Become a Health Promotions officer today!

The qualification aims to equip individuals with the skills and knowledge to practice health promotion and primary healthcare roles within communities. This includes assessing health needs, providing education and support, and facilitating access to necessary health services.
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Become a Health Promotions officer today!

The qualification aims to equip individuals with the skills and knowledge to practice health promotion and primary healthcare roles within communities. This includes assessing health needs, providing education and support, and facilitating access to necessary health services.
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TYPE:  Occupational Qualification

ACCREDITED BY: QCTO / HWSETA

MODE: Blended.

DURATION: 12 Months

CREDITS: 163

SAQA Qualification ID: 94597

NQF LEVEL: NQF Level 3

PRICE: TBC

Why should I do this course? 

Make a Difference in Your Community!

Imagine being equipped with the skills to carry out essential assessments of communities, households, and individuals. You’ll learn how to identify needs and provide targeted health education that empowers people to make informed decisions. But that’s not all!

You’ll also master the art of navigating the complex health and social services system, becoming a vital resource for those who need assistance. Whether it’s making referrals or guiding individuals to the right services, your support will make a tangible impact on lives.

Health Promotion Officer is a Community Health Worker whose main focus is on primary healthcare, with health promotion as a vital aspect. The HPO plays a pre-emptive role in the assessment and identification of health needs as well as to intervene in primary healthcare activities.

The purpose of this qualification is to prepare a learner to:

  • Conduct community, household and individual health assessments and identify health needs and risks (actual and potential) and facilitate the family or an individual to seek the appropriate health services.
  • Promote the health of the households and the individuals within these households.
  • Refer persons for further assessment and testing after performing simple basic screening.
  • Provide limited, simple health interventions in a household (e.g., basic first aid, oral rehydration, and any other basic intervention that she or he is trained to provide).Provide psychosocial support and managing interventions such as treatment defaulter tracing and adherence support.

 

Where can a Health Promotion Officer work?

  • Community Health Centres: Providing direct health services to individuals and families.
  • Government Health Departments: Supporting public health initiatives.
  • Non-profit Organizations: Working on health promotion projects.
  • Corporate Wellness Programs: Promoting health and well-being in the workplace.
  • Schools and educational institutions: Educating young people about health.
 

Workplace Experience

The student will have to be placed at a relevant worksite for the period of time indicated below in order to fulfil the requirements. Workplace experience will allow the learner or individual to practise and gain important experience and empower them to be ‘work ready’. Students should be aware that they are themselves responsible for these workplace placement arrangements.

 

International Comparability

Information from various countries was collected on their best practices for Community Health Workers. Evidence from many countries (Mexico, India, Philippines, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Kenya, Brazil, Zambia) that show Community Health Workers having made valuable contribution to community development and, more specifically, to improving access to basic health services. International certificate programmes (e.g., in the USA) cover similar technical content, but South Africa’s curriculum is broader and tailored to its specific needs.

The program consists of three main components;

Knowledge modules (40 Credits)

  • KM-01, Public and Community health support
  • KM-02, Family and Community Services
  • KM-03, Basics of Community Health

Practical modules (63 Credits)

  • PM-01, Mobilise community to address community health issues
  • PM-02, Identify the service needs and ease of access to health and social services
  • PM-03, Promote healthy life styles and mental wellbeing
  • PM-04, Promote HIV prevention including HIV testing, condom use, partner reduction, circumcision, STI treatment
  • PM-05, Provide information on prevention of accidents and incidents in homes
  • PM-06, Record and report on information provided to individuals, households and communities
  • PM-07, Promote and provide support for maternal and women’s health
  • PM-08, Promote child health
  • PM-09, Support community members with psychosocial problems
  • PM-10, Provide an integrated approach to support treatment adherence
  • PM-11, Identify and treat a select number of minor ailments
  • PM-12, Provide basic support to people who are unable to care for themselves

Workplace experience modules (60 Credits)

  • WM-01, Operation and dynamics of communities
  • WM-02, Household registration and assessment processes 
  • WM-03, Health promotion processes
  • WM-04, Formal health provision processes
  • WM-05, Emotional and social wellness support processes
  • WM-06, Household treatment processes of minor ailments

COURSE OUTLINE:

Once registered, you will be uploaded to our online learning programme so that all your learning guides and aids can be accessed remotely.

Learning will be supported by online and class-based workshops as well as podcasts on the critical elements in the course.

ASSESSMENTS:

Vital College will conduct internal assessments by means of formative assessments, summative assessments and signed-off work experience log sheets. 

For this qualification the following assessments will be required over the period of the course:

  1. Knowledge modules: Online open book assessments 
  2. Knowledge modules: Class-based closed book final (summative) assessments
  3. Practical modules: Class-based learning
  4. Practical modules: Submission of tasks to a portfolio of evidence.
  5. Work Experience modules: Exposure to a relevant workplace and completion of a logbook

Upon successful completion of all knowledge, practical and workplace modules, Vital College will provide a Statement of Result (SOR) to the learner and QCTO, as part of the learner’s application to complete the External Summative Assessment (EISA) conducted by the QCTO. The exam is set in such a way that learners are required to integrate knowledge, practical skills and work experience with emphasis is on the application of what they have learned. The final exam, which is based on the exit level outcomes (ELO) is presented by the QCTO and not by us your training provider.

The learner will receive an Occupational Certificate: Health Promotions Officer from the QCTO upon completion of the EISA. 

Entry Requirements:

  • NQF Level 1 or equivalent competences in Mathematical Literacy and Communications.
  • Physically, learners must be adequately mobile to execute the work within a community and have adequate visual and hearing capacity.

Vertical Articulation:

  • Higher Certificate in Social Auxiliary Work at NQF Level 5.
  • Further Education and Training Certificate: Community Health Work at NQF Level 4.

Course Date

To be confirmed 

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STUDENT REQUIREMENTS:
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  2. Mathematical Literacy at NQF Level 4
  3. Reliable devices for online learning and Webinars.
  4. Ability to attend in-person contact training at our branch in Durban.
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