Supporting Individuals with Learning Disabilities: Understanding the context
A Care Quality Guide for Health and Social Care Staff
If you are new to working with a particular client group or in a new role, you can use the material to quickly develop knowledge you will need, and where appropriate, work towards a relevant qualification. If you are a more experienced worker, you can use the guide to refresh your learning, and to contribute towards your continuing professional development. If you are a manager, you can use the guide to meet your responsibilities for providing induction and staff supervision, and opportunities for training and development and continuing professional development. This will contribute towards meeting Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards. This guide also provides underpinning knowledge for Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) unit LD201 Understand the Context of Supporting Individuals with Learning Disabilities.