Course Description
Certificate in Applied Management (Human Services) - Autumn 2024
- Next commencement: Autumn, 2024
- Fees Installment Plan available
- Commence sooner with one of our two Fast Track management component modules
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The Certificate in Applied Management (Human Services) is a one-year professional development programme created for people working in the human services, community and non-profit sector. It will:
- Develop your understanding of the management skills required to deliver quality services in the sector
- Provide you with the tools needed to supervise, lead and manage a team
- Help you understand the statutory and regulatory environment in which you operate
- Satisfy the management qualification requirements set out in the HIQA Standards
Sector Specific
The course is exclusively aimed at people working in human services, community and nonprofit organisations. It was put together by people with extensive first-line experience who fully understand the sector and the problems that come with attempting to balance work, life and learning when you work in it.
Student Centred
The course is designed to accommodate the pressures and responsibilities that you face. Its mixture of workshops, tutorials and online learning will allow you balance your work, life and college commitments. Remember; our active learning community (made up of students, tutors and learning support staff) is always there to support you as you learn.
Relevant
We work in partnership with over 230 organisations from the human services and non-profit sector. Together we ensure that the Certificate in Applied Management always reflects the:
- Current regulatory and public policy environment
- Challenges driving the sector, and
- Contemporary best practices for managing them
Course Content:
The course is made up of six modules.
1. Management, Professional Development and Ethics
2. Key Management Skills: Teamwork, Leadership & Communications
3. Essential Employment Law
4. Budget Management
5. Managing Service Quality and Safeguarding
6. Managing for Regulation and Inspection
For an idea of the course schedule and timings, view the provisional course calendar for the November 2021 commencement by visiting the course page on opentrainingcollege.com.
Please note: All workshops will be held online.
How to Apply
Applications for this course are accepted through the college online application centre. To apply for the course, you will need to:
- Satisfy the entry requirements for the programme
- Provide a range of documents to support your application
- Submit a personal statement explaining why you want to apply
The course uses a ‘blended’ approach. Each module combines online learning, tutorials (telephone, online, virtual) and face to face online workshop/webinars. Learning materials are explicitly designed to accommodate the pressures that come with trying to balance work, life and learning. They make it possible to build study time around your work schedule.
Regular online tutorials will expand your knowledge of the topic and answer any questions you have as you study. Each one-day seminar focuses on how the module topic is impacting the sector, will deepen your understanding of the subject matter and help you apply it in your working practice.
Underpinning all of this is our learning community. This is made up of tutors who have extensive first-line experience, learning support staff who understand the human challenges people face when attending college and our students who are defined by their commitment to supporting each other. We believe this creates a learning experience that is unique to the OTC, one that meets the requirements of people who work in our sector and improves the quality of service our users receive.
This is known as the OTC Supported Open Learning Model. You can read more about it here.
Submit your application on our Online Application Centre.
| Training Provider | Open Training College |
| Course Location | Dublin |
| Location Postcode | Dublin 14 |
| Course Type | Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online |
| Course Qualification | Level 6 Advanced Certificate |
| Awarding Body | QQI |
| Awarding Body Details | Certificate in Applied Management (Human Services) |
| Course Start Date | 29/04/2024 |
| Course End Date | 23/06/2025 |
| Course Duration | One Year |
| Course Time | The next course commences online Autumn, 2024. View the current Course Calendar by visiting the coursepage on opentrainingcollege.com, or by making an enquiry. To find out more, contact Conor on 086-0756580 or at cmurray@opentrainingcollege.com. Commence sooner with one of our two Fast Track management component modules: - Cert in Key Managment Skills - commences April 29th, 2024 (Apply by June 22nd). - Certificate in Managing Service Quality and Safeguarding - commences June 24th, 2024 (Apply by June 14th). |
| Course Fee | €2,538 plus application fee of €95 |
| Entry Requirements | Applicants must be 23 years at time of application OR have successfully completed the Leaving Certificate/QQI/FETAC Level 5 Certificate. Applicants are expected to be currently working in the human services, community or not for profit sector and need to be able to apply their learning to an appropriate work setting. International applicants must provide appropriate documentary evidence of proficiency in English (i.e. IELTS 6.0). |
| Carear Path | Successful completion of this course will allow you to progress to a higher certificate at Level 6 in a management area. The skills acquired have been used by graduates to: - support their promotion within their organisations (57% of OTC Graduates said they moved to a more senior role within one year of completion*) - to seek management opportunities within and beyond where they work - to satisfy the regulatory requirements of HIQA for a formal management qualification *OTC Graduate Destinations Survey 2022 |
| Phone | 086-0756580 |
| Course Code | PG23919 |
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