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Training • Regulated by Skills for Care / Health Education England

Care Certificate (Skills for Care)

Definition: An agreed set of 15 standards that define the knowledge, skills, and behaviours expected of healthcare support workers and adult social care workers.

Regulatory Impact & Compliance Overview

Designed to ensure compassionate, safe care, the Care Certificate assesses understanding of safeguarding, infection prevention, communication, privacy and dignity, duty of care, and health and safety. Expected to be completed within 12 weeks of starting a social care role.

Governing Authority

Enforced by Skills for Care / Health Education England in United Kingdom. Compliance with these standards is legally required for all licensed and participating care providers.

Automated Compliance

How AsanWork Enforces Care Certificate (Skills for Care)

AsanWork builds compliance directly into daily scheduling workflows. Hard compliance stops prevent un-vetted, un-screened, or non-credentialed staff from receiving shift allocations, ensuring 100% audit readiness.

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Related United Kingdom Healthcare Terms

Payroll 12.07% Holiday Pay Accrual (Irregular Hours) The statutory method reintroduced for calculating annual leave entitlement for irregular-hours workers and part-year workers in the UK. Vetting AccessNI Check (Northern Ireland) The criminal history disclosure service for individuals seeking employment in health and social care services in Northern Ireland. Compliance CQC Quality Statements (34 Statements) Quality statements are the commitments that health and social care providers must live up to under the CQC Single Assessment Framework. Regulation CQC Regulation 12: Safe Care and Treatment Regulation 12 mandates that care and treatment must be provided in a safe way for service users.