Introduction to palliative care for professionals

Format: Face-to-face and online

Duration: 40 hours

NQF Level: Postgraduate

Accreditation Body: UCT 30 CEU and accepted as standardised by the Western Cape Department of Health

Target Audience: Medical Officers, Registered Professional Nurses, Clinical Nurse Practitioners and social and allied workers

Closing Date for Registration: No closing date – Minimum 15 up to a maximum of 20 participants per training session.

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Introduction to palliative care course for caregivers

Format: Face-to-face

Duration: 5 Days

NQF Level: Short Course

Target Audience: Enrolled Nursing Assistants, caregivers and homebased carers

Closing Date for Registration: No closing date – Maximum of 15 learners per training session to conform with social distancing guidelines

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Quality council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO)

Occupational certificate in home-based care

Format: Face-to-face (complying with social distancing guidelines)

Duration:

Full qualification – 5 Knowledge Modules, 6 Practical Modules, 8 Workplace Experience Modules

(1350 notational hours over 1 year)

Part qualification – 1 Knowledge Module, 3 Practical Skills Modules, 4 Workplace Experience Modules

(700 notational hours over 6 months)

NQF Level:

Full qualification NQF 3:  Home Based Personal Care Worker SAQA ID 104792

Part qualification NQF 2:  Home Based Personal Care Assistant SAQA ID 104779

Accreditation Body: The students who successfully pass the External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA) will be issued with a Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) qualification.

Target Audience: Anyone wishing to pursue a career as a caregiver.

Learners enrolling to do the full qualification (NQF3) must have Grade 12 schooling with English and Maths (Core or Lit) or any other grade with Foundational Learning Competence (see PDF download for detail on FLC)

Learners enrolling to do the part qualification (NQF2) must have ABET level 4 or Grade 9 schooling.

Closing Date for Registration: No closing date.

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