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Skills Bootcamp - Care Worker

Subject Area

Health & Social Care

Student Type

Adults

Study Mode

Part Time

Course Type

Adult Further Education

What is the course about?

Skills Bootcamps are funded*, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with a local employer. Skills Bootcamps are part of the Government’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee, helping everyone gain skills for life.

This Skills Bootcamp has been designed in collaboration with a number of local care providers who are looking to recruit to a number of vacancies within their organisation.

On this 7-week course, you will develop the key knowledge and skills needed to fast track into a Care Worker position with a variety of health and social care employers.

The course is delivered over 2 days per week for 7 weeks (total of 10 hours per week = 70 hours in total):

Monday: 9.15am – 2.45pm

Tuesday: 9.15am – 2.45pm

The course will be delivered at the Warrington Campus in our new Health & Social Care Academy.

*The course is funded by the Department for Education and the Cheshire & Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).

Why should I choose the course?

This course will be taught in our Health & Social Care Academy; a new, state-of-the-art facility featuring an independent living flat and a simulation hospital ward.

Skills Bootcamp: Care Worker can support progression into a more senior role for those already working in the care sector, as well as enabling those who want to enter the sector to fast track straight into a Care/Support Worker role. The course has been designed with employers and sector practitioners to help close the skills gaps within the health and social care sector. The skills developed on this programme will enable those who successfully complete to build their career within care and can support further progression to other senior roles in the future.

The course is designed to cover the key topics you will need to know to step into the world of care at this more senior level. Students who successfully complete the programme will be guaranteed an interview for a vacant post with one of the following local care providers: Bright Futures, SOS Care & Home Instead.

What will I learn?

As part of the Skills Bootcamp, you will cover the following topics:

  • An introduction to the sector and roles within Health and Social Care, with a specific focus on senior roles within the sector and understanding these roles

  • Understanding the importance of: Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity, Privacy and Dignity

  • Understanding types of dementia

  • Understanding mental health conditions and how to work with individuals with mental health conditions

  • Understanding the signs of deterioration and how to handle medication

  • Prepare for working in the sector by developing communication skills, person-centred approaches and basic clinical care skills

  • Exploring key legislation in the health and social care sector

  • Practical activities and putting knowledge and skills into practice

  • Preparing for interview: interview techniques & mock interview

Are there any links with industry and university?

The Skills Bootcamp: Care Worker programme is delivered within the Health & Social Care Academy which works very closely with local employers, including NHS trusts, NHS England, Skills for Care, local care providers and Warrington Borough Council, as well as local community groups and universities. These links help to ensure that training delivered is in line with current sector practices and also provides students with work experience opportunities and access to visiting sector practitioners.

What support is available?

We have a team of staff dedicated to providing learning support if required, as well as a Welfare Team that is on hand to offer guidance, support and help when needed. Additionally, eligible students can access a wide range of finance and funding support to help them during their time at college.

Click here for learning support: https://wvr.ac.uk/college-life/learning-support

Click here for finance support: https://wvr.ac.uk/college-life/financial-support

Why should I choose to study the course at Warrington & Vale Royal College?

This course will be delivered by our expert health and social care lecturers who have extensive experience in working in the sector and delivering training. In the Health & Social Care Academy, we have a wide range of specialist resources and facilities to help to bring your studies to life in our very own simulation ward and assisted living/dementia flat. The Skills Bootcamp has been co-designed with employers ensuring that the training that you will receive is in line with sector requirements and meets the employers’ needs.

What are the entry requirements?

To secure a place on the course you must either be:

  • unemployed and wanting to enter into the care sector at a more senior level

  • already be working in the sector as a Care Assistant (or at a similar level) and be looking to upskill and progress into the more senior Care/Support Worker role with a new employer

  • already be working in the sector as a Care Assistant (or at a similar level) and be looking to upskill and progress into the more senior Care/Support Worker role with the same employer (please note that in order to undertake the course as an employer-sponsored learner, your employer will need to provide evidence of a new role/new responsibilities being available for you upon successful completion of the programme. An employer contribution to the course fees will also be required)

For full eligibility and funding information, please contact Learner Services on LearnerServices@wvr.ac.uk or 01925 494400

Are there any additional costs associated with the course?

If you are unemployed, aged 19+ and not in full time education, the course will be fully funded.

If you are already in employment but looking to secure a role with a new employer, the course will be fully funded (please be aware that if you are in full-time work we may require written permission from your current employer to release you for the training).

If you are already in employment and looking to progress in your career with your existing employer, your employer will be required to pay a contribution to the course (£160 per student if working for a Small to Medium Enterprise (SME), £480 per student if you are working for a large employer).

There are no further costs required for participation to the programme.

Careers Information

Course options

12/06/2023

Duration
7 Weeks
Class Times
09:15 - 14:45
Location
Warrington Campus
Day(s)
Mon, Tue
Adult Fee
Free*
16-18 Fee
Contact College

Call to Enrol 01925 494 400

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