Healthcare Support Apply Online

Aims
This one year course provides training for those wishing to work as Care Attendants in the community or in hospitals or other institutions, wherever there are people requiring care.

Entry Requirements
Applications are invited from those who have completed Leaving Certificate. Mature students and recent school leavers are also welcome to apply. All applicants will be interviewed.

Career Prospects
Those completing the course can expect to find employment as carers/care attendants in hospitals, in the community or in various caring institutions. Graduates are also eligible to apply to related courses in the Institutes of Technology and some universities.


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Course Code: DHSXX

Course Content
• Safety & Welfare at Work
• Computer Studies
• Practical Nursing Studies
• Manual Handling Certificate
• Work Preparation & Experience
• Care Skills
• Care Support
• Care, Provision & Practice
• First Aid Certificate
• Communications

Course Validation
FETAC Level 5 Certificate in Healthcare Support.