I attended an Care Excellence Roadshow last week where myself and others from leading Health and Social Care training providers in the area looked at the criteria that we should be providing to our learners.

Not every one has to or will join in the scheme, it is not compulsory, but for those of us that do it means that we will officially be providing an excellent service and care  training provision to the learners.

I am really excited by this as I know there are far too many Health and Social Care training providers out there giving a less than satisfactory service, in so many ways and I hear many horror stories out there on my travels as an NVQ assessor and trainer.

I hear about some trainer/assessors who spend half the training day talking about themselves, and I hear about others who come into the workplace and criticise.

It is not part of our job role to do either; we are there to support learning constructively and in a way that the learner finds the most beneficial to them. Not by just ticking all the boxes to get people through…

Of course I am not saying that ALL of the assessors and trainers are like that, there are also many good ones out there who I am sure will agree with me on this, that many just do not meet the standards required for quality training.

And so whilst this new Excellence award may not get rid of these substandard trainers/Assessors, it will give the care providers more of an insight as to who to go to and what they can expect from the training provision…

Anyway…Enough of my ranting for today!!!

Bye all.

This new framework will be introduced in August this year and it is designed to better reflect what people actually do in their work role and a mix and match approach will hopefully meet their development needs.

How does it work?

There are 3 qualification types in the QCF

• Awards- 1 to 12 credits
• Certification-13 to 36 credits
• Diploma-37 credits or more.

As more information is released we will publish it on the blog and the website www.nvqmadeeasy.co.uk

But there is no info as yet to suggest that the standards for Health and Social Care will change, but watch this space and we will keep you posted!

As training providers for NVQ in Health and Social Care, our team of Assessors and Internal Verifiers visit different care providers. Sometimes the practice we see is excellent and some need to improve their practices on their care provision. We do work with the manager and the organisation to provide the relevant training where necessary.

As a care worker you have a duty by law to keep your own Continuous Personal Development and training up to date, this includes reviewing your company policies regularly to ensure good practice, and  if you don’t do this the consequences could be serious.

At NVQ made easy we are here to help you update your knowledge through the packs that you can purchase and offer advice throughout the NVQ process.

Do you feel training has improved your practice? Do you feel your NVQ qualification is improving your practice? We look forward to hearing from you.

The Quality Care Commission has recently produced a report about the standard of health and social care in England in 2009, this is interesting reading if you work in this field, it is available on their web site: www.cqc.org.uk

Feel free to post your comments about this on the blog or Face Book group page we look forward to hearing your thoughts or any questions you may have on the subject.

This is where you can find all the up to date news on what’s happening on our site plus our thoughts on what’s happening in the field of health and social care. At the moment the blog is very much a work in progress and changes will be taking place, as with the main website, but please come back to see us!