Course Summary
Course Category: PLC (Further Education - FET) - Apply directly to College
This award will equip the learner with the necessary knowledge, skills and competence to undertake supervisory roles in the caring environment. This course equips participants with the skills to manage themselves, their work and the people they work with more effectively.
It also offers a sound introduction to management in the health services for those wishing to build upon their experience and to gain a formal qualification in management. On completion of the programme participants will be able to:
- Appreciate fundamental core health service management principles and theories
- Apply a comprehensive range of management skills and techniques to improve individual, team and organisational performance within the health services
- Demonstrate interpersonal skills, confidence and ability to achieve personal targets and goals
- Utilise and apply acquired skills and knowledge towards improved individual, team and overall health services performance.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Conflict Management: 6N2775
Supervisory Management: 6N4329
Leadership: 6N2191
Health Promotion: 6N2214
Disability Awareness: 6N1975
Work Experience: 6N1946
Special Needs Assisting 6N1957
Person Centered Planning: 6N2206
Optional Extras:
Manual Handling, Occupational First Aid
Certificate in Dementia Awareness-City &Guilds
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
- Almost all PLC courses have a Work Experience module, which requires students to find their own placement in an area directly related to their course.
Progression to CAO Courses
Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS)
This course leads to a QQI Major Award, and provides progression opportunities to a number of Higher Education courses, including those in the CAO.
To view CAO courses to which this award provides a possible progression route, click below:
| QQI Code |
| 6M4978 |
To calculate Points based on your QQI award results, use the PLC Points Calculator.
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Enterprising
Enterprising people like situations that involve using resources for personal or corporate economic gain. Such people may have an opportunistic frame of mind, and are drawn to commerce, trade and making deals. Some pursue sales and marketing occupations. Many will eventually end up owning their own business, or in management roles in larger organisations. They tend to be very goal-oriented and work best when focused on a target. Some have an entrepreneurial inclination.
Social
The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.
Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.
Further Research
National Statistics for this Award (All Ireland)
The following data provides general information about this Award from colleges across Ireland.
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Career Progression
On completion of this course students will be qualified to seek employment in the Health Services sector in Supervisory Management.
This also includes residential and non-residential healthcare settings as personal carers as health care assistants, managers or supervisors. It also would qualify to work in various health areas, private homecare sector, intellectual disability environments and charity organisations.