Staff Training and Competency Audit - Care Homes
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Questions
0/24 answeredQ1 | Unanswered
Is there a current training, learning and competency strategy that identifies mandatory, role-specific, service-specific and person-specific learning needs?
Evidence to check
- • Training and competency strategy
- • Learning-needs analysis
- • Service improvement priorities
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Does the training matrix accurately show completion, renewal dates, competency status and overdue learning for every staff member, including bank, agency and temporary workers?
Evidence to check
- • Current training matrix
- • Renewal and overdue reports
- • Competency-status records
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Are staff prevented from undertaking tasks independently until they have received the necessary induction, training, supervision and demonstrated competence?
Evidence to check
- • Role restrictions and sign-off procedures
- • Supervision records
- • Evidence of safe deployment
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Does induction prepare new staff to deliver safe, rights-based and person-centred care, including local procedures, personal plans, safeguarding, infection prevention, health and safety and escalation?
Evidence to check
- • Induction programme
- • Completed induction records
- • Staff feedback and observation
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Are new staff shadowed, observed and gradually supported into independent practice, with clear sign-off only when they demonstrate safe and respectful care?
Evidence to check
- • Shadowing plans
- • Observed-practice and sign-off records
- • New-staff support records
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Are staff trained and competent in Adult Support and Protection, capacity, consent, Adults with Incapacity and how to raise or escalate concerns?
Evidence to check
- • ASP and capacity training
- • Scenario assessments
- • Supervision and competency records
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Are staff trained and able to apply infection prevention and control, hand hygiene, PPE, cleaning responsibilities and outbreak procedures in real practice?
Evidence to check
- • IPC training and observation audits
- • PPE and hand-hygiene competency
- • Outbreak learning
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Are staff who support medicines trained, observed and assessed as competent for their role, with reassessment after errors, concerns or changes in practice?
Evidence to check
- • Medication training and competency sign-offs
- • Observed practice
- • Reassessment after concerns
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Are staff trained and competent in moving and handling, use of relevant equipment, individual plans and safe response to a fall or change in mobility?
Evidence to check
- • Moving and handling training
- • Equipment competency
- • Observed transfer practice
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Are staff trained and confident in fire safety, emergency response, personal emergency evacuation plans and business-continuity arrangements?
Evidence to check
- • Fire and emergency training
- • Drill records
- • PEEP knowledge checks
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Are staff trained to support nutrition, hydration, oral care, choking prevention and dysphagia guidance relevant to the people they support?
Evidence to check
- • Nutrition and dysphagia training
- • Competency records
- • Observation of support
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Are role-specific clinical or specialist skills, such as diabetes care, wound care, catheter care, PEG support, dementia care or end-of-life care, assessed before practice and reviewed regularly?
Evidence to check
- • Specialist-skill competency assessments
- • Professional guidance
- • Role-specific records
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Are staff able to use personal plans, risk assessments, communication guidance and professional advice to deliver consistent everyday care?
Evidence to check
- • Personal-plan training
- • Handover and observation records
- • Staff discussion
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Are staff supported to communicate inclusively and respectfully with people who have dementia, learning disabilities, sensory impairment, trauma, distress or different communication needs?
Evidence to check
- • Communication and inclusion learning
- • Feedback and observation
- • Specialist advice
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Are supervision, appraisal and reflective practice regular, meaningful and used to identify development needs, wellbeing concerns, good practice and risks?
Evidence to check
- • Supervision and appraisal records
- • Reflective-practice notes
- • Development plans
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Do incidents, complaints, safeguarding concerns, audits, inspection findings and feedback lead to targeted learning, competency reassessment and evidence that practice improved?
Evidence to check
- • Learning from incidents and feedback
- • Targeted action plans
- • Competency reassessment
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Are staff encouraged and supported to maintain relevant SSSC registration, professional registration, continuing professional learning and role-appropriate qualifications?
Evidence to check
- • SSSC and professional-registration records
- • CPD evidence
- • Qualification tracking
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Are agency, bank, volunteer and visiting staff given a proportionate local induction, clear role limits and person-specific information before working with people?
Evidence to check
- • Agency and bank induction records
- • Role limits
- • Person-specific briefings
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Are learning methods accessible and adapted for staff with different languages, literacy levels, learning styles, digital confidence or disability-related needs?
Evidence to check
- • Accessible-learning adjustments
- • Staff feedback
- • Alternative learning materials
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Do leaders check whether training has changed knowledge, confidence and actual practice rather than relying only on attendance or e-learning completion?
Evidence to check
- • Post-training observation and evaluation
- • Knowledge checks
- • Outcome evidence
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Are competency assessments completed by suitable assessors through observation, questioning, records and feedback, with clear actions when standards are not met?
Evidence to check
- • Competency-assessment tools
- • Assessor records
- • Remedial-action plans
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Are staffing deployment and task allocation matched to current competence, supervision needs and the complexity of people's support?
Evidence to check
- • Rotas and competence mapping
- • Supervision arrangements
- • Complex-care allocation records
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Do staff feel able to seek help, challenge unsafe practice, report learning needs and contribute ideas for improving care without fear of blame?
Evidence to check
- • Staff surveys and feedback
- • Speak-up and learning records
- • Examples of action taken
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Image filesCameraQ24 | Unanswered
Can the service demonstrate that its training and competency arrangements enable staff to provide safe, compassionate, skilled and person-centred care that improves people's outcomes?
Evidence to check
- • People's outcome and feedback evidence
- • Governance reviews
- • Provider assurance records
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