloaded here in Word format:
SCILS Learning Materials
Valid regisration to SCILS required to access the materials below.
The Scils online evidence booklet for the Common Induction Standards 2010 is now available.
The booklet has been fully integrated with our Personal Development Plan facility (LMS) so a log of completion is automatically updated and learners can submit answers to managers for guidance/ assessment.
Materials are available at the following link: http://www.scils.co.uk/learning.php?task=newInductionMaterials2010&PHPSESSID=n66k9j62ilmdnksfs7562r32m5
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