NCFE Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of End of Life Care
Course Description
This course is designed to provide candidates with a broad understanding of end of life and palliative care. Everyone facing life-limiting illness will need some degree of supportive care in addition to effective treatment enabling them to provide sensitive and appropriate support to people nearing the end of life and also their close relatives and families.
The course aims to develop the learner’s knowledge and understanding of:
Support needed to manage pain and discomfort Different perspectives on death and dying Dementia impacting on an individual’s end of life care Aims of end of life care Principles of person-centred care planning Appropriate support for the bereaved.
Course Content
- Module A : Unit 1 Understand how to work in end of life care
- Module A : Unit 2 Care planning in end of life care
- Module B: Unit 3 Understand how to provide support to manage pain and discomfort
- Module B: Unit 4 End of life care and dementia
- Module C: Unit 5 Understanding the role of the care worker in time of death
- Module C: Unit 6 Understand loss and grief in end of life care
This course is available online or as a paper-based submission
Requirements
- People are over 19 years of age on 31st August 2022 (beginning of the Academic Year).
- Lived in the UK/EU for the past 3 years. Proof of residency maybe required.
- Not on an Apprenticeship
- Cannot already have completed this course
- This course is free but colleges may charge a small admin fee if the course is not completed.
- To register for a course, please fill out the form below and one of our enrolment advisers will be in touch to provide you with information, advice and guidance. You will be contacted via a mobile phone number (07943 743748) which you may not recognise but is registered to MSD Independent Ltd.
We are presently undertaking online registrations so there is no minimum amount of people for an Induction to take place. All we will require is the students contact details (mobile phone number and a valid email address.
The qualifications are NCFE level 2 and are fully certificated Nationally recognised courses.
Learners are able to further their own continuous professional development a criteria for the care certificate which may also improve their career prospects and can then progress on to further qualifications in health & social care or other related subjects.
The course submission times are between 8 and 16 weeks depending on which course they choose to complete.
They will have a dedicated Tutor from the College or Learning Provider, who are fully trained and give feedback on all questions answered. Specialist Tutors are available and are qualified in dealing with anyone who has a learning difficulty ie: Dyslexia and they will support all learners throughout the course.
All of our Induction are carried out by one of our experience Inductors and can be either by telephone or an online forum such as Zoom, MS Teams at a time and place to suit you This is necessary so that students and staff get all the information required to complete the course successfully. We are very aware of the disruption this may sometimes cause, but we try to work with you and your staff.
For Companies we are now offering face to face inductions at your premises and asking for a minimum of 8 people to attend for an Induction to take place with one of our experienced Inductors.
During the Induction we introduce people to the courses and complete the necessary College paperwork.
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