Personal and Pressure Care Awareness

Course Overview

Caring for someone goes beyond meeting basic needs—it’s about promoting dignity, comfort, and wellbeing every single day. This essential course provides the knowledge and practical skills required to deliver high-quality personal care, with a strong focus on preventing pressure ulcers, one of the most common and serious risks in care settings. Whether you're new to care or looking to refresh your knowledge, this course will give you the confidence to provide care that is safe, respectful, and effective.

Why Take This Course?

High-quality personal care is critical to maintaining health and dignity, particularly for individuals who are elderly, immobile, or unwell. Pressure ulcers can develop quickly and lead to severe complications if not prevented or managed correctly.

This course will help you:

• Provide personal care with dignity, compassion, and professionalism
• Understand how pressure ulcers form and how to prevent them
• Maintain skin integrity through proper hygiene, positioning, and equipment use
• Support independence and comfort while reducing risks of infection and injury
• Follow best practices in continence care, oral hygiene, dressing, and grooming

Who Should Take This Course?

This training is suitable for:

• Care Assistants
• Support Workers
• Healthcare and Nursing Staff
• Anyone providing hands-on care in health, residential, or community care settings

What You Will Learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Deliver safe, respectful personal care tailored to individual needs
• Recognise early signs and risk factors for pressure ulcers
• Apply preventive techniques, including correct positioning and use of pressure-relieving equipment
• Support skin health through effective hygiene and skincare routines
• Encourage mobility and independence in daily care routines
• Understand how to protect against cross-contamination and maintain infection control standards
• Provide compassionate, person-centred care that preserves dignity

Why It Matters

Pressure ulcers are preventable.

Compassionate and skilled care doesn’t just prevent injuries—it improves lives. With the right knowledge and daily habits, you can make a real difference in the comfort, dignity, and health outcomes of those you care for.

Take the Next Step

Enrol today with A.R.T.S. Training and building the skills and confidence to deliver exceptional personal care—care that truly makes a difference.