EdgeWorks™ is pleased to announce that following an open tender process we have been selected to provide North Yorkshire County Council with a ‘Managed Learning Environment and E-Learning System’.
The contract will run for a period of three years and will support up to 10,000 learners including council staff and private, independent and voluntary organisations within the region.
EdgeWorks™ Care Academy was ranked against other leading social care e-learning providers against a wide range of criteria including:
- Evaluation of E-learning environment.
- Scope of E-learning packages available.
- Evaluation of e-learning content by subject matter experts.
- Reporting capabilities.
- Training, Support and maintenance.
- Management/Software upgrades.
- Standards, Security, Validation and Audit.
- Functionality / User Interface.
- Usability and Accessibility.
- Future Proofing/ Sustainability.
- Risk Awareness.
- Added Value.
E-learning programmes to be delivered include:
- Common Conditions.
- Common Induction Standards.
- Dementia.
- Skills for Care Induction.
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
- End of Life Care.
- Infection Control.
- Learning Disability Award.
- Medication.
- Mental Capacity Act.
- NVQ Health and Social Care Knowledge sets.
- Safe Food Hygiene.
- Safeguarding Adults.
- Skills for Life (including literacy, numeracy and ICT).
- Technical Certificates.
- Therapeutic Activities.
Naturally we are pleased to be working closely with North Yorkshire County Council and the award has generated a significant amount of interest from other authorities with whom we will be holding discussions over the coming weeks.
Request for further information should be directed to our head office: Telephone: 0330 995 0840.
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