What This Standard Covers
What your role includes and where its boundaries sit.
How agreed ways of working, policies and codes of conduct guide practice.
How your role connects with colleagues, families and wider professionals.
Why It Matters
Standard 1 lays the foundation for practice. It helps workers understand what they are accountable for, how to work within their competence and how their day-to-day actions contribute to the quality of care people receive.
Official Source
This page is a plain-English summary based on the March 2025 Skills for Care Care Certificate standards. For the full learning outcomes and assessment criteria, use the official PDF.
Read the official 2025 standard PDF