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Open Training College
The Open Training College
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.
For more information about courses and programmes at the Open Training College, view our courses in the Nightcourses.com Course Finder.
| BA (Honours ) in Applied Social Studies (Disability Services Management) - Level 8
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Social Studies Course
Next commencement: Autumn 2024 Applications open Spring 2024 Enquiries to: cmurray@opentrainingcollege.com — 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 year, part time course will help you to become an advanced social care practitioner… |
| BA in Contemporary Disability Studies - Level 7 - November 2023
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Disability Studies Course
Next Commencement – November 15th, 2023 (subject to minimun numbers) Application Deadline: October 19th, 2023 Apply now via the OTC Online Application Centre Informal Interviews/Information Day for Applicants: Oct 26th, 2023 at 9.30am via Zoom — The Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Disability Studies is a QQI accredited, 3-year degree course for people working in the disability… |
| Bachelor of Arts in Social Care - September 2023 CLOSED FOR 2023
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Social Care Course
This course has been approved by CORU. Now Closed for applications for 2023. Next commencement: Autumn, 2024 Applications will open in Spring 2024. For more information, contact Conor on cmurray@opentrainingcollege.com. —– This 3-year Level 7 Degree programme is designed for people who want to attain the standards of proficiency for social care workers as defined… |
| Back Care and Manual Handling Online Theory
Online Learning, Manual Handling Course
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… |
| Cert in Training and Development ONLINE - QQI Level 6 Special Purpose Award - Spring 2024
Online Learning, Social Care Course
The next course commence in Spring, 2024 with an Online (Zoom) Orientation Session (Noon to 1.30pm) Apply now or contact the College to express your interest. 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… |
| Certificate in Applied Management (Human Services) - January 2024
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Management Skills Course
Next commencement: January 1st, 2024 Application deadline: December 14th, 2023 Informal Interviews/Information Day for Applicants: Monday December 18th, 2023 at 9.30am via Zoom Fees Installment Plan available —- 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… |
| Certificate in Autism, Wellbeing and Positive Behaviour Supports -Spring 2024
Online Learning, Social Care Course
Next Commencement: Monday, September 11th, 2023 – apply now via the Application Centre on opentrainingcollege.com. Please Note: Participants must engage with the course at a QQI Level 7 academic standard and are required to show, during the application stage, an achieved academic qualification of at least level 6 standard. —– The Certificate in Autism, Wellbeing… |
| Certificate in Empowerment and Advocacy - Spring 2024
Online Learning, Disability Studies Course
This accredited Level 6 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 future. This includes guidance and skills in relation to effective facilitation through a number of empowering approaches… |
| Certificate in Patient Safety Complaints Advocacy ONLINE
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Health & Safety Management Course
Currently accepting applications for a possible late Winter/early Spring 2023/24 rollout 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 member has received from state-funded health or social… |
| Certificate in Supported Employment ONLINE- Level 7 - Spring 2024
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Disability Studies Course
Next commencement: September 15th, 2023 with an Online Orientation Session (on Zoom) from noon – 1pm. Apply now, or express your interest 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 understanding of… |
| Certificate in Supporting and Working with Families - Spring 2024
Online Learning, Social Care Course
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… |
| Essential Employment Law
Online Learning, Employment Law Course
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… |
| Focus on the Individual: Person Centred Planning - Spring 2024
Online Learning, Disability Studies Course
Next Commencement: Spring 2024 Apply now or express your interest via the Online Application Centre 10% Fees Discount for Groups of 10 people or more — This accredited Level 6 course, Focus on the Individual – Person Centred Planning examines how a person centred plan is implemented, facilitated and evaluated. It explores the organisational structures and… |
| Foundation Programme for Working in Residential Services
Online Learning, Health & Safety Management Course
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… |
| Human Resource Management & Supervision
Online Learning, Community Leadership Course
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… |
| Key Management Skills: Teamwork, Leadership and Communications - January 2024
Online Learning, Management Skills Course
Next Commencement: Monday, January 1st, 2024 Application Deadline: Friday, December 15th, 2023 — This intensive, six week course – the first (or second) module of our 2-module Fast Track management course for PIC’s – will increase your ability to lead, motivate and manage a team in the human services and/or non-profit sector. After completing the… |
| Managing for Regulation and Inspection
Online Learning, Management Skills Course
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… |
| Managing Service Quality and Safeguarding - February 2024
Online Learning, Management Skills Course
Next commencement: February 26th, 2024 Students access online course materials day or night until the assignment submission. Extensive tutor support is provided along the way also. Apply by: February 19th, 2024 — This QQI approved Level 6 course provides current and prospective supervisors and managers with the knowledge and tools required to manage service quality… |
| Safeguarding Vulnerable Persons at Risk of Abuse
Online Learning, Intellectual Disability Course
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… |
| The Certificate in The Manager as Coach and Mentor - December 2023
Online Learning, Social Care Course
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… |
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Open Training College
Goatstown, D14 P9E4, Dublin
Republic of Ireland
