TUS Social Care Work programmes receive CORU approval

Posted on April 19, 2023 All Social Care Work programmes at Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) have been approved by CORU, the national multi-profession health regulator. This ensures that the university’s social care graduates will be eligible for registration with the new Social Care Workers Register which comes into being this November. 

Social Care Work is in the process of becoming a regulated profession for the first time. The title Social Care Worker will become a protected title and can only be used by persons registered with the Social Care Workers Registration Board. As a result of graduating with a CORU approved degree, TUS Social Care Work graduates can apply for entry to the Social Care Workers Register, becoming registered Social Care Workers.

Past social care graduates of TUS social care programmes will also be able to apply to CORU to enter the register, through a process called ‘grand-parenting’. Social Care programmes are offered through the CAO at TUS campuses in Limerick, Athlone, Thurles and Ennis. For further information, see TUS Social Care Work programmes approved by CORU  - TUS