social care and childcare qualifications

bluebeary

what are the most recognised qualifications i should be looking at and where is the best place to enquire about them please ?

evening/ weekend or online courses

i did nneb when i was at college but dropped out to do business admin instead which i never used, im older and more confident now and would like to give it another go ?

Oldernotwiser

CACHE definitely for Childcare, NVQ for Social Care.

Don't even think of doing an on line course.

bluebeary

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

CACHE definitely for Childcare, NVQ for Social Care.

Don't even think of doing an on line course.

thanks, is there any qualification which covers all kinds of social care ?

the reason im asking for online or evening/ weekend courses is because i work full time during the day

gizmo111

Depends what you actually want to do with the qualification. If you want to be a social worker then you will need the social work degree - OU do it but you have to be sponsored by employer.

Oldernotwiser

NVQ in Social Care can be used as a qualification in a variety of settings.

http://www.learndirect.co.uk/qualifications/nvq/healthandsocialcare/

Oldernotwiser

gizmo111 wrote: »

Depends what you actually want to do with the qualification. If you want to be a social worker then you will need the social work degree - OU do it but you have to be sponsored by employer.

The OP hasn't mentioned Social Work - Social Care is very different.

gizmo111

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

The OP hasn't mentioned Social Work - Social Care is very different.

Still comes under social care.

ohreally

bluebeary wrote: »

thanks, is there any qualification which covers all kinds of social care ?

the reason im asking for online or evening/ weekend courses is because i work full time during the day

Yes, HNC social care, however its a full time course and includes SVQ which is placement based.


http://www.cardonald.ac.uk/courses/show/15

SVQ - http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/45454.html

HNC - http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/31636.html

Oldernotwiser

The Social Care Council regulates social work and social workers but the two fields are very different, with different qualifications and criteria.

baybeebug

You are more likely to find the new qualifications on offer now more than NVQ's as the funding is stopping now. These are either certificates or diplomas and can be done at either level 2 or 3 (can be done at other levels but best to do a 2 or 3 )

Going to be hard to do these without having a work placement as a good portion of them are done by observation.

gizmo111

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

The Social Care Council regulates social work and social workers but the two fields are very different, with different qualifications and criteria.

Having been a childcare social worker for more years than I care to remember I can assure you that we come under the social care umbrella.