Assessor Awareness training

Are you involved in assessing colleagues, apprentices, or new recruits in a healthcare setting? Whether you're a clinical supervisor, ward manager, or learning and development lead, understanding the principles of workplace assessment is key to quality assurance and safe, effective patient care.

This expert-led course provides a clear foundation in assessment best practice for those responsible for assessing skills, knowledge, and competence in regulated and non-regulated healthcare roles. That said, assessment principles apply across all learning and development, so this open course is suitable no matter which organisation or sector you work within.

This course builds an awareness in:

• Functions of assessment
• Roles and responsibilities
• Standards and regulations
• Assessment methods
• Assessment cycle
• Planning and holistic assessment
• Involving the learner and others
• The VARCS principles
• Risks in assessment
• Assessment decisions
• Giving and receiving feedback
• Managing assessment information
• Quality Assurance – standardisation, appeals
• Legal and good practice requirements

This one-day virtual training event is run via Microsoft Teams and includes an event pack, useful resources, and a certificate of attendance.