
Level 3 Award for Care Trainers - Health and Social Care Train the Trainer Course
This Level 3 Award for Care Trainers, train-the-trainer course is designed for practitioners who want to teach, train and deliver health and social care courses. The course is suitable for trainers working with health and social care workers in Domiciliary, Supported living, Residential Care and Nursing Homes
What can you teach or train with this Care Train and Trainer Qualification
This Care Trainers award is ideal for trainers who want to teach the Care Certificate, Mandatory Training and a range of qualifications such as diabetes care, medication, safeguarding, basic first-aid, equality, care mandatory training and any other area you are occupationally competent.
Successful learners who complete this training the trainer course will also be awarded the Level 3 Award in Education and Training (RQF) qualification.
Why is this Train the Trainer Important for your Care Organisation?
By investing in your own in-house trainers, your organisation not only builds a knowledgeable team but also gains valuable flexibility and control over the learning and development of your team. Here’s why this matters:
- Tailored Learning: In-house trainers can adapt sessions to your team’s specific needs, reflecting the unique requirements and values of your organisation rather than settling for one-size-fits-all solutions.
- Ongoing Cost Savings: Once your trainers are qualified, delivering refresher and mandatory training internally means you save on external trainer fees and minimise disruption to rotas.
- Consistent Quality: Having a dedicated trainer ensures that your staff receive the same standard of education, maintaining compliance with CQC expectations and best practices.
- Greater Flexibility: Organise training when it suits your team, whether that’s accommodating shift patterns or managing last-minute demands.
- Immediate Support: On-site trainers are on hand to clarify questions, support new starters, and embed a culture of learning throughout your care setting.
- Supporting Regulatory Compliance: This course is carefully aligned with key regulatory requirements, including those set out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). By equipping trainers with up-to-date knowledge of best practices and care standards, the training helps organisations demonstrate staff development, evidence safe practices, and maintain essential training records, crucial elements for any successful inspection. Whether you oversee domiciliary teams, manage supported living services, or lead a care home, you’ll gain practical tools for embedding compliance into day-to-day operations, giving you greater confidence when facing audits or regulatory reviews.
For care organisations juggling daily demands, this Train the Trainer is a practical solution that streamlines learning, improves outcomes for staff and residents, and helps you stay fully up to date with regulatory standards.
How our Train the Trainer Course Maintains Quality and Consistency
Our Train the Trainer courses offer care providers a structured pathway to ensure high standards when it comes to internal training delivery. By equipping both new and experienced trainers with a shared set of skills, methods, and best practices, these courses help standardise how knowledge is passed on throughout a team or service. Here's how the Train the Trainer approach supports quality and consistency:
- Needs-led Training: Trainers learn how to accurately assess what their teams require, tailoring content to meet specific workplace demands while ensuring nothing essential is overlooked.
- Consistent Delivery: Participants are shown how to develop and use engaging, interactive training materials and lesson plans so that everyone receives the same key information, regardless of who is leading the session.
- Inclusive Techniques: The training covers ways to support different learning styles, backgrounds, and levels of experience, ensuring all staff can access and benefit from the training.
- Clear Evaluation Methods: Trainers are taught how to gather useful feedback and measure the effectiveness of each session, making it easier to spot areas for improvement and sustain high standards over time.
- Adaptability: Practical techniques are introduced to help trainers adjust their delivery as teams, regulations, or organisational needs evolve.
Together, these elements mean that organisations are able to offer reliable, high-quality training every time—helping to build confidence in staff, and ensuring professional practice remains up to date.
Course Content of this health and social care trainer training
You will be expected to successfully complete the following four units to achieve the Level 3 Award for Care Trainers:
Unit 1: Understanding Principles of Care.
This unit focuses on your knowledge and understanding of care concepts and principles such as duty of care, roles and responsibilities, dignity, person centered care, information governance, reflective practice, professional development and professionalism.
Unit 2: Meeting Learner Needs.
This unit focuses on the methods and techniques to meet the needs of learners including assessments. The unit also focuses on inclusive practice, empowering learners, working in partnership and using SMART objectives.
Unit 3: Understanding Holistic Assessments.
The unit focuses on the knowledge and understanding of assessment methods and types. It will address holistic assessments, self and peer assessment.
Unit 4: Delivering Inclusive Training and Learning.
The unit focuses on the techniques of delivering inclusive teaching and learning such as the use of group work, presentations and one to one work
Course Delivery and Assessments
This training the trainer course is delivered over a period of over two to three weeks distance learning and one day face to face training in Stoke On Trent. The course is assessed by written work, professional discussions and a micro-teach session lasting a minimum one hour.
Entry Requirements for this Train the Trainer Course
This course is accessible to a wide range of health and social care professionals eager to develop their training skills. Here’s what you’ll need before applying:
General Requirements:
There are no formal entry requirements for the Level 3 Award in Education and Training. No prior teaching or training experience is necessary, and you do not need to have completed teaching practice hours.
Specialist Requirements: Moving and Handling Trainers
If you intend to deliver Moving and Handling training, you should:
- Bring relevant experience from working within the health and social care sector. Have hands-on involvement in moving and handling tasks with people.Hold a current, valid Moving and Handling training certificate.
Specialist Requirements: First Aid Trainers
Aspiring First Aid trainers will require:
- Practical health and social care experience.
- A valid ‘First Aid at Work’ (FAW) certificate, or as a minimum, an ‘Emergency First Aid at Work’ (EFAW) certificate if training will be conducted solely within your own organisation.
If you already meet these criteria and are passionate about sharing your expertise, you’re well-positioned to enrol and get started by following the links below.
Course Completion
Upon successful completion, you will be awarded the following:
- 1] Level 3 Award for Care Trainers
- 2] Level 3 Award in Education and Training
- 3] Level 3 Award in Understanding the Principles and Practices of Assessment
July 2025 Face to Face Trainer the trainer Dates
Stoke On Trent - 26/07/2025 (10am till 5pm) till 27/07/2025 (10am till 4pm)
August 2025 Face to Face Trainer the trainer Dates
Stoke On Trent - 30/08/2025 (10am till 5pm) till 31/08/2025 (10am till 4pm)
September 2025 Face to Face Trainer the trainer Dates
Stoke On Trent - 27/09/2025 (10am till 5pm) till 28/09/2025 (10am till 4pm)
October 2025 Face to Face Trainer the trainer Dates
Stoke On Trent - 25/10/2025 (10am till 5pm) till 26/10/2025 (10am till 4pm)
November 2025 Face to Face Trainer the trainer Dates
Stoke On Trent - 22/11/2025 (10am till 5pm) till 23/11/2025 (10am till 4pm)
December 2025 Face to Face Trainer the trainer Dates
Stoke On Trent - 20/12/2025 (10am till 5pm) till 21/12/2025 (10am till 4pm)
Booking and Signing Up
The full cost of this Level 3 Award for Care Trainers course is £400 when completing the course by blended learning. Here you will be expected to complete all the theory by distance learning and attend a three-hour face-to-face training for the practical.
The course fee includes support, tutorials, access to resources, assessments, quality assurance and certification. There are no hidden fees. You are only enrolled when we receive payment for your booking.
You can also pay by instalments starting with a deposit of £205 and one other £205 monthly instalment.
