UNISON Ulearn Northern Ireland

Recruitment has opened for the Open University K101 Introduction to Health & Social Care for staff across Western, Northern & Southern Trusts. The course will start in September and information sessions are being held in June & July. This course is run in partnership with UNISON

The K101 Introduction to Health & Social Care is the updated version of the popular K100. Blocks of learning include

Who cares? looks at the range of formal and informal care, exploring the diversity and sensitivity of care situations
Working with life experience explores the impact of care needs and care services on people’s sense of identity and self-worth.
Diverse communities and resources for care asks how a community can respond to the needs of different groups of people.
People and places: contexts of care explores the settings where care takes place, exploring their physical, social and psychological impact and the extent to which they are enabling or disabling.
Making care safer? examines how care can go wrong and what individuals can do to try to prevent this.
The shaping of care services in the UK examines care policies at the national level.

This course will be supported by release from your employer, a UNISON Study Skills for K101 course and an exam preparation day. This course is first year university level, awards a stand alone certificate and contributes 60 credits towards a university degree. Previous participants on the course have included staff such as health care assistants, home care workers, staff from domestic services, admin, security, portering and catering staff. Some learners have used their study to help access places on the workbased nursing programme, others are working towards a degree and some just enjoyed the course itself. You can read more about how learners got on in the ‘Stories’ section of this website.

Information sessions will take place

Belfast Trust

Tuesday 2nd June Seminar Room 3 Cancer Centre BCH 12-1pm & 1-2pm

Friday 5th June Room 1 Central Dining Hall Knockbracken 12-1pm & 1- 2pm

Wednesday 10th June Personnel Room 3rd Floor Bostock RVH 12-1pm & 1-2pm

.. Western Trust
Monday 27th July 12 – 1pm in Lecture Theatre 1, MDEC, Altnagelvin
Monday 27th July 1.30 – 2.30pm in Training Room, Lime Villa, Gransha
Tuesday28th July 11.30am – 12.30pm Nurses Sitting Room, Erne Hospital
Tuesday 28th July 1.30 – 2.30pm in Conference Room, T&F, Omagh

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Northern Trust
22nd July: Antrim 12 – 1pm in Seminar Room, Bush House, Antrim Hospital site
22nd July: Ballymena 1.30 – 2.30pm in Conference Room 3, Braid Valley
28th July: Ballymoney 12 – 1pm in Tweed Room, Robinson Hospital, Ballymoney
28th July: Coleraine 2 – 3pm in Multi Purpose Room, Causeway Hospital
30th July: Magherafelt 1 – 2pm in Boardroom, Mid Ulster Hospital
31st July: Larne 1 - 2pm in Larne Day Centre

Southern Trust
21st July : Lurgan from 12 – 1pm in Learning & Development, 3rd Floor Social Services Lurgan Hospital site
21st July : Craigavon from 1.30 – 2.30pm in Tutorial Room 4, Medical Education Centre, Craigavon Hospital
23rd July : Newry from 1.30 – 2.30pm in Classroom, Nurses Home, Daisy Hill
24th July : Armagh from 12.30 – 1.30pm in Navan Room, St. Lukes

We will be in discussion with the South Eastern Trust about running a cohort in February 2010.

You can download an information and application pack here