Employability in Health and Social Care - Level 3 Award

Essentials

Duration: 7 weeks Online
Start date: 28th February 2025
End date: 11th April 2025
Day: Friday
Time: 9.30am-12.30pm

Course fee: FREE

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Course Content

The objectives of the OCN NI Level 3 Award in Employability in Health and Social Care are to enable learners to understand:

• key aspects of relevant legislation, statutory responsibilities and rights of employees and employers
• employee and employer arrangements and agreed ways of working
• different health and social care career pathways and opportunities
• how issues of public concern may affect trust in and delivery of services Progression

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Course Aims

The OCN NI Level 3 Award in Employability in Health and Social Care has been designed to enable learners to understand employee and employer rights and responsibilities in health and social care settings. Qualification Objectives 

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Course Update

This course is fully funded by the Department for the Economy, under the Skill Up Programme. This course is a part of a suite of free online accredited courses that the College is offering to upskill, retrain and gain a qualification with no costs associated.

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You must be at least 18 years of age.
You must be a resident of Northern Ireland and eligible to work in the UK.
You will be required to have sufficient literacy and numeracy skills to enable them to successfully complete the qualification.

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This course allows for progression to the OCN NI Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Northern Ireland) and/or to higher level qualifications in health and social care.

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