QQI Level 5 Award in Community Health Services

Course details

COURSE COSTS

There are no course costs. This course is funded under VTOS.

Eligibility criteria are determined by the Department of Social Protection.

To qualify for VTOS a person must:

• be at least 21 years of age at the commencement of the course,
• be in receipt of an unemployment payment or signing for credits for at least 6 months.

WHAT WILL I STUDY?

• Equality & Disability
• Intellectual Disability Studies
• Assistive Technology
• Human Growth & Development
• Care for the Older person
• Care Support
• Communications
• Work Experience
• Word Processing

Please note the components listed above may vary occasionally

HOW WILL I LEARN?

You will have a mixture of classroom-based subjects, mandatory work placement and independent study. You will be expected to complete assignments throughout the year.

HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?

A full Award is granted on passing the relevant eight components. You will be assessed throughout and at the end of the year. On successful completion of each component, you will be awarded a Pass, a Merit or a Distinction grade.

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE FROM YOU!

We would like you to have a vocation to work with the elderly, the incapacitated or the disabled. A responsible, caring and hardworking student will find this course very fulfilling. You will be responsible for securing an appropriate off site work placement before the beginning of the course.

CAREER/PROGRESSION OPPORTUNITIES

This course provides graduates with the knowledge and recognised skills that will deliver employment in community care, health centres, disability agencies, hospitals for older people and psychiatric hospitals. You may be interested to know that all our 2012/13 students successfully secured employment on completion of this course. 18 out of 20 students in 2011/12 successfully secured employment on completion of this course. Students may also progress to participating Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) through the Higher Education Links Scheme. Past students have progressed onto Social Science in NUIM, Education & Training in DCU and Occupational Therapy in Scotland.

Click this course code 5M4468 to see the list of Third Level courses this Award links with. You can also type “any” into the same search box and this will return all courses open to students who have successfully completed a QQI Level 5 course.

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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

A student seeking entry to this programme does not need a previous formal qualification. However, the student must demonstrate at interview the capacity to successfully participate on this programme. This includes both the academic and work experience elements of the programme. Should the student have previous qualifications, one of the following may be appropriate for admission to the programme:

• Leaving Certificate/LCVP/LCA
• QQI Level 4 Award
• Mature Students (over 21yrs) who may not have formal academic requirements but who have the ability to successfully participate on
• the course will be considered. (RPL Recognition of Prior Learning)
• Interview