Social Care Competence in Practice (level 4) - a Home Study Distance Learning Course

COURSE OVERVIEW

A distance learning course is the ideal way to gain a qualification in Social Care Competence In Practice. Whether you're looking to go on to further education, improve your job prospects or expand your knowledge, distance learning Social Care Competence In Practice is a flexible and convenient course, which allows you to comprehensively prepare for an exam or career through home study. What's more, because the distance learning Level 4 Social Care Competence In Practice course is a fully comprehensive course, no prior knowledge is required.

In order to be accountable to society, any profession must maintain clear standards against which acceptable practice can be measured. "Competences" are the widely accepted form of measurement for the social work profession, and the subject of this module. Among the range of topics this encompasses are principles of learning, assessment, understanding the competence-based approach to professional practice, continuing professional development, supervisory process and methods, and the complexities of self-evaluation and agency evaluation. At every stage in each unit examples are given of the application in practice of the theories, methods and issues under discussion and activities are provided to enable learners to explore in relation to their own experience what may be unfamiliar ideas and concepts.

Course Key Topics The Level 4 in Social Care Competence In Practice course is divided into six comprehensive modules.

Module 1: Teaching and Learning in Practice: Process and Outcome
Module 2: Organising the Learning Experience
Module 3: Integrating Knowledge, Skills and Values in Practice
Module 4: Definitions and Debates
Module 5: The Process of Supervision
Module 6: Evaluation of Practice

Home Study Tutor Support

You will be provided with comprehensive materials designed to provide you with everything required to complete your Social Care Competence In Practice course. You will have your own personal tutor helping you with your course work and with any questions you may have. Plus you can contact our Student Advisors by email or phone for all the practical advice you may need – so we really are with you 100%.

What's more, you'll have access to the online student portal, where you can interact with other students, browse our resource library and manage your account.

Course Assessments

The Social Care Competence In Practice courseis marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

We send the full course out with the units listed above, you then read through the course in your own time and complete the assignments which you send to your tutor for marking. There is no word count for these assignments. However, one sentence answers will be rejected and you will have to re-submit it for marking.

Upon verification of the activities, exercises and assignments, a certificate of achievement will be awarded by the national awarding organisation NCFE, as confirmation that your written work has met all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the programme.

Course Duration

We recommend you spend approximately 150 hours of your time studying for the Social Care Competence In Practice course. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 3 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 6 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Get started today, and you can earn your Level 4 Award in Social Care Competence In Practice in as little as six months, or take up to a year, if you prefer – the choice is yours.