Healthcare Assistant Courses - Care of the Older Person / Disability Support
With this professional qualification you will gain the skills, knowledge and valuable work experience to create a pathway to employment for you.
The study of Intellectual Disability Studies will prepare you to work with people with general learning difficulties and their daily adaptive needs.
| Award Name | First Aid Response |
|---|---|
| NFQ Classification | |
| Awarding Body | PreHospital Emergency Care Council |
| NFQ Level | |
| Award Name | Level 5 Certificate (Level 5 NFQ) |
| NFQ Classification | Major |
| Awarding Body | QQI |
| NFQ Level | Level 5 NFQ |
| Award Name | NFQ Classification | Awarding Body | NFQ Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Aid Response | PreHospital Emergency Care Council | ||
| Level 5 Certificate (Level 5 NFQ) | Major | QQI | Level 5 NFQ |
Duration
1 year full-time.
Entry Requirements
Minimum Entry Requirements
Leaving Certificate: O6/H7 in 5 subjects or Leaving Certificate Applied or QQI Level 4 Equivalent qualifications will be considered. Mature applicants who have relevant industry experience and may not meet the above requirements are welcome to apply.
Careers / Further progression
Progression Opportunities and Employment Prospects
Progression Opportunities
Successful graduates may progress to QQI Level 6 Healthcare Supervisory Management or BTEC Social Care Diploma courses at Inchicore College.
QQI 5M4339 Healthcare Support major award leads to many CAO courses through the Higher Education Links Scheme including TUD Social Care and Applied Social Studies in Social Care.
Where are our recent Healthcare graduates working?
Our recent healthcare graduates are working in hospitals, nursing homes, in homecare supporting individual clients. Some graduates are working with chil-dren and young adults with disabilities, in residential care settings and in the community.
Further information
Start Date: September 2024.
All our courses have had the charges reduced to a €50 registration charge which you will need to pay to accept your offer. This charge covers your full course costs for the year.
Apply Online
You apply online (see "Application Weblink"). You can apply at any time.
When you complete your application, you will receive an acknowledgement email with login details, username and password, for your new account on our college applications system, MIT. You will log into the college applications system regularly to manage your application to ICFE. If you have any problems logging in please contact our Admissions office at info@inchicore.cdetb.ie
Can’t decide which course?
Our system only allows you to apply once, but you can change your mind any time. If you are interested in applying for more than one course, please contact our admissions office at the email address above and they will advise you on what to do.
Healthcare Assistant Courses Level 5
Care of the Older Person:
About the Course
Become a qualified Healthcare Assistant (HCA) with a special focus on care of the older person. There is increasing demand for qualified HCAs to work on the frontline in hospitals, dementia care, and hospices, or caring for vulnerable people in their homes and in residential settings. With this professional qualification you will gain the skills, knowledge and valuable work experience to create a pathway to employment for you.
Disability Support:
About the Course
Qualify to work as a HCA on our unique and highly regarded Disability Support course which prepares you to work in any healthcare environment including community homes for independent living, nursing homes and daily respite centres for people with a disability.
The study of Intellectual Disability Studies will prepare you to work with people with general learning difficulties and their daily adaptive needs.
Course Coordinator: Paula Faller
Subjects
Care of the Older Person
Care Skills
Care Support
Communications
Infection Prevention and Control
Palliative Care Support
Safety and Health at Work
Work Experience
Option 1 – Human Growth & Development
Option 2 – Intellectual Disability Studies
Course content may be revised for educational or organisational reasons.
5M4339 - Healthcare Support
Certification: QQI: Healthcare Support 5M4339
Additional Certification
• First Aid and Cardiac First Response
• Manual Handling and Patient Moving
Inchicore College of Further Education,
Emmet Road,
Dublin 8,
Ireland
t: 01 453 5358
e: info@inchicore.cdetb.ie