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Epilepsy Action tell us more about their online training course designed to promote seizure safety and support in a care environment.
Do your staff know what to do if someone has a seizure? Would they know how to keep them safe? It is vital that people working with service users with epilepsy have the skills and knowledge they need to deliver safe, person-centred care.
Epilepsy Action has launched a specialist online learning course Supporting and Caring for People with Epilepsy to equip individuals with the essential skills to work more effectively.
Epilepsy is a common neurological condition that affects around 600,000 people in the UK.
It is the tendency to have recurrent seizures and can affect anyone at any stage in life. There are many different types of epilepsy and epileptic seizures that affect people in different ways. There may also be additional aspects of the condition that can affect a person’s wellbeing and daily life.
Georgina Matson-Phippard, Electronic Learning Officer at Epilepsy Action, said staff can access the online course at a time to suit them: “We believe it is the easiest and most effective way for staff to gain the knowledge and skills they need to support people with epilepsy. We know from
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speaking to epilepsy specialist nurses, care staff and families that there is a lack of high-quality training currently available for social care staff.
“We also know that, to deliver person-centred care and keep service users safe, care staff need to understand epilepsy. In response to this, we decided to develop a new course which is evidence-based, peer-reviewed and based on CQC and NICE guidance.”
“It is vital that people working with service users with epilepsy have the skills and knowledge they need to deliver safe, person-centred care.”
If you work with service users with epilepsy, you may need to do a number of things. For example, you will need to know what to do if they have a seizure and how to keep them safe during different activities.
You may need to use their epilepsy care plan to inform care, complete risk assessments or record their seizures. You may also need to support them to
take medication or understand how their epilepsy affects other aspects of their daily life and wellbeing.
By the end of the course, individuals should have a basic understanding of what epilepsy is, how it is diagnosed and treated. They will also know how to recognise a seizure and what to do, as well as understand what is necessary when supporting someone taking anti-epileptic drugs.
Ms Matson-Phippard added: “Our course is the only online course in the UK that you can trust to be effective, accurate and relevant to your role.
“As the UK’s leading epilepsy organisation, working with healthcare professionals, we alone have the expertise to train your staff. We are also the only epilepsy organisation to be an accredited information provider by NHE England's Information Standard.
“If you want to ensure that your service users with epilepsy are safe and receiving the best quality of care, you need to take this course.”
Course participants will be awarded a CPD certificate on successful completion of the module.
To sign up to the course visit
www.epilepsy.org.uk/care
www.tomorrowscare.co.uk
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