The knowledge for all 16 Care Certificate standards, the induction standards set by Skills for Care, NHS England and Skills for Health for everyone starting in health or adult social care. Learn online in short modules with a knowledge check on each, then your employer observes your practice and awards the Care Certificate.
Skills for Care publishes the pay actually recorded by care employers in England. These are the latest medians for the independent sector, where most care jobs are.
The starting role. The Care Certificate is the induction standard employers expect you to complete when you start.
Leads shifts and supervises care workers. The Adult Care Level 3 Diploma is the qualification for this step.
Once you are in post, the regulated diploma employers and CQC expect for senior roles. From £69.99 a month.
See the Level 3 diplomaThere is no course fee to find, no finance agreement to sign and no debt to worry about. Your first 7 days are free, then you pay for the month you are in, and every payment is covered by the 14-day money back guarantee. Most learners finish the Care Certificate inside a month and cancel with their certificate in hand.
You never sign a credit agreement with us, so there is no debt and nothing for anyone to chase. If you stop paying, you simply stop studying. No finance company, no loan and no letters.
Skills for Care's assessor and employer guide is clear: the knowledge can be learnt and checked online, but anything the standards ask you to demonstrate must be observed in your real work, and the registered manager or named person signs you off on the national template. Portfolio evidence can move with you between employers.
The Care Certificate is where a care career starts. The next steps are TQUK regulated qualifications, with the same free trial and monthly pricing.
The 16 standards every new care worker completes. Knowledge here, practice observed by your employer.
From £9.99 a monthLevel 3 · TQUKAdult Care Level 3 DiplomaSenior care worker and lead practitioner. 59 credits, in work.
From £69.99 a monthLevel 5 · TQUKLeadership and Management for Adult Care Level 5 DiplomaDeputy and registered manager. 95 credits, in a leadership role.
From £79.99 a monthThe standards exactly as Skills for Care published them in March 2025. Each module ends with a short knowledge check: pass at 80% and move on, retake as often as you like at no cost. Three standards also have practical elements your employer observes.
Standard titles from the Skills for Care Care Certificate assessor and employer guide, March 2025.
Skills for Care allows eLearning to evidence the knowledge requirements as long as it has an associated assessment. Every module here ends with multiple choice questions. Your employer covers the practical side in the workplace.
Short modules on a phone, tablet or laptop. Your progress is saved wherever you stop.
Multiple choice at the end of each module. 80% to pass, unlimited retakes, instant result.
Finish the sixteenth module and your certificate of achievement is ready the same day.
Issued by Lift College, not by an awarding body. It records the standards you covered and the hours of learning, so a manager can see exactly what you have done and count it towards your induction.
The certificate is issued only when all sixteen are done. No partial certificates.
Download it from your dashboard. A printed copy can be posted on request.
Each certificate carries a unique number and is signed by Kate Strohm, Managing Director.
has completed the knowledge learning and passed the knowledge check for all 16 standards of the Care Certificate, as set by Skills for Care, NHS England and Skills for Health (March 2025 standards), with Lift College.
Not a regulated qualification and not accredited by any awarding body or CPD body. The Care Certificate itself is awarded by your employer on the Skills for Care national template.
Add your staff, watch their progress standard by standard and download every certificate from one place, so your assessor can concentrate on observation.
Phone, tablet or laptop. Modules are short enough to finish on a break.
Every knowledge check is marked the moment you submit, with the right answers explained.
Standards done and standards to go on your dashboard, the same view your employer sees if you are enrolled as a team.
Questions about the course, your account or your certificate answered by the Lift College support team by email and chat.
One option on CPD courses. The full course, every knowledge check and your certificate of achievement.
Full access for 7 days. Your first payment is on day 8, and you can cancel any time before then from your account.
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MarcusLevel 3 Diploma in Adult Care (RQF)No. It is a set of 16 induction standards set by Skills for Care, NHS England and Skills for Health. Skills for Care states the standards are not accredited. The separate Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate is a regulated qualification, which this course is not.
No. Lift College is not a CPD accrediting body and this course carries no accreditation. Your certificate records the hours of learning, which you can log as CPD with your employer if they accept it.
Anything the standards ask you to demonstrate must be observed in real work by your employer's assessor. Basic life support may be assessed by simulation.
All 16 modules, every knowledge check with unlimited retakes, your dashboard and your certificate of achievement. There is one option; there is no Boost tier on CPD courses.
Ask about team enrolment above. Your manager gets a dashboard showing each person's progress and can download every certificate.
You get a Lift College certificate of achievement for the knowledge element of all 16 standards. The Care Certificate itself is awarded by your employer on the national template once they have observed your practice, because Skills for Care does not allow eLearning alone to complete it.
Not to study the knowledge. To have the Care Certificate awarded you need an employer to observe your practice and sign you off.
About 20 hours of learning. Most learners finish within a month. There is no fixed end date; you pay monthly while you study and cancel when you have your certificate.
Skills for Care says portfolio evidence can be used when changing roles or moving between employers. Your certificate of achievement is yours to keep and show to a new employer.
Lift College. It is a certificate of achievement, not an awarding body certificate.
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