HCSW2020 Accelerated Care Certificate - elearning for healthcare
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About the HCSW2020 Accelerated Care Certificate elearning programme

The term healthcare support worker (HCSW) is an umbrella term which covers a variety of health and care support roles.

The Care Certificate is a set of 15 standards and competencies delivered through theory and practice to support the induction for healthcare support colleagues who are new to health and care and to ensure they have the necessary skills to deliver high quality care.  The Care Certificate covers the required skills needed to be caring, giving health and care professionals, providing a good basis to further develop knowledge and skills.

To meet the needs of staff as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Accelerated Care Certificate takes a blended approach to learning, using a mix of existing elearning resources available on the elearning for healthcare Hub and practical competency-based learning.  Due to the demands of the pandemic the Care Certificate will be accelerated to deliver an induction programme and training for colleagues, whilst maintaining the high quality of the qualification.

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  • HCSW2020_Case_Study_Jerome
  • HCSW2020_Case_Study_Sharon

How to access

In order to access the HCSW2020 Accelerated Care Certificate elearning programme, you will need an elfh account. If you do not have one, then you can register by selecting the Register button below.

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To view the HCSW2020 Accelerated Care Certificate elearning  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.

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Not an NHS organisation?

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.

Registering large numbers of users

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 HCSW2020 Accelerated Care Certificate elearning  programme, please contact elfh directly.

Organisations wishing to use their own LMS

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.

More information

Please select the following link for more information on how to use the elfh Hub.

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