Choosing the right care training company

Choosing a training provider can be a minefield, particularly if you are unsure on how to choose the right one for you.

It’s important to find a care and clinical training organisation which aligns with you and your values. One which can provide person centred care to suit the requirements for your service users, staff and the organisation.

There are 5 main areas to think about and they include the:

• people

• certifications

• price

• reviews

• accreditations 

The people

It can important to know how the people at an organisation are. Do they seem interested in what you do or do they just want to take the booking? Do you feel they align with their mission statement, values and vision? A training provider should be all about providing valuable learning and development to enable the learners to be knowledgable and skilled in the training area.

The certifications

What qualifications should the trainers and/or assessors have?

For many organisations it is expected that a trainer has a minimum of a Level 3 Award in Education and Training. Though, there are trainers who have not achieve the minimum as believe they are occupationally competent with their experience.

Similarly to this, organisations typically expect an assessor to have a minimum of a Level 3 in assessing. The qualification can depend on whether they are assessing vocational achievement, workplace assessments or both.

The price 

Price is an important factor for everyone. Ask yourself this… Does the provider you are looking at offer value and therefore is the cost equivalent to this? Do they mention practical based activities or role play opportunities for seemingly practical led sessions.

The reviews

When looking at reviews, we should look at quality and not just quantity. Quantity can provide a good overview, though we should not discredit smaller or just recently opened providers either. More so, some organisations would rather work with a small group of companies than work with many organisations. Therefore the amount of reviews may be very little. If you are an avid review reader, reflect on the content on the feedback. Does it mention words such as valuable, innovative, creative, relevant, engaging, motivating etc?

The accreditations

Like with reviews, it can take time for an organisation to be able to achieve an accreditation and again we should not discredit them straightaway. There are various accreditation, endorsed and quality mark schemes. For example, Skills for Care can endorse learning providers where they must submit evidence to show how they are meeting the standards expected. Similarly, training providers can have their service and/or activities accredited by various CPD organisations. 

There are many questions you can ask a training provider and we hope that some of these give you some questions to ask, if you are unsure.

Whether you choose us or another organisation, we hope we helped in your search to find a likeminded training provider.

Let us know in the comments below what you look for in a training provider?