Care Scotland

Presentations from PDA Launch Event on Thursday 23 February 2012 in Hilton Hotel, Glasgow

Presentations from PDA Launch Event on Thursday 23 February 2012 in Hilton Hotel, Glasgow are now available.

Customer Support Event: Workshop Feedback

Feedback is available to download from the workshops held at the Customer Support Event on Thursday 26 January 2012 in Central Hotel, Glasgow.

Promoting Excellence in Dementia Skilled Practice at SCQF level 7

The Arrangement Document for this award are now available to download.

Please see http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/45455.html and click on the HN tab.

PDA in Children and Young People's Health and Wellbeing at SCQF level 8 (GE69 48)

The Arrangements Documents for this award (GE69 48) are now available to download.

• PDA Children and Young People's Health and Wellbeing

Revised National Occupational Standards

It has come to our attention that some centres are using out of date units.

It is important that all centres use the most up to date version of the units which appear in the Care Scotland Site.

SVQ Health and Social Care Review

Skills for Care and Development and the Scottish Social Services Council have recently reviewed the National Occupational Standards (NOS) for the SVQs in Health and Social Care.

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SVQ Children’s Care Learning and Development Review

Skills for Care and Development and the Scottish Social Services Council have recently reviewed the National Occupational Standards for the SVQs in Children's Care Learning and Development.  Through an incremental review, it was recognised that some of the Units required to be updated.

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PDA in Health and Social Care: Personalisation in Practice at SCQF level 8

The Unit Specifications and Arrangements Documents for this award (GD7R 48) are now available to download.

PDA in Telehealthcare at SCQF level 6

The Unit Specifications and Arrangements Documents for this award (GE3G 46) are now available to download.

• PDA in Telehealthcare at SCQF level 6

HNC/D Care & Administrative Practice

The HNC/D Care and Administrative Practice GC9A 15 and GDOA 16 at SCQF Level 7 and SCQF Level 8 is now available for download.

Please note that this does NOT replace the existing HNC Health Care G8CE 15.

PDA Radiographic Imaging now available for download

PDA Radiographic Imaging GC8W 48 at SCQF Level 8 is now available for download. This exciting new Qualification was validated on the 17 June 2011 and has been designed to meet the requirements of NHS Scotland to extend the scope of practice of staff working at Assistant Practitioner (AP) level in Clinical Imaging services.

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SVQs in Healthcare Support (Clinical and Non-clinical) levels 2 and 3

A leaflet has been produced which explains the new SVQs in Healthcare Support (Clinical and Non-clinical) levels 2 and 3. The leaflet can be downloaded from the website.

Mapping of SVQ in Management level 4(G81R24) to SVQ Leadership and Management for Care Services at l

The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has confirmed that the current SVQ in Management at level 4 (G81R24) is acceptable for registration and will remain so until the SVQs in Management are revised (expected date February 2011).

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Prevention and Management of Falls and Fragility Fractures in Older People

The new learning resource 'Preventing falls and fractures in older people' has been developed to help health and social care professionals adopt a consistent approach to delivering learning programmes. It provides a framework for designing training programmes that deliver key messages at an introductory level.