This course helps students to develop their interpersonal, caring and practice skills which they can apply to a varied range of client groups in a variety of settings. Whilst at the same time understanding the importance of maintaining a client’s independence, dignity, respect, self-esteem and choice.

Students will learn a range of practical skills within the classroom in a simulated healthcare environment using equipment from an occupational therapy setting. This helps to prepare the student to work with the service user/clients on work-placement. Students will gain practical experience in the areas of:

• Assist in the implementation of therapeutic programmes
• Personal care routines
• Working as part of a Occupational Therapy team

Other areas of study include:

• Infection Prevention & Control
• Communications
• Anatomy & Physiology

Work experience is also a core feature of the Occupational Therapy Assistant programme with students spending time in a occupational therapy setting, enhancing employability.

Students will also have an opportunity to take the following courses:

• Patient moving and manual handling
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
• First Aid

This course is aimed at learners who love the challenge of problem solving and helping people in practical ways to complete Activities of Daily Living. The specialist programme will guide learners to work as an assistant in an Occupational Therapy Department or as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team. The role provides support to older, injured, ill or disabled patients to enable them to partake in everyday activities.

This course is aimed at learners who love the challenge of problem solving and helping people in practical ways to complete Activities of Daily Living. The specialist programme will guide learners to work as an assistant in an Occupational Therapy Department or as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team. The role provides support to older, injured, ill or disabled patients to enable them to partake in everyday activities.

This one-year programme has been designed to provide learners with the understanding, knowledge, skills and competence to pursue a career as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant. These skills can be applied to a wide range of sectors catering for those who have difficulties with communication including eating and swallowing.

The objective of this course is to provide learners with the essential skills needed to advance toward potential employment as an Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA), working under the guidance and supervision of an Occupational Therapist (OT).

This full-time QQI Healthcare Support Course is designed to prepare students to work competently, safely and effectively as a Healthcare Assistant in a variety of settings such as nursing homes, hospitals and home help support. This course offers a fully accredited Dementia Care Module.

This course is for you if you are a people person with a patient, kind nature and would like to take on the roles and responsibilities associated with caring for people with additional challenges living in our community.

This course will enable you to acquire competencies and skills, to care for someone with a person-centred approach ensuring that empathy, dignity, respect, and confidentiality are fundamental to best practice. If you want to bring a smile to others, enhance the quality of life and facilitate positive change then this is the course for you.

Students who undertake this one-year course in Physiotherapy studies will gain an understanding of the principles and practices of rehabilitation and an insight into how to assess and treat clients whose movement is restricted by illness, injury, disability or age. Learners will gain the skills needed by the HSE to work in the healthcare sector, which will help them to understand therapy programmes and support clients in restoring or improving their mobility.

Practical classes will be timetabled on-site at Sport Ireland National Indoor Arena and the National gymnastics Training Centre at Sports Campus Ireland Campus.

This course is aimed at students interested in pursuing a career in Occupational Therapy. Students who undertake this one-year course in Occupational Therapy studies will gain an understanding of the principles and practices of rehabilitation, treatment of injured, ill, or disabled patients through the therapeutic use of everyday activities. Students will develop an understanding of impaired mobility and its impact on human occupational performance and ability and the role of occupational therapy in current healthcare services. Students will gain an insight into the development and implementation of therapeutic programmes. Students will gain the skills needed by the HSE to work in the healthcare sector, which will help them to understand therapy programmes and support clients in restoring or improving their mobility.

The aim of this full-time one-year programme is to provide the learner with an understanding of treatment and therapeutic interventions in everyday activities in a variety of healthcare settings.

On completion of this programme learners will have the skills, knowledge and competencies to work under supervision in a variety of healthcare settings or to progress to further and or higher education and training in Ireland or the UK. This course will also equip students with basic skills in physiotherapy assistance.

The course is aimed at learners who are considering a career in variety of education contexts including adult education, workplace-based, community education and training/learning and development.

This course offers such learners an opportunity to gain an understanding of the teaching profession and its practices Learners will gain a wide understanding of educational systems and teaching practices in Ireland and will examine key educational issues including the social influences surrounding how people learn and the potential barriers to learning.