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Home Care Practice Licence (HCPL)
— a pilot project to explore the potential of a test to validate the practice of home care workers in the UK: a report of pilot study findings | | Author(s) | Noni Cobban, Ozlem Dincarslan |
| Corporate Author | Dementia Services Development Centre - DSDC, University of Stirling |
| Publisher | University of Stirling, Stirling, 2005 |
| Pages | 77 pp |
| Source | DSDC, Department of Applied Social Science, Iris Murdoch Building, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA. http://www.dementia.stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords | Domiciliary services ; Care support workers ; Training [welfare work] ; Registration eg homes, nursing homes ; Pilot. |
| Annotation | A research team, based at the University of Stirling, has developed a model to validate the practice of home care workers, which has been tested in a pilot study with 120 participants in seven home care provider organisations. This model has drawn on the components used in the UK driving licence as moderated by the Driving Standards Agency. The Home Care Practice Licence (HCPL) process was considered relatively easy to administer, the average time taken to complete the test being 8 weeks per home care worker. Participants indicated that the found the test process useful, and that taking part increased their confidence and stimulated their interest in taking further training and qualifications. The test process also enabled gaps in knowledge, competence and training to be identified. This report includes examples of the forms and questionnaires used, and describes the methodology, materials and procedures. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060207203 B |
| Classmark | N: QRS: QW: Q3: 4UC |
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