Courses for working with adults
E-Learning
Me-Learning is the online learning platform that has up to 130 online courses, whether you want advice about GDPR, leading a meeting, customer service or dealing with loss or bereavement. Me-Learning enables learning at a time, pace, and place to suit you. Courses are flexible, adaptable, and easily accessible and cover a wide range of relevant subjects.
A full licence will give you unlimited access to all courses until March the 31st 2024 for just £20 + VAT per person. To request a Me-Learning license, please complete the Me-Learning request form.
For more information, please email e-learning@bolton.gov.uk.
Moodle is a free e-learning platform that offers the following courses to the adults’ workforce.
- Safeguarding Adults
- Introduction to the role of Childminder
- NCSC's New Cyber Security Training
- Modern Slavery
- Elective home education
- GM i Thrive
Create an account or access via Bolton Council Moodle, or email e-learning@bolton.gov.uk.
Courses available
We offer a full range of training courses.
Some courses have now moved to online delivery, using Microsoft Teams - we are continuing to use our well-established trainers and are confident that this method will provide convenient streamlined learning.
We value you as a learner and will update our pages as changes occur.
- Administration of medication - level 2
- Administration of medication - level 2 refresher
- Adult Social Care Induction
- Care certificate - introduction and professional care values
- Care certificate - portfolio building
- Catheter care
- Dementia and dementia care
- Emergency first aid
- Fluids and nutrition
- Mandatory update - blended refresher (previously known as moving and handling people, hoist awareness and safe use of equipment)
- Person centred practice
- Pressure ulcer and basic waterlow score
- Recognising and responding to abuse
- Stoma care training
Mental Health
We are pleased to announce our new Mental Health training program. Please follow the links below to learn more about each course and email LearningandDevelopment@bolton.gov.uk if you would like to book on any of them.
- Five Ways to Wellbeing is a one hour introductory workshop that explores the '5 ways to Wellbeing' and introduce the training pathway that will be available for staff to support many aspects of wellbeing and mental health.
- Connect 5 is a three session programme that is created to upskill non mental health staff to understand and address mental health issues within their everyday practice.
- Living Life To The Full - builds on helping people learn how to improve how they feel when they are feeling low or stressed.
- Bet You Can Help Now - Practcal First Aid for Gambling Related Harm (GRH) and the associated issues.
- Mental Health First Aid - two day training that teaches people how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health, and provide help on a first aid basis.
- Mental Health Champions - a one day course that qualifies you as an Mental Health First Aid Champion, giving you an understanding of common mental health issues.
- SafeTALK - a half day training in suicide alertness, for those who wish to become more aware of mental wellbeing.
- MindEd - Mental health support for children and young people. To create your free MindEd account please visit the MindEd website. The three modules are part of the courses entitled 'core content' and are suitable as an introduction/awareness level around mental health in relation to young people:
- Introduction to the MindEd content
- Normal psychological development
- Common problems and first help
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Bolton's Mental Health Training Brochure
You will also find details about training courses via the resources guide from Greater Manchester Integrated Partnership.
Foster Carers
We now have an e-brochure with all courses and details.