Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Keeping up to date with regulatory and compliance training is never easy let alone cheap!
The cost of traditional classroom based training is often compounded by fairly high levels of staff turnover, resulting in significant recurring cost's such as trainers, classrooms, travel and resources.
Even before the economy slipped into recession, many organisations were looking for ways to ensure maximum value from their training budgets, whilst ensuring compliance with CSCI (Commission for Social Care Inspection) audits.
After talking with some of our clients, we identified two common problems;
- Difficulty in forecasting exact number of staff requiring training, especially across multiple sectors such as older people, children and learning disability services.
- Investing in staff development only to see key personnel move on soon afterwards.
In order to address these key issues, Care Academy has taken the bold step of introducing two new pricing models.
Learning Pathway 1 - Induction
Under this innovative pricing model, customers can purchase access to all Care Academy Induction programmes under a single licence fee. Once agreed, clients are then free to 'mix and match' employees to the appropriate training programme. This concept provides customers with maximum flexibility and the opportunity to respond to the changing needs of the organisation without incurring further cost.
Current induction programmes available within Learning Pathways include:Common Induction Standards (CIS), Childrens Workforce Development Council (CWDC), Learning Disability Qualification - Induction Award (LDQ-IA) to name but a few.
Learn Now - Certify Later
From April 2009 we are offering Learning Disability Qualification - Induction Award customers the opportunity to split both the learning content and certification. This means you can register staff on a dedicated LDQ-IA learning programme without registering (and paying) for the full certified qualification.
This provides a number of benefits including:
- Clients can demonstrate to CSCI and other regulatory bodies a commitment to providing appropriate regulatory training.
- Clients can choose to pay for the full certifcation at a later date when they are confident of the candidate suitability and commitment.
This is great news for learning disability services in particular, who can now take a significant step towards meeting their regulatory training requirements without incurring significant upfront expense.
To find out more about these offers please contact us on 0161 228 1712 or via the online form
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