The only Accredited CHAP training in the UK

The Care Home Assistant Practitioner Role is well established in the elderly care sector, but is growing in popularity amongst business owners and care staff in both mental health and learning disability support sectors. For Nursing Home owners & managers, it provides a skilled workforce able to support their nurses, where recruitment of nurses is now a serious problem, by supporting the nurses with some of their tasks, you enable them to do more 'nursing' and less of the paper based tasks that can take them away from providing the care your residents deserve.

In Residential Homes the CHAPS are able to provide the link between the care staff and the District Nurses, ensuring that your residents receive a more seamless service.

For business owners and managers in Mental Health and Learning disability support settings, the CHAP is an expert support worker, able to lead and mentor less experienced staff, and act as a link to other members of the health and social support team. We are very proud of our Mental Health and Learning Disability CHAP pathways,   as we are unique in offering these routes to CHAP training.

The benefit to your carers is the level of satisfaction they receive from achieving a bespoke qualification, they can choose courses from Levels 3 - 5, while meeting the needs of your residents and care team. By becoming a CHAP your carers develop the skills they already have to the next level, while being able to provide your residents with the care and attention they need.

What is included?

We have mandatory units that everyone has to complete, and then you can choose form our optional units, to meet the needs of your setting. 

What is involved?

We deliver 12 days of training to cover the basics and any practical elements, your staff will be provided with reading material and questions that will be both challenging and thought provoking. 

From experience we recommend follow up sessions annually and that one of our trainers / assessors meet with your CHAP staff during the first 6 months to monitor their progress. In many ways it is similar to them completing a Diploma.

All of our successful learners will automatically entered onto our CHAP register.

Can we have CHAPS in Domiciliary Care?

There is no reason why you could not have CHAPS level carers working in the community, we would be happy to discuss this with you to identify your particular requirements.

I am an individual, can I do my CHAP training?

Yes, as long as your employer will support you in your learning. Or you can sign up to the CHAPS Individual Virtual Course and fund this yourself.