Mandatory and statutory training for adult social care

Course Overview

Build the knowledge and confidence needed to deliver safe, effective and person-centred care with our Mandatory and Statutory Training for Adult Social Care Bundle.

This comprehensive online training package brings together 29 essential courses covering workplace safety, safeguarding, infection control, moving and handling, medication awareness, emergency procedures and other important areas of adult social care.

Developed for care professionals working in residential care, domiciliary care, supported living and other adult social care services, the bundle offers a flexible way to complete induction training, update existing knowledge and support continuing professional development.

The programme combines core workplace learning with additional role-specific and recommended subjects, helping employers provide training suited to individual responsibilities and service requirements.

Duration: 34 Hours
CPD Points: 34
Certificates: Included
Last Updated: 19 September 2026

What You Will Learn

Mandatory and Statutory Training for Adult Social Care Learning Objectives

This training bundle provides a broad foundation of knowledge for individuals working in adult social care. It explores the principles, procedures and professional responsibilities that underpin safe care delivery and effective workplace practice.

Following completion of the relevant courses, learners should be able to:

• Identify workplace hazards and understand their health and safety duties.
• Recognise potential abuse, neglect and safeguarding risks.
• Explain how infections spread and identify appropriate prevention measures.
• Understand safe approaches to manual handling and assisting people with mobility.
• Recognise responsibilities associated with handling and administering medication.
• Promote dignity, independence, privacy and individual choice.
• Explain the key principles of the Mental Capacity Act.
• Demonstrate awareness of equality, diversity and inclusive care.
• Handle confidential information in accordance with data protection requirements.
• Recognise emergencies and understand appropriate first aid responses.
• Support effective communication, care planning and accurate documentation.
• Apply relevant learning to everyday situations within adult social care environments.

Course Content

What’s Included in the 29-Course Training Bundle?

The programme includes a combination of core mandatory subjects, role-dependent training and additional professional development courses.

Each course introduces important concepts, workplace responsibilities and approaches relevant to providing safe, respectful and high-quality care.

Core Workplace Training

1. Health & Safety Awareness

Explore workplace safety legislation, employee responsibilities, hazard identification and risk reduction. Learn how effective risk assessments and safe working practices help protect care staff, residents and visitors.

2. Fire Safety – Level 1

Understand common fire hazards, prevention measures and basic emergency procedures. Learn how to recognise fire risks and respond appropriately when a fire alarm is raised.

3. Fire Safety – Level 2

Extend your knowledge of fire prevention, emergency arrangements and evacuation procedures. Explore staff responsibilities, fire safety equipment and maintaining safer environments within care services.

4. Manual Handling at Work

Learn how to identify risks associated with lifting, carrying and moving objects. Understand safer handling principles and measures that reduce the likelihood of musculoskeletal injuries.

5. Infection Prevention & Control – Level 1

Develop an understanding of how infections are transmitted and the importance of standard infection control precautions, hand hygiene, cleaning procedures and personal protective equipment.

6. Infection Prevention & Control – Level 2

Explore infection prevention measures in greater depth, including practices relevant to direct care, contamination risks and reducing the spread of infectious organisms in care settings.

7. Safeguarding Adults – Level 1

Learn to identify possible signs of abuse, exploitation and neglect. Understand adult safeguarding responsibilities and the procedures for reporting and escalating concerns.

8. Safeguarding Adults – Level 2

Build further safeguarding knowledge, including recognising complex concerns, responding to disclosures, maintaining appropriate records and understanding professional reporting responsibilities.

9. Learning Disability & Autism Awareness

Improve your understanding of learning disabilities and autism, including communication differences, reasonable adjustments and person-centred approaches. The course includes awareness content relating to the Oliver McGowan training framework.

Role-Specific Mandatory Training

10. Basic Life Support

Understand the fundamental steps involved in responding to a life-threatening emergency, including recognising an unresponsive person, calling for assistance and awareness of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

11. First Aid

Develop awareness of common accidents, injuries and medical emergencies. Learn how to assess situations, seek appropriate help and provide initial assistance within the limits of your training and competence.

12. Moving & Handling People

Explore safe principles for assisting individuals with transfers, mobility and repositioning. Understand the importance of individual risk assessments, correct equipment and preserving dignity during movement.

13. Safeguarding Children – Level 1

Gain an introduction to safeguarding children and young people, including recognising warning signs, understanding potential forms of harm and following appropriate reporting procedures.

14. Safeguarding Children – Level 2

Examine safeguarding responsibilities in greater detail, including responding to disclosures, sharing information appropriately, recording concerns and following organisational safeguarding procedures.

15. Food Safety & Hygiene – Level 1

Understand basic food hygiene responsibilities, personal cleanliness, contamination risks and the principles of safe food preparation, handling and service.

16. Food Safety & Hygiene – Level 2

Develop a more detailed understanding of food safety management, temperature control, storage requirements, cross-contamination prevention and maintaining hygienic food environments.

17. Medication Awareness & Administration

Explore medication-related responsibilities, including safe storage, administration principles, documentation, recognising errors and escalating medication concerns.

Additional and Recommended Training

18. Mental Capacity Act

Understand the five statutory principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, supporting individuals to make decisions and applying the best-interests framework when a person lacks capacity for a specific decision.

19. Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Learn how equality legislation, inclusive working practices and respect for individual differences contribute to fair treatment and person-centred support.

20. GDPR & Data Protection

Explore the responsible management of personal and sensitive information, including confidentiality, secure record keeping, appropriate information sharing and data protection duties.

21. Dementia Awareness

Develop awareness of dementia, its possible effects on memory, behaviour and communication, and how supportive approaches can improve the daily experiences of people living with the condition.

22. Nutrition & Hydration

Understand how food and fluid intake contribute to health and wellbeing. Explore nutritional risks, dehydration awareness and practical ways to support individual dietary requirements.

23. Person-Centred Care

Discover how to tailor care around the preferences, circumstances, strengths and choices of each individual, supporting participation and independence.

24. Privacy & Dignity

Learn how respectful communication, personal boundaries, confidentiality and sensitivity during care activities help protect an individual’s dignity and privacy.

25. Communication

Strengthen your understanding of effective verbal and non-verbal communication, active listening, communication barriers and adapting approaches to individual needs.

26. End of Life Care

Explore compassionate support for people approaching the end of life, including emotional needs, comfort, dignity, communication and respecting individual wishes.

27. Oral Health

Understand the importance of oral hygiene, common oral health concerns and how care workers can support people with their daily mouth care needs.

28. Positive Behaviour Support

Explore approaches to understanding behaviour, recognising contributing factors, reducing distress and promoting wellbeing through proactive, person-centred support.

29. Care Planning

Understand how to contribute to individual care plans, identify support needs, document preferences and maintain clear, accurate and up-to-date care records.

Please note: Training requirements depend on a worker’s responsibilities, workplace risks and the people receiving support. Employers should identify which courses are relevant to each role. Online awareness training does not replace practical instruction, supervised experience or competency assessment where these are necessary.

Certification

Learners who successfully complete the required assessments will receive a CPD-accredited certificate for each completed course, providing a record of their professional development.

Who Is This Training Suitable For?

Mandatory and Statutory Training for Adult Social Care – Target Audience

This package is designed for professionals across the adult social care sector, from employees beginning their careers to experienced practitioners responsible for supervising teams and managing services.

Because responsibilities differ between job roles, employers can select the subjects most appropriate to each learner.

Care Assistants and Care Workers

Suitable for employees delivering personal care and everyday support. Relevant topics may include safeguarding, infection control, moving and handling, basic life support, medication awareness, nutrition, dignity, dementia and person-centred care.

Home Care and Domiciliary Care Workers

Provides learning relevant to professionals supporting individuals in their own homes. Subjects may include lone-working-related safety principles within general health and safety training, infection control, safe movement, safeguarding, medication, care planning and respecting personal choices.

Support Workers

Suitable for staff assisting adults with learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs or other support requirements. Topics such as communication, safeguarding, equality, mental capacity and positive behaviour support may be particularly relevant.

Senior Care Workers and Team Leaders

Offers additional learning for staff with supervisory or enhanced responsibilities, including higher-level safeguarding, infection prevention, fire safety, medication practices and care documentation.

Care Coordinators and Supervisors

Supports individuals involved in organising care arrangements, monitoring service delivery, maintaining records and overseeing safe working procedures.

Registered Managers and Deputy Managers

Provides a broad knowledge resource for those overseeing adult social care services, staff development, safeguarding arrangements and regulatory responsibilities.

Administrative, Activities and Ancillary Staff

Employees who do not provide direct personal care may still benefit from health and safety, fire prevention, safeguarding awareness, infection control, confidentiality and equality training.

Food Handling and Catering Staff

Food Safety & Hygiene courses are relevant to employees who prepare, handle, store or serve food, with the appropriate training level determined by their responsibilities.

Employees Supporting Medication Administration

Medication training provides essential underpinning knowledge. Staff who administer medicines must also complete any necessary practical instruction, workplace authorisation and competency assessment.

Staff Assisting With Moving and Handling

Employees helping individuals with transfers or repositioning should receive suitable moving and handling training, including practical instruction and assessed competence where required.

Employees With Child Safeguarding Responsibilities

Staff whose duties involve contact with children or young people may also require safeguarding children training at a level appropriate to their responsibilities.

Choosing the Right Courses

There is no universal list of courses that every adult social care worker must complete. Required learning should be established through organisational policies, legal and regulatory duties, individual job responsibilities and workplace risk assessments.

Employers should also identify where specialist instruction, practical assessment or additional qualifications are needed.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is mandatory and statutory training in adult social care?

Mandatory training refers to learning that an employer requires employees to complete as part of their role. Statutory training relates to responsibilities arising from legislation or specific legal duties.

In adult social care, common training subjects include safeguarding, workplace safety, infection prevention, fire safety and moving and handling. The exact requirements vary between roles and organisations.

Why is continuing professional development important for care workers?

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) helps care professionals maintain existing knowledge, develop new skills and respond to changes in professional guidance and working practices.

Regular learning can support safer care, improved confidence and ongoing professional competence.

How frequently should mandatory training be renewed?

Refresher training intervals depend on the subject, workplace policies, risk assessments and any applicable legal or regulatory requirements.

Some subjects require more frequent updates than others. Employers should establish suitable renewal schedules rather than assuming every course must be repeated annually.

Can online training support CQC compliance?

Online learning can contribute to staff training and development arrangements expected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

However, completion of online courses alone does not guarantee regulatory compliance. Providers must also ensure employees are competent, receive appropriate supervision and complete practical training where their responsibilities require it.

Are online care training certificates recognised by employers?

Many employers accept online training certificates as evidence that an employee has completed relevant learning.

Acceptance depends on the training content, assessment methods, quality assurance arrangements and suitability for the individual’s job role. A CPD certificate should not be treated as equivalent to a regulated qualification unless it specifically holds that status.

Is financial support available for adult social care training?

Some employers pay for staff development as part of their workforce training programmes. Additional financial assistance may be available through eligible workforce development initiatives, local programmes or sector-specific funding arrangements.

Eligibility, availability and application requirements should be checked with the relevant funding organisation.

Is practical training required alongside online courses?

Certain care activities require practical instruction and assessment of competence.

Examples can include moving and handling people, administering medication and performing emergency procedures. Online learning can provide valuable background knowledge but should not replace practical training where the activity requires demonstrated skills.

Can new care workers use this training during induction?

Yes. The bundle covers many subjects relevant to employees entering adult social care and can form part of an organised induction programme.

Employers should combine appropriate online courses with workplace orientation, supervision, role-specific instruction and any required competency assessments.

Does completing all 29 courses make an employee fully compliant?

Not automatically. Completing the bundle demonstrates learning across a wide range of important subjects, but compliance depends on the employee’s role, the employer’s legal duties, workplace risks and demonstrated competence.

Additional qualifications, specialist training, practical assessments or supervised experience may be necessary.