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Care Scotland Qualification Information

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To access information related to the following qualifications, please follow the appropriate link:

View information relating to Childcare Qualifications.
Childcare

View information relating to Health and Socal Care Qualifications.
Health and Social Care

View information relating to Health-Sepcific Qualifications.
Health Specific

View information relating to Community Justice Qualifications.
Community Justice


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HNC Early Education and Childcare (G7CX 15)

As you may be aware we have recently begun reviewing the HNC Early Education and Childcare (G7CX 15).  To better inform the Qualification Design Team (QDT) taking forward this review, we would be grateful if you could take five minutes to complete the below questionnaire.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ofhCYvIWr4cPKgE8uOKkvQ_3d_3d

 

PDA Health and Social Care Supervision at SCQF level 7

We are pleased to advise that the PDA Health & Social Care Supervision at SCQF level 7 has been validated and the Arrangements Document and Units are now available for download:

PDA Health & Social Care Supervision at SCQF level 7

Documentation to support the delivery of the award is currently being compiled, with more information to follow soon.

Administration of Medication

The Care Commission is the organisation which has statutory responsibility for Inspecting Social Services within Scotland. Their work is driven by the Regulation of Care Scotland Act 2001. The Care Commission have become increasingly concerned that the training provided in relation to the administration of medication is not sufficiently robust or consistent to have an impact on raising the quality of the service to individuals receiving care.

SQA was invited to work with the Care Commission to certificate a qualification which could be used for the purposes of training staff in the delivery of medication within a care setting.

SQA is seeking your views to help establish how we can best meet the needs of the Care sector and I would be grateful if you could complete a short questionnaire. To access the survey please follow the link below.

We would appreciate a response by Friday 12 June 2009.


PDA Care Services Management Consultation (G83V 15)

As you may be aware we are currently about to embark on a review of the PDA Care Services Management (G83V 15). In order to ensure the PDA remains a robust and fit for purpose award that meets the needs of the sector I would be grateful if you could complete the below survey.


Predecessor PDA: Certificate Childcare & Education

To view the letter sent out to all approved childcare centres please follow the link below:


HND Social Services & HND Childhood Practice

We are pleased to advise you that the HND Social Services and HND Childhood Practice have both been validated.

The Arrangements documents are currently being compiled and more information will follow soon.


HNC Early Education & Childcare Unit Revisions (G7CX 15)

As Centres will be aware the revised units (F3S3 34, F3S9 24, F3S4 34) have now been added to the above framework.  The  reviewed Units (DF51 34, DF52 34, DF50 34) will remain within the framework to allow for future certification and recognition of the award within internal systems. All candidates currently undertaking these predecessor Units must complete them by 31 July 2010


Scottish Credit & Qualifications Framework (SCQF) Social Services Recognition of Prior Informal Learning (RPL) pilot


Assessment Exemplars and Student & Tutor Guides

Assessment Exemplars and Student & Tutor Guides are available to download from the secure area of SQA's website. Access to this site is availabe to the SQA Co-ordinator of your centre.


Urgent Interim Guidance

HNC Health Care (G8CE 15)

Please follow the link below for more information.


SVQs Allied Health Profession Support (G8A5 23)/Renal Support (G8A7 23) /Decontamination (G8A6 23)/Maternity/Paediatric (G8A1 23) level 3

It has been brought to our attention that the option to use Expert Witness Testimony where no assessor is available has been omitted from the pathway specific Units in the above frameworks.


PDAs in Practice Learning

Stage 3 (SCQF level 10) of the Practice Learning qualification development was completed with the successful validation of two awards: PDA Practice Learning and PDA Practice Learning (Social Services). For frameworks and Unit downloads please go to the 'Health and Social Care' section and scroll down the page until you find the Professional Development Awards heading.


Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations' Council (EVOC)
Training Needs Analyser

This is an online tool for voluntary private and public sector care providers. It has been designed for:

  • small organisations with little or no HR support to make a complex area simpler to manage
  • all managers with staff learning and development remit.

The tool combines SSSC post requirements, your organisation's requirements and employee information. End analyses identifies qualifications required/in progress/completed plus a range of analyses options. For more information: www.evoc.org.uk.


HND for Social Services Sector update

As well as conducting a number of consultation events across the country, we have met with  a large number of representatives from service delivery organisations in the public and independent sectors, regulatory and advisory bodies, and institutes of higher education.

The new qualification has been designed with multiple entry routes and candidates will select whether to follow the HND Childhood Practice or HND Social Service main route through the award, depending on their main workplace experience and career aspirations. Within each main route there will be further opportunities to follow selected paths in the optional part of the award in order to cover specialised aspects relating to particular work demands or academic aspirations.

The unit writing team meets again on 28 June to coordinate and agree final drafts for submission to SQA. They will then be peer reviewed and amended as appropriate. It is anticipated that the units and awards will be presented to SQA for validation in October 2008.

If you have any questions or comments you would like to share with the development team, please contact the Care Scotland team.

A blog has been created which we hope will provide an open forum on the HND development and also a means to provide information on it's progress. This can only be successful with the participation of our stakeholders so please have a look at www.hndsocialservices.blogspot.com.

Powerpoint presentations from the briefing on 23 March 2007 at the Marriott Hotel Glasgow can be found below:


Scottish Government reports


Open Learning packs

Open Learning packs have been produced for a number of Units in the HNC Social Care and HNC Early Education and Childcare. These packs can be purchased from SQA at a cost of £17.00 per pack plus a handling charge of £2.95 and can be ordered via the Business Development & Customer Support Team. Please find below the relevant order form.

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