Course details

This programme will enable the student to develop the knowledge, skills and experience to be employed as a healthcare worker in acute or long-term residential care settings.

Course Content

  • Care Skills
  • Care Support
  • Care of the Older Person
  • Human Growth and Development
  • Caring for Children in Hospital
  • Safety and Health at Work
  • Communications
  • Work Experience

Electives

  • Care Provision and Practice
  • Health Studies
  • Social Studies

Certification

FETAC/NCVA Healthcare Support Award

Entry Requirements

Ordinary Leaving Certificate/Leaving Certificate Applied. All applicants must have two references relevant to social care and are subject to individual and group interviews. Applications are welcome from mature students with relevant experience.

Updated on 08 November, 2015

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