Social Care Professional Development
The Gerry Clarke Award for Best Reflective Practice in Social Care
Gerry Clarke tutored on the social care programme for the Open Training College for 7 years, before the OTC lost Gerry in June 2013. Gerry came to the College after many years working in Stewarts Hospital where he worked in…
Read MoreThey did it! The first group to achieve the QQI Certificate in Intellectual Disability Practice Level 5 Award have graduated!
The annual College conferring ceremony in November in the RDS is always a special occasion to celebrate and acknowledge the graduates of the College. It had an extra sparkle this year as we conferred the first cohort of 74 care…
Read MoreWhere are they now?
As the College continues to celebrate our 25th year anniversary delivering education and training to the disability and wider non-profit sector, we have asked graduates to inform us of where they are and how their OTC education has had an…
Read MoreSector leaders explain the importance of new Social Care degree
Missed the recent launch of the new Social Care degree? Watch some sector leaders explain the importance of the newly revalidated Social care degree now on offer through the Open Training College, and why it will contribute to making a…
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