Writing Care Plans

Care plans should help staff understand the person and provide consistent, individual support. Develop a clearer approach to writing plans that describe priorities, preferences and practical actions, giving teams useful information they can apply during everyday care.

Explore the difference between specific, person-centred wording and generic statements that tell staff little about what to do. Practical examples consider involvement, respectful language and review, helping plans remain relevant to the person's choices and changing needs rather than becoming static documents.

Who This Course Is For

Care staff, key workers, team leaders and managers writing or reviewing care plans.

Key Learning Outcomes

By completing this course, learners will be able to:

• Explain why individual priorities should shape support
• Identify features of clear support actions
• Describe ways to make reviews meaningful to the person
• Replace generic care-plan statements with specific, person-centred actions

Flexible Delivery to Suit Your Organisation

Duration: Half day (3 contact hours, excluding breaks).

Practical, trainer-led learning uses discussion, relevant examples and activities to help your team connect the subject with everyday care. Contact us to arrange training at our Maidstone centre or discuss delivery at your organisation, including any learning or access needs.

Important Details

Certification

PRISM certificate of completion — non-regulated training

This is non-regulated PRISM training. Any Level 1, 2 or 3 label describes our course progression and is not an RQF qualification level.

Arranging Your Training

Closed group price: £375. A single half-day course is £375; a full day or two half-day sessions is £700. Contact us to discuss dates and group size.