Online Care Certificate Standard 9: Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disabilities Certification

The Ninth Standard of The Care Certificate informs you about a range of different conditions involving the brain.

CPD Certified Provider of Training Excellence Online Training Approved by Skills for Care

Care Certificate Standard 09: Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disabilities at a Glance

  • 1-year nationally recognised certificate
  • 59 minutes of engaging video training
  • Video access for 8 months
  • Printable wall certificate
  • Certified CPD time credit conformation
  • SCORM Ready! Integrates with your LMS
  • Includes manual & other downloads
  • Free weekly video refresher
  • Evidence Based Training certificate
  • Videos include subtitles
£10.00 + VAT

Study online for the knowledge units of the Care Certificate Standard 9 "Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disabilities".  This short course covers all you need to learn to complete this knowledge unit.  You then complete the practical units in your workplace.

This qualification and most of the other ProTrainings qualifications are Endorsed by TQUK to show our commitment to extra levels of compliance and quality assurance.

Companies, organisations or agencies are encouraged to contact us for group discounts and information about onsite training and how our system can be used to track and monitor your staff training.

  • Care workers
  • Nurses
  • Social care
  • Health care assistants
  • Assistant practitioners
  • Care support workers
  • Anyone supporting clinical roles in the NHS where they have direct contact with patients
  • Home care workers
  • Porters
  • Volunteers
  • Cooks
  • Drivers

This course comes with 2.0 hours of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 59 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

  • What is Dementia?

  • Classifications of Dementia

  • Early diagnosis of Dementia and reporting

  • Risk factors affecting the chance of developing dementia

  • Helping people with Dementia

  • Things that can help people with Dementia

  • Things that help the carer

  • Diet, meals and Dementia

  • A Healthy Body

  • Adapting the environment

  • Communication and Dementia

  • The safeguarding vulnerable groups act 2006

  • The Human Rights Act 1998

  • Discriminatory Abuse and the Human Rights Act

  • Mental health conditions

  • MCA Assessment Criteria

  • MCA Assessment

  • What is mental capacity
  • Finding more information and support

  • Student Manual (V8.3) - Mental Health
  • AT Dementia website link
  • Alzheimer's Society website link
  • CQC website link
  • Cae Inspectorate Scotland website link
  • Care Information Scotland website link
  • Care certificate mapping document
  • Catastrophic bleeding and trauma First Aid Guidance From ProTrainings
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) link to the NHS website
  • Dementia Action Alliance link
  • Find a classroom course locally
  • Find out what other courses are available as video online, blended and classroom courses nationally on our course finder
  • First Aid and Social Distancing poster
  • Free student first aid program leaflet
  • Home Emergency Contact Sheet
  • How to be mentally healthy at work - MIND leaflet link
  • Link to the HSE website
  • Link to workplace mental health document
  • Mental Health Foundation website
  • Mental Health Organisations
  • Mental health UK website
  • NHS Choices Web link
  • NHS Mental Health website
  • NHS website on Dementia link
  • Regulated - COVID 19 Pre-Screen Student Evaluation Form
  • Sign up for free Student First Aid - use code SCH-376-61-571
  • Skills for Care Website
  • Standard 9 - Course notes from Skills for Care
  • Talking toolkit - Preventing workplace stress from the HSE
  • Understanding mental health problems - MIND leaflet link
  • Visit the First Aid Show free for first aid and medical videos
  • Workplace Emergency Contact Sheet
  • Woundclot - haemostatic gauze for all types of bleeding

What People are Saying

“the course was explicit and thereby easy to follow”

- Angie, REMEDIAL THERAPIST from hertfordshire

“Enjoyed the course. I pressed on a couple of the wrong answers by mistake. I want to learn more. ”

- Joanna, Nursing