Training
Our Centre for Palliative Learning is a QCTO accredited training and exam centre where we offer various courses in Home Based Care and Palliative Care. Understanding palliative care and training has a dramatic impact of the quality of life for patients with an active, progressive and far advanced disease.
The first group of students at our centre were hosted in 2018 and they successfully completed the “Introduction to Palliative Care” course.
In September 2019 we rolled out the newly registered Home-Based Personal Care Assistant (NQF2 Qualification). The first group of students registered through the YES programme and successfully completed the training that involved theory, practical training in a simulated environment, followed by a further 6 months training in the workplace.
Another group of students enrolled in 2021 and went through the same training processes. Both groups have now written the final exam “External Integrated Summative Assessment” (EISA) and if successful, will be issued with their QCTO (Quality Council for Trades and Occupations) qualification.
The establishment of our Centre for Palliative Learning (CPL) is in line with our vision of becoming a 5-star hospice. Palliative care is fast becoming an integral part of the health system and expert training will therefore be required.
Courses offered
1. INTRODUCTION TO PALLIATIVE CARE
This short course will equip you as a healthcare professional to assess and manage patients living with life-threatening and life-limiting illness, to improve their quality of life and to support their families. Thus enhancing the quality of your services and patient relationships.
Format: Face-to-face and online
Duration: 40 hours
NQF Level: Postgraduate
Cost: R4500
Target Audience: Medical Officers, Registered Professional Nurses, Clinical Nurse Practitioners and social and allied workers.
Closing Date for Registration: No closing date – Minimum 10 up to a maximum of 20 participants per training session.
2. QUALITY COUNCIL FOR TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS (QCTO) - OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN HOME-BASED CARE
Format: Face-to-face
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. Minimum 10 up to a maximum of 20 participants per group.