Care Support & Work Experience

Course details

This Course discuss the roles, responsibilities and entitlements of a care worker, is also examines the role of a care worker within the multidisciplinary healthcare team. The learner will also have the skills to demonstrate the ability to plan and provide enhanced quality care.

Course Description

Overview

The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to work effectively in a care setting. It aims to promote good practice and respect for diversity in lifestyle, religion and culture in care work.

The Benefits to Learners of this Valuable Qualification

• To enable the learner to explore the roles, responsibilities and entitlements of a care worker,
• To facilitate an understanding of the importance of multidisciplinary work in the care sector,
• To explore the various needs of the clients in a care setting,
• To demonstrate an ability to plan and provide enhanced quality of care,
• To explore the need for personal planning and growth,
• To enable the learner to apply the skills and concepts in practical setting,
• To assist the learner to develop the academic and vocational language, literacy and numeracy skills related to Care Support through the medium of the indicative content,
• To enable the learner to take responsibility for his/her own learning

Requirements

The requirements for entry to the Care Support Level 5 Minor Award are, Leaving Certificate standard or equivalent qualifications or FETAC/QQI Level 4 Certificate and/or relevant life and work experiences.

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Course

The following content will be covered in this course:

• Discuss the roles, responsibilities and entitlements of a care worker
• Examine the role of a care worker within the multidisciplinary healthcare team
• Demonstrate the ability to plan and provide enhanced quality care
• Apply knowledge gained to plan and meet the needs of the individual client
• Explore the need for personal planning and growth
• Plan strategies to improve own personal development
• Reflect on personal effectiveness as a care worker to include own strengths and weaknesses
• Reflect on relationships with clients, relatives and multidisciplinary team members and interpersonal issues that arise in care work.

Assessment

The assessment process includes a combination of module appropriate assessment procedures which will facilitate the assessment of learning outcomes of this course. These methods will include continuous assessment processes such as:

Assessment Format: Assignment 30% / Learner Record 70%

Assignment – An assignment is usually carried out over an extended period of time and the assignment brief will require candidates to show:

• An understanding and application of concepts.
• A selection of relevant research techniques and sources of information.
• An ability to analyse, evaluate, draw conclusions and make recommendations

Learner Record – This course is assessed through completion of a number of activities and completion of a personal Learner Record which records your experience of supervision in a childcare context. This will cover planning of initiatives, making decisions, in addition to demonstrating your supervision and organisational skills. All work submitted must be your own work.

Grading: Pass 50% – 64% / Merit 65% – 79%/Distinction 80% – 100%

Accreditation

FETAC/QQI “ Care Support Level 5 Minor award
Awarded by – (QQI) Quality & Qualifications Ireland

Progression

On successful completion of this Care Support course, the participant will have achieved one of eight modules which lead to a Major Award in Healthcare Support Level 5