FREE TRAINING FOR CARE HOMES
Free Care Home Training Courses
Free, practical online courses for the whole care home team — from dementia and safeguarding to medication, moving and handling and end of life care. Self-paced, on any device, with a free certificate every time.
Free online training built for care homes
Care homes support people with some of the most complex needs in the sector — often older adults living with dementia, frailty, multiple health conditions and reduced mobility. Getting care right around the clock takes a confident, well-trained team, from care assistants and nurses to activities staff, catering and management.
At Care Learning, our free courses give care home staff the practical knowledge they need to keep residents safe, comfortable and treated with dignity. Every course is self-paced, works on any device, and includes a free certificate to evidence learning for induction, supervision, training matrices and CQC inspection.
Whether you run a residential home, a nursing home or a specialist dementia or learning disability service, the fundamentals are the same: residents deserve safe, kind, dignified care, and your team deserves the knowledge and confidence to deliver it. Free, accessible courses make that realistic across a whole staff group — for induction, for refreshers and for ongoing development.
Because there are no licences to buy and no limit on the number of staff who take part, you can build a consistent standard of training across every shift, without stretching your budget.
WHY IT MATTERS
Why training matters in a care home
In a care home, staff are responsible for people’s safety and wellbeing every hour of every day. Strong training helps prevent avoidable harm — such as falls, pressure damage, infections, poor nutrition and medication errors — and helps staff respond calmly and kindly when residents are distressed or unwell.
It is also central to CQC compliance. Inspectors expect to see that staff are competent, that mandatory and refresher training is current, and that the home is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led. A clear, exportable training record makes inspections far less stressful.
Good training supports your people, too. Confident, well-supported staff are more likely to stay — which means better continuity of care for residents and less pressure on managers to fill gaps.
Care homes are also busy, unpredictable places, and small gaps in knowledge can have serious consequences. Well-trained staff notice changes in a resident sooner, escalate concerns clearly, and support families with confidence — all of which help build the trust that a good home depends on.
Keeping a simple, up-to-date record of who has completed what, and when their next refresher is due, makes managing training far less stressful and keeps the home ready for inspection all year round.
WHAT’S COVERED
The knowledge your care home team needs
Our free courses cover the topics care home staff use most, including:
Dementia care
Person-centred support for residents living with dementia.
Safeguarding adults
Recognise, prevent and respond to abuse and neglect.
Safe medication
Safe administration, recording and good medicines management.
Moving & handling
Safer approaches that reduce the risk of injury to residents and staff.
End of life care
Compassionate, dignified support at the end of life.
Infection prevention & control
Hand hygiene, PPE and reducing the spread of infection.
WHY LEARN WITH US
Training built for the whole care home team
Practical learning that keeps residents safe and your home inspection-ready.
Free across every shift
Free courses for care, nursing, activities, catering and management — no limits.
Ready for your file
Certificates to keep training matrices, supervisions and inspection records current.
Fits around shifts
Short, self-paced courses on any device, day or night.
Care-home ready
Covering the topics homes rely on, from dementia to medication and end of life.
WHO IT’S FOR
Made for everyone in the care home
Whether you are inducting new starters or keeping an established team up to date, these courses meet you where you are.
BROWSE COURSES
Free care home training courses
Choose a course to start learning. Every course is free, with a downloadable certificate when you finish.
New care home courses are added regularly, so it is worth checking back — and if there is a topic you would like us to cover, just let us know.
Train your whole care home team — for free
Keep residents safe, your records current and your home inspection-ready. Join thousands of UK care professionals training with Care Learning.