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Adult Social Courses, Training and Qualifications
Meet the Skills for Care Framework and Care Quality Commission (CQC) compliance requirements. Browse through our CPDUK accredited training courses, and Ofqual approved health and social care qualifications at all levels, including statutory and mandatory training for adult social care workers, train the trainer courses and continuing professional development (CPD) programmes. Our courses and qualifications are delivered through live classroom webinars and our interactive e-learning platform.
The Mandatory Training Group is the leading UK provider of accredited training programmes for adult social care, safeguarding, sports and recreation and educational service providers. Our accredited adult social care training courses and qualifications are delivered through our interactive eLearning platform, live classroom webinars and group workshops.
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Leading Providers of Adult Social Courses, Training and Qualifications
The Mandatory Training Group is the leading UK provider of accredited adult social care training courses, and Ofqual approved qualifications for nursing and residential care homes, domiciliary care and other CQC regulated community care service providers.
Our online health and social care training courses and programmes are externally peer-reviewed and accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK). Our health and social care qualifications are delivered in partnership with awarding bodies, including Training Qualifications UK, NCFE and NOCN.
Are You an Adult Social Care Service Provider Looking for Organisational Training?
To purchase online courses/credits for your organisation, please click here. If you need further information, please contact our Support Team using this form.
Statutory and Mandatory Training Calendar
Book for Skills for Care aligned statutory and mandatory training courses for adult social care providers.
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Enrol learners to our CPDUK accredited statutory and mandatory training courses for health and social care workers.
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Register for our accredited adult social care train the trainer programmes and deliver in-house training to your care staff.
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Browse our wide range of online courses, including safeguarding, medicines administration and mental health.
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Clients, Accrediting Bodies and Regulatory Organisations
Kirsten Eastwood
'A quality qualification recognised by the top professional lead bodies. A compact yet complete course.'
Consent in Health and Social Care - Online Course - CPD Accredited
Oskar Gideon
'The course was very clear and able to understand. Also there was no time limit which made me relaxed and if necessary could go back on previous questions.'
Moving and Handling People - Online Course - CPDUK Accredited
Jessica Keeley
'Learning with The Mandatory Training Group was an excellent opportunity to gain more knowledge about customer service. The learning material was really well presented and it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience.'
Health and Social Care Trainer Packs - UKCSTF Aligned - e-Trainer Packs
Aliyah Gardiner
'I liked the way it was set out and the revision tests at the end of each module. It was also made easier by having the text read out. This helped to absorb the information.'
Moving and Handling People - Online Course - CPDUK Accredited
Victoria Dunne
'This did take me quite some time as I am not very good at computer learning, but i must say it was very easy to do. Good content'
Complaints Handling in Health and Social Care – E-Learning - CPD Certified
Tim Loughton
'Excellent! I got one wrong and I would have liked to see the correct answer. Multiple choice questions are always challenging with my particular form of learning and accessing information.
Safeguarding Adults at Risk– Level 3 - E-Learning - CPDUK Accredited
Isobel Harman
'I found the course easy to use and when I did have a problem and called the staff were very helpful thank you.'
Mandatory Training for Domiciliary Care Workers - Skills for Care Aligned
Felicity Croft
'Great course, easy to follow, very comprehensive tutorials. I will be using their training products again and also recommending them to my friends.'
Care Certificate - 15 Online Training Courses - CPDUK Accredited
Ruairi Liddell-Grainger
'This course was useful. The fact that you are able to take it in your own time makes it less stressful, also being able to go back over each module is very helpful. I would use this course again.'
CSTF Resuscitation Adult BLS Level 2 - Online Training Course
Benjamin Brock
'Very thorough, I enjoyed the whole session, I feel that my knowledge, understanding has been well tested and refreshed.'
Duty of Care - Online Training Course - UKCSTF Aligned with Certificates
Adult Social Courses, Training and Qualifications: Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, all our online adult social care courses and training programmes are externally peer-reviewed and accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK). Some sector-specific courses and programmes are also accredited by relevant organisations, including Corporate Member (The CPD Certification Service), NOCN, NCFE and Awards and Training Qualifications UK (TQUK).
Please check the course overview section for details about the accrediting or awarding body.
The CPD Certification Service (CPDUK) accredits all of our statutory and mandatory training courses as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.
To enrol our eLearning programmes for adult social care through our website, please add the selected course(s) to the basket. From there, you will be redirected to the secure checkout page, where you can pay using a credit or debit card.
Are you booking the course for another person?
If you are booking the course for another person, you must state their full name and email address in the notes section of the 'basket' area. Once we get the learner's details, our system will allocate the course(s) to the correct person.
Booking confirmation
Once your payment has been confirmed, you will receive a booking confirmation email with a receipt immediately after your purchase. You will also receive an email with further instructions, including your unique login credentials to access your learner account (you can start your course within 3 to 5 minutes of booking). You must then follow the instructions and log in to your learner account, where the course(s) booked will be ready for you or your staff to begin.
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Our adult social care education and training programmes are only suitable for individuals wishing to improve their theoretical knowledge and may be used in conjunction with a practical based session as blended learning.
If your training policy and local authority guidance strongly recommends you need a practical based session alongside the theoretical knowledge assessment, the candidates will have to source that separately as we do not offer classroom-based training solutions.
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Yes, you can complete your online adult social care training and qualifications at your own pace, in your own time. You can leave the course and start where you left off. You do not have to restart the online course from the beginning.
Unlike many e-learning portals, our LearnPac LMS allows learners to complete their online training courses at their own pace, in their own time, and on any device of their choice.
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When you are assigned to our adult social care qualifications, you will have 365 days of unlimited access to the training materials and the end of course assessment for no extra charge. For individual children's services course orders, the course materials expire after 365 days from the day of purchase.
You can start your adult social care courses, training and qualifications at any time suitable for you (within 365 days of purchasing the course).
From the day you purchase the course, you have access to the learning materials and assessments for 365 days.
The target audience for each of our eLearning for adult social care will be stated in the overview of each course.
We offer a wide range of entry-level awareness courses for unqualified individuals. The majority of our current adult social care training programmes are Continuing Professional Development (CPD) modules and programmes. These online courses range from:
- Awareness (Level 1 - Introductory)
- Intermediate (Level 2)
- Advanced (Level 3 - 5).
We strongly recommend that unqualified individuals start by completing the Level 1 modules before the intermediate and advanced modules.
The length of our dult social care training programmes depends on the aim, objectives and learning outcomes. The course duration and indicative CPD hours will be stated in the course overview section.
Also, see the course duration guide below:
- Level 1 (awareness courses) take 30-60 minutes
- Level 2 (intermediate) take 60-90 minutes
- Level 3 and above (advanced) take 90-240 minutes.
On completion of each online adult social care training courses and achieving the required pass mark(s), you will be able to download a CPD certificate (pdf). For the majority of our online adult social care courses and training, you must achieve a passing mark of 80% or more per module to gain CPD certification.
Yes, a non-resident of the UK can take our online adult social care qualifications as long as they have internet access. There are no restrictions for non-UK residents. All our online training courses, programmes, and qualifications are internationally recognised and verifiable for CPD hours completed.
Login details (username and password) are required to start your adult social care education and training. Login details are sent to the learner or administrator via email within a few minutes of purchasing the course(s).
- Please check your email inbox. You should see an email with your username and password.
- If you do not find these details in your inbox, please check your junk/bulk email folder. Some email providers automatically send the email with your login details to the junk/bulk email folder.
- If you have provided a mobile phone number, you will also receive a text message with a link to start the course(s), as well as your login details.
Please note that if you already have an account on our system and you buy another course, we will not create another learner account. The course(s) will be added to your existing learner account. If you cannot remember your old password, please click ‘Forgot your password?’, follow the instructions to reset your password.
