Staff Training, Supervision and Competency Audit – Care Homes
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Questions
0/32 answeredQ1 | Unanswered
Governance: Is there a current staff support and development policy reflecting Regulation 36, with clear responsibility for induction, training, supervision, appraisal and competency assessment?
Evidence to check
- • Current staff support and development policy and named responsibilities
- • Procedures for induction, training, supervision, appraisal and competency assessment
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Training needs analysis: Is a service-wide training needs analysis completed at least annually and sooner when needed, reflecting residents' needs, the statement of purpose and staff roles?
Evidence to check
- • Annual or more frequent service training needs analysis
- • Links to resident needs, staff roles, the statement of purpose and resulting priorities
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Individual learning needs: Are additional learning and development needs identified within each staff member's first month and reviewed through supervision and appraisal?
Evidence to check
- • Individual learning-needs assessments dated within the first month
- • Supervision and appraisal reviews updating development needs
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Training matrix: Does an accurate matrix show role-specific requirements, completed learning, practical assessments and outstanding or overdue development, matched to people actually deployed?
Evidence to check
- • Current role-specific training and competency matrix matched to staff lists
- • Checks of completion evidence and action on overdue or missing requirements
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Induction: Do new staff and volunteers receive an induction appropriate to their role, including the home's routines, residents' needs, responsibilities and escalation arrangements?
Evidence to check
- • Role-specific induction records for staff and volunteers
- • Home-specific briefings and checks of responsibilities and escalation knowledge
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Welsh induction framework: Where applicable, are workers supported to complete the relevant Social Care Wales induction programme within the required timescale, with progress and practice evidence recorded?
Evidence to check
- • Applicable Welsh induction framework progress logs and completion targets
- • Practice evidence, assessor sign-off and support for outstanding sections
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Agency and temporary staff: Before relevant duties begin, do agency and temporary staff receive a home-specific introduction and checks of the competence needed for their assigned work?
Evidence to check
- • Agency or temporary staff introduction records and relevant competence checks
- • Evidence assigned duties match verified skills and local instructions
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Supervised practice: Are new or unfamiliar staff supervised until their readiness for assigned duties is demonstrated, with restrictions on unsupported tasks clearly communicated?
Evidence to check
- • Supervised practice plans and readiness or competency sign-off
- • Task restrictions and handovers showing unsupported duties are controlled
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Core learning: Does role-appropriate core training cover safeguarding, rights, confidentiality, infection prevention, safe handling and emergency response, with understanding checked?
Evidence to check
- • Role-specific core learning records and current training requirements
- • Knowledge checks or observed practice covering relevant safety and rights topics
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Resident-specific skills: Are staff trained and supported for the actual needs of residents, including relevant dementia, communication, behavioural, cultural, clinical or end-of-life needs?
Evidence to check
- • Resident-needs analysis and relevant specialist learning records
- • Practice observations and staff discussions showing learning is applied
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Communication and Welsh language: Do learning arrangements help staff communicate accessibly and support residents' preferred language, including Welsh, with practical support available?
Evidence to check
- • Learning or guidance on communication needs and preferred language
- • Resident feedback and examples of accessible or Welsh-language support
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Practical competence: Is competence for safety-critical tasks assessed through appropriate observation, demonstration or other practice evidence rather than attendance certificates alone?
Evidence to check
- • Practical competency assessments with criteria, evidence and assessor details
- • Observed task performance and follow-up of gaps beyond course attendance
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Medicines duties: Where staff handle or administer medicines, is task-specific training and competency sign-off current, with reassessment following errors, changes or concerns?
Evidence to check
- • Relevant medicines training and task-specific competency records
- • Reassessment and deployment decisions after errors or changes
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Equipment skills: Before using specialist equipment, do staff demonstrate competence with the actual models, instructions and individual plans relevant to their work?
Evidence to check
- • Equipment-specific instruction and practical competency sign-off
- • Observed use matched to manufacturers' instructions and individual plans
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Delegated healthcare tasks: Where tasks are delegated, are staff appropriately trained and assessed, with documented boundaries, professional oversight and routes for seeking help?
Evidence to check
- • Delegation agreements, training and task-specific assessments
- • Professional oversight, role boundaries and escalation instructions
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Assessors and providers: Are training providers and competency assessors suitably qualified or experienced, with current content and consistent assessment criteria?
Evidence to check
- • Relevant trainer or assessor competence and current learning materials
- • Assessment criteria and checks of consistency or training quality
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Reassessment: Are refresher and competency review needs based on the task, guidance and observed practice, with timely reassessment after changes, prolonged absence or performance concerns?
Evidence to check
- • Refresher and reassessment schedules with reasons for intervals
- • Reviews after changes, absence or practice concerns and completed follow-up
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Access to learning: Do staff have suitable time, cover, resources and accessible learning support, including adjustments for language, literacy, digital access or disability?
Evidence to check
- • Learning-time, cover and resource arrangements
- • Accessible formats, reasonable adjustments and action on barriers to participation
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Supervision frequency: Do staff receive recorded one-to-one supervision at least quarterly, with additional support where role complexity, induction or concerns require it?
Evidence to check
- • Supervision schedule and dated one-to-one records
- • Checks of quarterly coverage and additional support where needed
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Supervision quality: Does supervision provide confidential, constructive reflection on practice, resident feedback, workload, well-being, concerns and learning needs?
Evidence to check
- • Sampled supervision records showing reflection, feedback and learning discussions
- • Staff feedback on confidentiality, constructive support and ability to raise concerns
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Supervision actions: Are supervision discussions and agreed actions recorded accurately, shared appropriately and followed up with clear responsibilities and timescales?
Evidence to check
- • Supervision records and agreed action plans
- • Named responsibilities, timescales and follow-up showing actions were addressed
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Clinical supervision: Where registered nursing staff work at the home, do they have opportunities for appropriate clinical supervision and professional reflection?
Evidence to check
- • Relevant arrangements and opportunities for registered nurses' clinical supervision
- • Participation or reflection records handled with appropriate confidentiality
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Annual appraisal: Do all staff receive an annual appraisal with meaningful feedback, review of competence and an agreed development plan appropriate to their role?
Evidence to check
- • Annual appraisal schedule and completed individual records
- • Performance feedback and agreed role-specific development plans
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Professional development: Are staff supported to obtain necessary qualifications and maintain relevant registration and continuing professional development requirements?
Evidence to check
- • Qualification, registration and continuing development requirements
- • Employer support, progress records and follow-up of outstanding requirements
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Codes and accountability: Do staff understand relevant professional codes, their responsibilities and limits of competence, and know when to seek advice or decline unsupported tasks?
Evidence to check
- • Access to relevant professional codes and role guidance
- • Staff discussions or examples showing recognition of competence limits and advice routes
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Manager support: Do managers and supervisors receive appropriate induction, training and supervision for leadership, assessment, staff support and service oversight?
Evidence to check
- • Manager or supervisor induction, development and supervision records
- • Leadership and assessment competence checks and resulting learning actions
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Performance concerns: Are competence gaps or unsafe practice addressed promptly through proportionate supervision, development and deployment decisions, with residents protected?
Evidence to check
- • Competence concern records and proportionate improvement plans
- • Supervision or deployment controls and checks of safe practice before restrictions are lifted
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Learning from events: Do incidents, complaints, safeguarding concerns, audits and resident feedback inform staff learning, with changes to practice checked?
Evidence to check
- • Learning actions linked to incidents, audits, concerns and resident feedback
- • Updated learning content or briefings and checks of changed practice
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Records: Are training, supervision, appraisal and competency records accurate, attributable, securely stored and retrievable, including learning or assessments still to be completed?
Evidence to check
- • Sampled attributable training, supervision, appraisal and assessment records
- • Secure access arrangements and recorded outstanding learning or assessments
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Shift coverage: Do actual staffing arrangements provide the required competence on every shift, with gaps escalated and training attendance managed without compromising safe care?
Evidence to check
- • Actual shift rosters matched to required task competencies
- • Training cover arrangements and escalation of competence gaps
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Effectiveness: Do observations, staff discussions and resident feedback demonstrate that learning and supervision improve care, with repeat checks of identified weaknesses?
Evidence to check
- • Care observations, staff discussions and accessible resident feedback
- • Repeat checks showing whether development actions improved care
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Leadership assurance: Do managers and the Responsible Individual review development needs, overdue supervision and competence gaps, allocate resources and track improvement through the quality of care review?
Evidence to check
- • Management and Responsible Individual reviews and quality-of-care findings
- • Resource decisions and action tracking for development and supervision gaps
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