The learning passport and dedicated online portal are designed to make it easy for care professionals to: 

• Track your continual professional training and development  
• Earn points each time you upload a certificate to your portal and to move up through the 5 tiers 
• Each tier gives you access to perks in the form of exclusive rewards and discounts 
• Easily demonstrate your professional qualifications and transferable skills to current and future employers 
• Identify potential career pathways  

If you are a Care Professional, you can sign up for free as an Academy Affiliate, subject to the platform being available in your area. 

Anyone working in Adult Social Care in any position.  

The Academy is not yet available in all parts of the country, although it is our goal to be a national platform. If you are unable to find your county on registration, please contact us on contact@careprofessional.co.uk  

If you are unable to find your county under the list of counties, please email contact@careprofessional.co.uk . 

Please visit our website and click on '‘care-employee sign up’' 

'CPD' stands for Continuing Professional Development (this could also refer to the records that show this such as certificates)

If you are unable to find your organisation under your county on the list, please click on the "I can't find my organisation" and you will then be able to enter the name of your organisation. 

Once you have registered and uploaded a minimum of one certificate, Care Professional Standards Academy staff members will be able to assess your application. Along with your record of training and development, in order to validate or decline your application. This will take around 7 working days. To reach the first tier please upload at least one full day’s worth of training certificates.

Please log into your portal and there will be a green pencil , next to ‘CURRENT EMPLOYMENT’, please click on the green pencil and you can edit your details to add an additional employer or remove your current employer and add a new one.

Once you have logged into your profile, next to your picture, employment and name there will be a green pencil . Click on the green pencil and it will allow you to edit your profile.

The Academy team check details on every certificate and validate certificates in align with Skills for Care Core and Mandatory training. For every certificate uploaded to the Academy the Quality team check:

1. The certificate is relevant
2. The name matches
3. The course name is correct
4. About the training company and what type of training provider
5. Date on certificate matches details entered
6. Expiry date on certificate. If there is no expiry date Skills for Care guidelines will be used (if it should have one)
7. Logos are correct
8. The categories you have completed on upload are correct

If there are any concerns about the validity of a certificate, additional checks are carried out.

Once your certificate has been validated, you will receive an email from the Care Professional Academy.  

The number of points for each certificate will be based on an internal algorithm and will factor in the following:

• Is the learning approved by local County Council or Care Association? The reason for this is that we want to monitor the quality of training given to care staff. If the training is not approved, it will still accrue some credits, but not as many as approved training. If you would like to find out about training being 'approved', please email contact@careprofessional.co.uk
• Is the learning linked to an external awarding body for which you receive a full (or part of a) qualification?
• What level is the learning?
• How many hours have been spent directly on the training course?
• Is the training face-to-face, distance learning or e-learning?

Your CPD is linked to affiliation, and you will need to renew your affiliation each year. To renew your affiliation you will need to upload at least one piece of training or CPD activity related to social care. 

Some of our perks will require your Academy Affiliate ID number and your date of birth to access the perks. This information is not used for any other reason.  

If you are not sure if your course is a CPD Training Course or an Academic studies course, please give us your best guess and we will ensure it is uploaded correctly.  

If you require a certificate to be deleted from your portal please contact the Care Professional Academy team at contact@careprofessional.co.uk  

By using your own personal e-mail address you will be able to access your portal at any time and from any device or computer.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to email the Care Professional Academy Team on contact@careprofessional.co.uk or call on 01707 937 990.