Care Certificate Articles

Thank you for your interest in Care Certificate . We hope you enjoy these articles that discuss some important issues in our industry.

Some commonly used terms with lived experience

Service User: An individual who uses the services of a local authority, health or social care organisation. Experts by Experience: Social change-makers who seek to use their lived experience to inform the work of social purpose organisations, to drive and lead social change, and/or drive their social impact work.

Healthwatch Essex: ‘Introduction to Lived Experience’ training

It is now expected within the health, social care and local government sectors to include work with, or even led by, individuals or communities with personal experience of the services they deliver, especially when seeking to make changes, improvements or launching new initiatives.

How do I complete the care certificate?

The ProTrainings new Care Certificate online course to meet the new standards. The course is all video based online training covering the required 15 standards. You can visit the new site to the Care Certificate Course here.