Leading specialist services

This CPD Accredited Level 5 Diploma course has been designed with in-depth consultation with families and individuals on the Autism Spectrum. It is cutting edge and based on best practice guidelines..

The course is self-paced with guided learning materials and taught components, and is designed to be completed in 12 months or less. Full tutor support is given throughout.

This ADHD Awareness course is ideal for anyone who wants to learn more about ADHD. Whether you’re a parent or carer looking to improve your understanding, or someone working in an education or health and social care environment, this course can help.

During your studies, you’ll learn more about what ADHD is and the signs and symptoms to be aware of. You’ll also cover how ADHD can be diagnosed, the support available for parents and in education settings, and whether or not medication can help. This course will cover everything you need to know to help you better support those with ADHD that are in your care.

Autism Central South East Hub

Aspens is the southeast hub for National Peer Education Programme, Autism Central that provides high-quality and accessible autism information, education and coaching

https://www.autismhttps://www.autismcentral.org.uk/hubs/aspenscentral.org.uk/hubs/aspens

June 6, 2023

This episode of CMM OFF THE PAGE explores how to achieve excellence in end of life care and discusses the importance of choice for people living in a care setting at the end of their life. Podcast co-host Nadra Ahmed CBE, Executive Chairman at The National Care Association, highlights how care homes should consider cultural needs and Paula Plaskow, End of Life and Palliative Care Lead at Jewish Care, recalls how the organisation has gone above and beyond to create lasting memories for families and for people at the end of life. Podcast speaker Claire Towns, Chief Executive of Mary Stevens Hospice, shares strategies on how to support the workforce when dealing with a bereavement and Claire Henry MBE, a consultant in end of life care, offers her recommended resources and training to help providers with their continued professional development.

You will study Neurodiversity & Inclusion starting with an in-depth journey through Autism. You will also receive supplementary course learning materials on other neurodivergent profiles (e.g. dyslexia, dyspraxia, OCD, Tourette’s, and ADHD). You will also be introduced to the Positive Psychology topics of strengths, authenticity, and resilience and learn how to integrate a strengths-based and person-centred/led approach into your professional practice.

The Learning Support Centre provides a range of specialist disability support services that are tailored to the individual needs of our clients.

Our services include: one to one specialist tuition, coaching, mentoring, notetaking, transcription services, assistive technology training, personal assistants and personal care.
Our role is to support our service users in accessing education and the workplace as well as provide general support with day to day living. Clients may include people with physical or sensory disabilities, people with neurological conditions (e.g. dyslexia) and people with mental health issues, who wish to develop and enhance their skills for study and work.

The objective of this course is to equip healthcare professionals with all the information and skills they require to provide expert, compassionate care to patients who are in the final stages of their life.

Some key areas that this course covers includes:

• End of life healthcare standards, legislation, and guidelines.
• Person-centred end of life care plans.
• How to recognise when someone is entering the last stages of their life.
• Symptoms and pain relief during the last stages of life.
• After death care and support available for family members.
• Verification and certification of death.
• Providing sensitive and compassionate care to patients and their families.

Once you have completed this short training course you will receive a certificate that formally recognises your competence in providing specialist end of life care and death verification to nationally recognised standards.

Explore critical perspectives on dying, death, and grief to develop your professional practice or reflect on personal experience.

End of Life Challenges and Palliative Care is led by the University of Glasgow’s End of Life Studies Group, a research and teaching team dedicated to examining end of life issues. This course is supported and approved by the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh (RCPE), and learners who are members of the RCPE will earn 50 CPD Credits upon completion of this microcredential.

By the end of the 10-week course, you’ll have deepened your own thinking on a range of end of life issues, while gaining the training and credentials you need to work in palliative care.

Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) is a national framework and a NHS programme that is centred on the needs of individuals living in a care home setting.

A key component of the programme is that care homes receive support from their local multi-disciplinary team (MDT) of health and social care professionals.

Members of the MDT can:

• make home rounds
• undertake health reviews to help maintain personalised care and support plans
• offer training and development for staff
• deliver shared decision-making medication reviews
• support care homes around managing medicines

More information:

NHS: enhanced health in care homes programme

Sussex Digital team

or contact [email protected] for a print or digital copy of a poster outlining the work of the Sussex Health & Care Enhanced Health in Care Homes programme.

ECEPC is a highly respected qualification for medical and nursing staff, paramedics and allied health professionals including nursing and physician associates from acute, community and hospice settings who would like a qualification in palliative care. All participants should have direct contact with patients requiring a palliative approach and care needs.

The course is run entirely as a distance learning course (between September and November 2023) and the assessment has been adapted to be undertaken remotely. It is coordinated by Princess Alice Hospice and run by various hospices around the country, including St Wilfrid’s Hospice Chichester.

Dates: Our next intake is Autumn 2023 cohort:-

11th September 2023 – Course launch event via Zoom 18.00 to 19.30 hrs with the local launch 19.30 to 20.00 hrs (via Microsoft Teams)

15th November 2023 – Remote assessment day via zoom – 0930 hrs to 1400 hrs (latest slot)

Price: £500.00 Staff working in hospices in the UK can apply to Hospice UK for funding for 50% of this cost.

Person-centred approaches to care will be at the centre of this Frailty as a Long Term Condition Level 7 module‘s content.

Successful students will develop as leaders in the delivery of person-centred care, and progress their skills and knowledge in relation to the complexity of living with frailty. It will enhance your knowledge, understanding, skills and attributes in relation to current treatment, management and risk avoidance of different aspects and challenges of frailty.

The importance of excellent communication skills and effective collaborative working will be emphasised and explored in relation to the person living with frailty. Current key legislation, local, national and international drivers will be explored and applied to the management within your organisation. You will also critically review the interface of health and social care.

This programme is delivered over 18 months. It incorporates the Apprenticeship Standard Leader in Adult Care but is extended to include a robust development programme for best practice in dementia care.

Designed to give you a critical understanding of dementia, this course will provide you with a deep insight into the experience of those living with dementia and their families. You will develop new critical thinking, giving you practical tools and mindset to lead positive change. 

This Postgraduate Certificate has been designed for those interested in gaining accreditation and specialist knowledge in the education of children and adults on the autism spectrum.

Successful completion of the PGCert Autism Education will give you 60 credits towards the MA Inclusive Special Education.

This postgraduate qualification is for those with an academic or professional interest in mental health science and the biological and psychological underpinnings of this discipline. It equips students with the necessary skills to critically evaluate the current literature, discuss contemporary issues and communicate a critical understanding of key topics in mental health science.

The Principles of Commissioning for Wellbeing level 5 qualification is centred around personalised and outcome focused approaches to commissioning designed to enable meaningful and fulfilled lives.

The course content covers a range of knowledge and its application to commissioning practice. Content is regularly updated and contextualised in terms of policy changes and so currently explores, for example, commissioning practice in the context of ICSs, reform and changes in charging policy.