End-of-life care for all (e-ELCA) public access programme is an elearning resource designed to enhance the training and education of all those involved in delivering end-of-life care.
The resources available are suitable for social care workers, support workers, administrative and clerical staff, and volunteers.
Health and social care professionals should visit the End-of-life-care (e-ELCA) programme page for details on how to access the wider elearning programme.
The (e-ELCA) public access programme includes the following courses:
A number of e-ELCA elearning sessions are freely available to all, with no registration required. Should you require a record of your activity or a certificate of completion, you will need to register.
In order to access the e-ELCA programme, you will need an elfh account. If you do not have one, then you can register by selecting the Register button below.
To view the e-ELCA programme, select the View button below. If you already have an account with elfh, you will also be able to login and enrol on the programme from the View button.
The e-ELCA programme is also available to NHS healthcare staff via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). Accessing this elearning via ESR means that your completions will transfer with you throughout your NHS career.
Further details are available here.
If you are not an NHS health or care organisation and therefore do not qualify for free access elfh Hub, you may be able to access the service by creating an OpenAthens account.
To check whether or not you qualify for free access via OpenAthens, you can view the eligibility criteria and register on the ‘OpenAthens’ portal.
To register for the e-ELCA programme, select the ‘Register’ button in the top right hand corner of the page. Select the option ‘I am a care home or hospice worker’ then enter your care home / hospice name or postcode and select it from the options available in the drop down list. Finally enter your care home / hospice registration code and select ‘Register’. You may need to see your employer to get this code.
If your employer does not have a code, then they need to contact the elfh Support Team. The Support Team can either give the employer the registration code or arrange a bulk upload of all staff.
Detailed instructions on how to gain access are available here.
Access to elfh content is available to all social care professionals in England whose employers are registered with the Skills for Care National Minimum Data Set for Social Care (NMDS-SC). Every employer providing NMDS-SC workforce information to Skills for Care has been given a user registration code for their staff. This code enables you to self-register for access to e-ELCA. Please contact your employer for more details about the registration code.
For information about registering your organisation with the NMDS-SC your employer should access: https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/About/Contact-us/Contact-details.aspx#NMDSSC or contact the Skills for Care Support Service via email: ascwds-support@skillsforcare.org.uk or telephone: 0113 241 0969.
If you have a registration code, you can register by clicking here.
If you are a HR, IT or Practice Manager and would like to register and enrol large numbers of staff within your organisation for access onto the e-ELCA programme, please contact elfh directly.
For HR departments wanting to know more about gaining access to courses using an existing Learning Management System please contact elfh directly to express interest.
In the event that you do not qualify for free access to the e-ELCA programme, you are able to license access through eIntegrity, a community-interest company established for this purpose.
You can check whether or not you qualify for free access by clicking on the ‘Register’ button above.
For more information on the licensing options available for the e-ELCA programme, please visit the eIntegrity website.
Please select the following link for more information on how to use the elfh Hub.