Course Overview
"As demand increases on our Health and Care System, digital technology plays a huge role in the transformation of care. TSA are delighted to work with NCFE, CACHE to launch the first Level 2 Qualification in Understanding Technology Enabled Care and how it can improve the quality outcomes for People. This powerful resource will empower our Care workforce to think differently about how CARE is delivered and putting people at the heart and centre of everything we do." - TSA, The voice of Technology Enabled Care.This qualification is designed for learners who want to increase their knowledge and understanding of Technology Enabled Care (TEC). It will support the learner to develop their knowledge of how a range of technology can be used to help improve an individual’s quality of life and support them to live independently.
What will I learn?
This qualification aims to:
• focus on the study of TEC in the health and social care industry
• offer breadth and depth of study, incorporating a key core of knowledge.
The objectives of this qualification are to support the learner to:
• gain an understanding of TEC, which can be used to help support an individual’s quality of life
• understand person-centred care approaches to TEC that can be used to help support independence, health and wellbeing
• understand different roles and responsibilities in relation to TEC
• gain an understanding of legislation, safeguarding and regulatory requirements relating to TEC.
It is made up of four mandatory units as follows:
• Introduction to Technology Enabled Care
• Understand a person-centred approach to Technology Enabled Care
• Understand roles and responsibilities in relation to Technology Enabled Care
• Introduction to legislation, safeguarding and regulatory requirements relating to Technology Enabled Care
Study, Assessment and Qualifications
This course is delivered purely online with digital content. Upon enrolment Learners are sent login details for our e-assessor system where they will access all course materials including workbooks and questions. Learners will also submit all work via this system which will then be marked by an Assessor and feedback provided.
Due to the nature of these Distance Learning courses, the emphasis is very much on self-directed study.
Learners should be able to take all the information needed to complete the course from the Workbooks but will also receive high level support from their Assessor and the Distance Learning Team.
Each unit will have a set deadline, which is usually 2 weeks, so Learners can plan their study time to fit in with these dates.
Entry Requirements
Learners must be aged 19 years or over as at the start of the academic year (31st August).
Must have lived in the UK or EAA for the last three years.
Must currently reside in England, in a post code outside of London, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, the West Midlands Combined Authority, the Tees Valley Combined Authority, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, the Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority, the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
If aged 19-23, must hold a full Level 2 qualification or above in any subject (e.g., QCF Diploma Level 2, five GCSEs/O Levels grade A-C, two or three AS Levels, CSE grade 1 5 or more, one A Level, QCF Certificate, GNVQ Intermediate, First Diploma, NVQ Level 2, First Certificate or Principle of Learning Level 2).
If aged 24+ no qualifications are required.
Additional Costs and Information
Learners can only complete one Distance Learning course at a time and cannot be on another funded course such as an Apprenticeship.
The allotted time for completion of this course is two months.
