Course Summary
Course Category: PLC (Further Education - FET) - Apply directly to College
This one-year full-time course equips you to work as a supervisor and team leader in a variety of healthcare settings. This QQI Level 6 award will offer you enhanced opportunities in employment and will also enable you to progress to other appropriate programmes leading to awards at higher levels of the National Framework of Qualifications.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Boundary Management 6N2207
Disability Awareness 6N1975
Health Promotion 6N2214
Leadership 6N2191
Supervisory Management 6N4329
Person Centred Planning 6N2206
Work Experience 6N1946
Conflict Management 6N2206
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 results in 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 direct progression route, click below:
QQI Code
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
This course covers a broad range of learning in social and health related topics that can lead to careers such as healthcare supervisor, community and youth work projects, intellectual disability services (subject to the organisation requirements), social worker/care worker , voluntary organisations.