When shifts are long and energy’s low, learning can feel out of reach. Here’s our tips for fitting training into real-life schedules and supporting staff development.
When shifts are long and energy’s low, learning can feel out of reach. Here’s our tips for fitting training into real-life schedules and supporting staff development.
Explore three new Self Assessments on FuturU to reflect on your inclusivity, empathy, and compassion. Quick, practical, and designed for care professionals.
Discover how person-centred care moves from concept to daily reality – and how our new course can help you embed it in your work.
Brush up on your knowledge and be confident in your daily practices with these 6 free CPD-accredited online infection prevention and control courses.
September is the ideal time to upskill your care team. Find out why, discover practical steps, and learn how FuturU can support your goals in September and beyond.
Is your training still fit for purpose? Spot the signs your care organisation needs a learning refresh – and find out what you can do about it.
Explore two new FuturU courses: Airway Management and Adults with Incapacity. Learn practical, up-to-date care skills tailored for real-world settings.
Are you a good listener? Active listening techniques could make you an even better one, as well as a more supportive manager. Find out how in this article.
Learn how FuturU is making healthcare training more effective through story-led, scenario-based learning and emotionally engaging characters.
Separate fact from fiction and explore how modern online learning platforms like FuturU are transforming healthcare education with flexible and engaging training.
Discover FuturU’s new Lone Working and Frailty courses. Free, practical training for carers, healthcare professionals, and families. Learn essential skills today.
We’re thrilled to introduce our Sickle Cell Disease Awareness and Trauma Informed Care courses, designed to help you provide person-centred care.
To mark Nutrition & Hydration Week, we’ve shared six free courses to help you build skills and confidence when it comes to fluids and nutrition.
To help you prepare for your reflective account, we asked Sarah Edgar, an Associate Assessor in our Qualifications team, to share her top tips and dos and don’ts.
From empathy and time management to adaptability and patience, here’s 15 ways to cultivate the essential soft skills your social care team needs.
Learn what a mentor does, the benefits of becoming a mentor, the main types of mentoring, and how to be a great mentor in this comprehensive guide.
Are you supporting a loved one as an unpaid carer? Here are five care courses to help build skills and confidence, available for free from FuturU.
Need something more from social care training than just reading and listening? Find out how active learning can make study more engaging and memorable.
What is employee appreciation and why should it matter to care home team leaders? Find out here and get practical tips for appreciating employees.
Difficult conversations with employees aren’t much fun for either party. Here’s how to make difficult conversations at work more comfortable and constructive.
Understanding what motivates employees can boost retention, performance and teamwork. Here’s how to understand motivation in your social care team.
A good social care worker has more than just ‘hard’ technical qualifications. Here’s how to uncover a candidate’s essential soft skills at interview.
Soft skills are a key ingredient in every successful social care team. Find out how to attract, identify and hire people with the right soft skills.
Sharing honest feedback can bring huge benefits to a care home team. But what is a feedback culture and how can care home leaders create one? Find out here.
Soft skills play a crucial role in workplace success. But what are soft skills, and which ones are essential to a career in social care? Find out here.
Struggling to get an interview for jobs in care? Improve your care worker CV with our 5 top care worker CV tips (and 3 common mistakes to avoid).
As a people manager, you have the opportunity to inspire your team to plan a career around their real passions. In this article, we’ll explore how to do just that.
From accessibility and flexibility through to engagement and cost-savings, here’s six benefits of e-learning for care organisations.
Whatever your role, it’s crucial to equip yourself with the skills needed to provide the very best care. Here’s 8 skills every healthcare worker needs in 2024.
FuturU’s Head of Learning Innovation, Mark Story, takes us on a fascinating journey into the world of human behaviour and decision-making.
Here’s six courses for healthcare workers available entirely for free from FuturU that’ll help you take your skills and confidence to the next level.
From mental health awareness to mealtime assistance and fire safety, this article outlines six skills your care home needs to thrive and how to get them with FuturU.
Carving out time to learn is easier said than done, but if you want to make real progress at work, it’s a non-negotiable. Here’s how to create a learning habit.
FuturU offers a wide range of advanced courses for nursing, covering everything from Acquired Brain Injury to Dementia. Discover our top picks for nurses here.
From moving & handling to fire safety, discover the seven essential training courses that every care worker needs to complete, available for free from FuturU.
Vicki Kot, Learning Experience Design Manager at FuturU, takes a deep dive into the power of storytelling and how it can improve knowledge retention in learning.
Lifelong learning is a commitment. In this article, we explore how you can embrace a lifelong learning mindset and why it’s time to drive into the unknown.
In this article, Vicki Kot explores the significance of story narratives in learning. Find out how storytelling can aid in the retention of information.
Learning can be challenging, especially when the benefits are not immediate. In this article, Mark shares some of the best ways to stay motivated while learning.
Feeling curious? Unpack the concept of curiosity with Mark Story, explore its role in learning and personal growth, and how it can help us shape a brighter future.
Learning is a skill. You can be good at it or bad at it but crucially, you can get better at it. Mark Story shares four ways you can become a better learner.