The courses

SMART Training offer training in five distinct course areas:

Introductory courses: Introductory courses help staff achieve a working understanding of essential areas of care, including: Nutrition, Moving & Handling and Infection Control. Both full and half day courses are available and meet knowledge requirements for SVQ in Health and Social Care level two.
To find out more or for a full list of courses and fees see Introductory courses.
Next step courses: Next step courses are for those on your team who are more experienced and ready for the next step. Courses in this area include: Emergency First Aid, Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Abuse, Manual Handling and Advanced Health & Safety. We offer full one and two day courses and the knowledge learned on these courses will help meet the requirements of the SVQ in Health & Social Care at level three.
To find out more or for a full list of courses and fees see Next step courses.
Specialised courses: Our specialised courses will help you develop the clinical knowledge of your organisation and can be access by any level of care staff (with the exception of venepuncture). We offer full day courses in: Dementia, Venepuncture and Pallative Care.
To find out more or for a full list of courses and fees see Specialised courses.
Leadership & management courses: These courses are aimed at developing your senior team, to help improve the efficiency of your business with more effective leadership. These full day courses include: Recruit, Select and Keep Good People, Effective Leadership, Manage Your Time and Effective Communication.
To find out more or for a full list of courses and fees see Leadership & management.
SVQ programmes: As an SQA approved centre we can help your staff reach their SVQs in numerous areas including: Health & Social Care, Registered Manager Award and Management. We have support to meet the needs of any level of need from beginners to the more experienced person.
To find out more or for a full list of courses and fees see SVQs.