TRAINING | EPILEPSY ACTION
SEIZURE SAFETY AND SUPPORT
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, the UK’s leading epilepsy organisation, has launched a specialist online learning course called Supporting and Caring for People with Epilepsy to equip employers with the essentials to work more effectively.
Epilepsy is a common neurological condition that affects around 600,000 people in the UK.
It involves 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 – fitting in their learning around their role. She added: “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 speaking to epilepsy specialist nurses, care staff and
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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.”
When working with service users with epilepsy, individuals may need to do a number of things. For example, it is important to know what to do if they have a seizure and how to keep them safe during different activities.
Employees may also need to use their epilepsy care plan to inform care, complete risk assessments or record their seizures, as well as 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, those involved should have a basic understanding of what epilepsy is, how it is diagnosed and treated, as well as know how to recognise a seizure and what to do and understand what needs to be done to support someone taking anti-epileptic drugs.
Epilepsy Action’s e-learning module has already been helping workers to provide the best support and care for their service users. Epilepsy nurse specialist Liz describes it as a “well
Epilepsy Action tells us more about the launch of their new online training course, designed especially to educate employees on how to deliver patient-centred care.
written, easy-to-use non-patronising course” while support worker Anne Marie says it “teaches you a lot more than you think you know”.
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.”
Anyone can work through the materials at their own pace and access the course online from any computer or tablet. Course participants will be awarded a CPD certificate on successful completion of the module.
The course costs just £30 inc VAT per person – visit
www.epilepsy.org.uk/care to sign up.
For more information or to take advantage of our specially- discounted bulk orders email
learning@epilepsy.org.uk.
www.epilepsy.org.uk www.tomorrowscare.co.uk
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