Wakefield Hospice are pleased to offer end of life care training based on the “The Six Steps Programme”. The programme is designed as a toolkit for care homes providing end of life care to support them to meet best practice and CQC (Care Quality Commission) end of life essential standards. As an End of Life Care Champion, there will be an ongoing commitment to share the knowledge and skills from “The Six Steps Programme” amongst their peers and colleagues.

How can it help you?
Individual End of Life Care Champions will be presented with a personal certificate and are invited to an end of life forum twice a year to keep updated. Organisations who have two End of Life Care Champions within their setting, and who meet the organisational criteria, will receive a plaque and certificate from Wakefield Hospice showing they have met the standards of the programme.

The Six Steps programme does not hold any inspectorate authority such as that held by CQC, so does not monitor or regulate day to day care, however it can verify that at least two members of staff have successfully completed the training and that the policies and procedures in place are in line with the Six Steps End of Life Care criteria. If the care home/agencies do not re-verify annually that they have kept these policies and standards up to date then the Six Steps Verification status is discontinued.

Suitable for:
All those who work within a care home setting

Duration and Format:
The course is run as eight four hour workshops delivered over six months, followed by a three month  consolidation period to allow embedding of learning and completion of assessment criteria (via case study/portfolio).

Cost:
Please enquire for costs

Available dates:
Please enquire using the form below for dates regarding this course. 

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