PLEASE NOTE: THIS TRAINING WILL BE DELIVERED VIA WEBINAR The Professional Report Writing for Social Care Professionals training course is for anyone that is responsible for the recording of information or report writing. Report writing is a complex task requiring good understanding and judgement, empathy, sensitivity, and good written communication skills. Reports or documents may be to inform, to record or to persuade. Writing reports is a similar process to assessment; the person writing the report gathers information, organises and logically presents information, and concludes. The new GDPR guidelines introduced in 2018 is an important component of this training and will be explored throughout. Certification: Social Care Training Ireland Certificate in Professional Report Writing for Social Care Professionals For more information on our training courses call Caoimhe on 087 9576221 or email caoimhe.brennan@socialcaretraining.ie This course is held via Webinar and participants will receive all details a few days before the course commences.   Course Objectives

• To explore the principles of professional report writing and recording of information
• Components of a good report and objective report writing
• Explore Confidentiality in relation to report writing
• To consider some of the pitfalls of recording through group exercises
• To inform participants about structuring and editing reports
• To give participants an understanding of how legislation can influence the recording of information
• Examine why we write reports and what a professional report consists of
• Effective communication skills and consistency
• Legal proceedings

This training will explore how participants gather information. Participants will be supported to read critically, with objectivity and without discrimination. At the end of the course participants will:

• Be confident with their use of vocabulary in reports
• Know how to eliminate information that is not necessary in reports
• Be confident in their knowledge of current legislation, including GDPR guidelines.
• Participants will be informed of their responsibilities as report writers
• Be informed of the possible penalties which occur in false reporting or omitting important information from a report