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Open Training College
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The Open Training College (OTC) offers courses in social care, management and continuing professional development. Courses at the OTC include applied management, professional social care (CORU approved, Level 7), contemporary disability studies (Levels 7 and 8), intellectual disability practice (Level 5) and shorter CPD courses (Levels 5-7 and OTC certification through bespoke training). The College provides accredited training courses and consultancy services to the human services and non-profit sectors.
Their knowledge and expertise:
• Provides people with the skills required to effectively perform their professional roles through courses
• Directly addresses the operational and strategic challenges experienced by organisations within the sector
• Makes a constructive contribution to policy and professional practice
• Offers positive outcomes for service users by encouraging best-practice person-centred processes and competencies
The OTC’s degree level and professional development courses and programmes provide disability and social care professionals with the skills required to deliver effective person centred services. Their accredited certificate, degree and professional development courses and programmes provide people with the knowledge and skills required to manage effectively in a challenging environment. The Open Training College has spent over 30 years working as training experts. In that role they have combined extensive first-line experience with a detailed knowledge of the strategic and operational dynamics of the space.
Established by St. Michael’s House in 1992, the OTC’s philosophy is shaped by the demands of their sector and the needs of staff, students, client organisations and service users. They believe that everything they do has to make a difference. To achieve that, it:
• Must be sector-specific
• Has to be practical in every sense of that word
• Remain relevant and meet the highest possible standards of professional practice
• Reflect the realities of people’s lives
This commitment has driven their desire to create a community of learning and professional practice, one that focuses on the acquisition, dissemination and practical application of knowledge and expertise.
This approach – built on collaboration between the College, their students and the more than 230 organisations they work with – has created a unique environment in which people from the human services and non-profit sectors can learn and work together in ways that make a real difference to their service users. It has driven:
• Who they are
• Their relationship with students and the courses they provide
• The kind of consultancy services and partnerships the College have built up over the last 30 years.
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| Certificate in Intellectual Disability Practice – QQI Level 5 (FET Major Award) The College is currently conducting a pilot of this new course for the disability sector. Please read on for more details about this exciting online course. If you are interested please fill out the form at the end of the page and we will add you to the enquiry list, and contact you when the… |
| Human Resource Management & Supervision This six-week course is designed to provide you with a working knowledge of the importance, role and function of Human Resource Management, particularly in relation to the not-for-profit and human services sector. While completing this course of study you will also be introduced to key elements of the Supervision process which is of the highest… |
| Certificate in Empowerment and Advocacy - Spring 2025 Next commencement – Spring 2025 Apply now, or express interest via the OTC Online Application Centre — This professional development, OTC-accredited course, Certificate in Empowerment and Advocacy, equips the student with the knowledge, skills and competencies to support people with disabilities in empowering themselves on a day-to-day basis, thus facilitating self-defined visions of a desirable… |
| Certificate in Supported Employment ONLINE- Level 7 - February 2025 Next commencement: February 17th, 2025 with an Online Orientation Session (on Zoom) from Noon until 1.00pm. Application deadline: Apply or express your interest now via the Online Application Centre — This Level 7 course is a professional qualification targeted at the needs of people working as job coaches and employment facilitators. It will provide: A detailed… |
| Essential Employment Law Understanding employment law is an absolute necessity for first line managers because they are becoming increasingly involved in employment contracts and disciplinary/grievance procedures. This accredited, six-week course examines employment law as a management issue for the human services and non-profit sector Completing the course will provide you with detailed knowledge of: The formal legislative framework… |
| Certificate in Patient Safety Complaints Advocacy ONLINE - Winter/Spring 2025 Next course commencement: Winter/Spring 2025 Commences with an online Introductory Session from 9.30am until 12.30pm. Apply by: Contact the College Note: No Fees increase since 2020 — This Level 7 course (20 Credits) is designed for people who will be working as advocates for patients wishing to make complaints about the service they or a family… |
| Foundation Programme for Working in Residential Services Covid-19 has brought extensive challenges to all of us, not least ensuring that staff cover is provided in service areas that remain open and ensuring that staff are well informed working in areas possibly unfamiliar to them. The Open Training College (OTC) has been delivering excellent social care education and training since 1992, online since… |
| Safeguarding Vulnerable Persons at Risk of Abuse The Safeguarding course aims to ‘increase capacity of all staff and service users, in relation to key information on the safeguarding of vulnerable people as outlined in the National Policy “Safeguarding Vulnerable Persons at Risk of Abuse” published in December 2014 and how this impacts on their local service policy and is supported by good… |
| Certificate in Applied Management (Human Services) - January 2025: HIQA Compliant course Next commencement: January 6th, 2025 Application deadline: Monday December 16th, 2024 Online Information Session for Applicants: Wednesday, December 18th, 2024 Course Fee: €2,536 (plus application fee €95). Early Bird Fees Offer: €2,100 until 16-12-24! Fees Instalment Plan available The Certificate in Applied Management (Human Services) is a one-year professional development programme created for people working… |
| Certificate in Human Service Manager Skills - Special Purpose Award - January 2025 Next commencement: January 20th, 2025 Application deadline: January 15th, 2025 This Level 6 Special Purpose Award (20 ECTS credits), which satisfies the management qualification requirements set out in the HIQA Standards, will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of both the challenges and opportunities that exist in the management of frontline services and of supports… |
| Managing for Regulation and Inspection This Managing for Regulation and Inspection course encourages the student to reflect on the importance of getting regulation right within their role and on the impact regulation has on the organisation, staff and the service users. The course is suited for people working in a human service environment for at least 10 hours per week… |
| Back Care and Manual Handling Online Theory Please note: This course is one of 12 modules on the Foundation Programme for Working in Residential Services The Manual Handling Online course provides an online option when testing the participants knowledge around the theory section of the manual handling refresher course. The material was created as part of NFSVP. The course introduces the… |
| Bachelor of Arts in Social Care - CORU Approved This course has been approved by CORU. Next Course Commencement: September, 2025 The Application Centre is currently closed: The allocation of places on our BA in Social Care for 2024-25 is now complete. The application centre will reopen in March 2025. Please make contact with the College to express your interest in applying in 2025. Interviews: will take place in person in… |
| Cert in Training and Development ONLINE - QQI Level 6 Special Purpose Award - ~February 2025 The next course commencement: February 28th, 2025 Application Deadline: Apply by February 14th, 2025 This Training and Development Award is the nationally approved Level 6 QQI professional qualification for new and experienced trainers. The twelve week programme provides participants with the tools to identify training needs and design, plan, deliver and evaluate quality and engaging training.… |
| Certificate in Supporting and Working with Families Everyone involved in the support of any person needs to recognise and appreciate the hugely important place held by families in the lives of people with intellectual disability, whether this is perceived as positive or negative these familial relationships need to be supported and nourished. Families are often the only constant in the lives of… |
| Certificate in The Manager as Coach and Mentor This programme of study has been developed for the experienced manager who currently holds a senior post within the organisation or foresees holding such a post in the future. This manager is interested in further developing their existing professional competencies in order to progress the work of the organisation within the human services sector and… |
| Supervision Training for Persons in Charge - PIC\'s The overall aim of the training is to equip PIC’s with the necessary knowledge, skills and competencies in order to provide effective supervision and support to frontline staff members working in residential units in accordance with the formal policy and / or approaches on Supervision in place within the organisation, national and international best practice… |
| Supporting Individualised Living and Alternative Services Learn new approaches in relation to creating, designing and progressing individualised services in Ireland today. This Supporting Individualised Living course provides new material based on international best practice and quality which influence how services are delivered within the wider non-profit/human services setting. Who Is This Course For? This workshop is a must for key decision… |
| BA (Hons) in Applied Social Studies (Disability Services Management) - Level 8 - Sept 2025 Next commencement: Autumn 2025 Applications for 2024 are now closed. The application centre will re-open in March 2025 for the September 2025 commencement Enquiries to: [email protected] — The BA (Honours) in Applied Social Studies (Disability Service Management) provides qualified Social Care Workers and other professionals with the knowledge and skills to make substantive, positive changes to organisations. The one… |
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Open Training College
Goatstown, D14 P9E4, Dublin
Republic of Ireland
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