Become a Care Practitioner today

This qualification is designed for individuals providing home-care services in institutions or private households that require specialized care. It develops essential competencies for delivering comprehensive home-care services while ensuring the safety and well-being of clients and their property. Targeting those with a GETC Level 1 qualification, the program is ideal for current home-care workers looking to enhance their skills, as well as newcomers seeking formal training for employment in the sector.
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Become a Care Practitioner today

This qualification is designed for individuals providing home-care services in institutions or private households that require specialized care. It develops essential competencies for delivering comprehensive home-care services while ensuring the safety and well-being of clients and their property.
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TYPE:  National Certificate
ACCREDITED BY: Services SETA
MODE: Blended
DURATION: 12 Months

CREDITS: 145
SAQA Qualification ID: 80786
NQF LEVEL: NQF Level 2
PRICE: TBC

Targeting those with a GETC Level 1 qualification, the program is ideal for current home-care workers looking to enhance their skills, as well as newcomers seeking formal training for employment in the sector.

Why should I do this course?

Establishments providing home-care and many individual households have a need for a home-care practitioner to provide a comprehensive service for the general and/or specific requirementsof the setting in question. There is a need for a broad-based qualification that incorporates a range of generic and specialist competencies in home-care services.

Qualifying learners will be able to:

  • Implement health and wellness practices in home care
  • Demonstrate life skills required for home care practice
  • Perform home care activities in a chosen area of work
  • Administer medication in a home environment
  • Apply palliative care principles when assisting and supporting the client and family to manage life-threatening disease
  • Provide care to a frail person
  • Promote activities of daily living for clients with a disability or a chronic condition
  • Additionally, the qualification equips learners with the skills to start their own home-care business. Graduates will be able to implement health and wellness practices, demonstrate essential life skills, and perform specific home-care activities in their chosen areas.
 

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

Home-care is also known as Housekeeping or Caretaking and the qualifying person is also known as the “Carer”; in other countries. This qualification compares well with what is offered internationally in New Zealand and the United Kingdom (UK) for entry-level workers in this sector.

Assessments

The Qualification consists of a Fundamental, a Core and an Elective Component.

To be awarded the Qualification learners are required to obtain a minimum of 145 credits as detailed below.

Fundamental Component:
The Fundamental Component consists of Unit Standards in:
Mathematical Literacy at Level 2 to the value of 16 credits.
Communication at Level 2 in a South African Language to the value of 20 credits.

All Unit Standards in the Fundamental Component are compulsory.

Core Component:
The Core Component consists of Unit Standards to the value of 76 credits all of which are compulsory.

Elective Component:
The Elective Component consists of a number of Unit Standards to give a total of at least 33 credits for the elective component.

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. Work Experience modules: Exposure to a relevant workplace and completion of a logbook
4. Final Integrated Summative Assessment (FISA)

Upon successful completion of all theoretical and workplace logbooks, the student will be eligible for the
Final Integrated Summative Assessment (FISA). Once successfully completed, the documents will be
handed over to services SETA where verification will take place. Once successfully verified a certificate will
be issued by Services SETA.

Entry Requirements:

• Grade 9/ Standard 7 in Communications and Numeracy skills.
• Some basic computer skills are required for the online options.

Access to this Qualification is open. However, it is recommended that learners are:
• Not living with disabilities and are physically mobile.

This qualification has both horizontal and vertical systemic articulation possibilities.

This qualification articulates horizontally to:

  • National Certificate: Community Health Work, Level 2. SAQA ID 64749
  • National Certificate: Venture Creation (SMME), Level 2. SAQA ID 49648

This qualification articulates vertically to:

  • National Certificate: Home care, Level 3.
  • National Certificate: Community Health Work, Level 3. SAQA ID 64769

Course Date

To be confirmed 

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  5. A student adviser will thereafter make contact with you in order to guide you further in your application process.
  6. Please be advised that the College reserves the right to admit or not to admit any applicant to any studies. Reasons for non-admission will be provided.

 

STUDENT REQUIREMENTS:
  1. Communication at NQF Level 3 (Grade 11).
  2. Reliable devices for online learning and Webinars.
  3. Learners are required to attend a compulsory in-person induction session and the Final Integrated Summative Assessment (FISA) at one of our branches located in Durban, Cape Town, or Johannesburg.
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  2. Access to a reliable internet connection.
  3. An active email account.
  4. Attend online workshops.
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  1. The Online Application System must be used by all prospective students applying for admission to any studies.
  2. Each applicant must submit only one application per study instance.
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  5. A student adviser will thereafter make contact with you in order to guide you further in your application process.
  6. Please be advised that the College reserves the right to admit or not to admit any applicant to any studies. Reasons for non-admission will be provided.

 

STUDENT REQUIREMENTS:
  1. Communication at NQF Level 4 (matric).
  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.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:
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  2. Access to a reliable internet connection.
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