Training                                                                                                        Appendix 6

East Sussex County Council offers a range of learning opportunities to our partners. All of the adult social care training courses are free to attend and cover a wide range of subjects. Examples of the courses available include:

· Moving and handling of people with restricted mobility

· Person centred support planning

· Adult safeguarding

· Falls prevention

· Managing medicines for care workers

For further details about how to access these courses, please see below.

Accessing Training via the East Sussex Learning Portal

To access training via the East Sussex Learning Portal, each member of staff needs to set up their own account. Guidance on setting up an account is below:

Guidance on how to submit a new user request

To search for training courses, log into the portal and click on the ‘Adult Social Care’ box.

Then click on the ‘Training and Development’ tab

Most relevant training for care home staff will be in the “Independent Care Sector, Carers & Voluntary Sector” section.

Cancellations and non-attendance

We will charge external organisations for non-attendance (where the place has not been previously cancelled) and for late cancellations - five working days or less prior to the day of the course (excluding weekends and bank holidays), irrespective of the reason for cancellation/absence, including sickness. The charge is levied to contribute to the costs of the lost training place.

The charge for late cancellation and non-attendance is £50 per person for each event. Where a course lasts for more than one day, the charge will be levied, per person, for each whole or half day missed i.e. £100 for a two-day event. The same charges will also be applied for late arrivals who are turned away from the course.

Non-attendance/wasted place charges are invoiced to organisations within two weeks of the course and payment terms are 49 days.

Failure to pay the fine within 49 days of the date of the invoice will result in the organisation concerned being excluded from all future training events for a six month period.

Exceptions for payment for non-attendance will be dealt with on an individual basis. In this instance we ask that individuals (or another representative of their organisation on their behalf) contact us by email, with an explanation and a decision will be made.