OTC: Certificate in Training and Development
OTC Cert in Training and Development – 12 weeks, FET Special Purpose Level 6 Award, – €740 – Starts Feb 28th, 2025 online, apply now!
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A Career in Social Care? What to expect… part 3
The third and final part of Sean Bohan’s three-blog series on the benefits of a career in Social Care: The Frontline to Leadership I had the privilege to work frontline and then move into roles such as a team leader, day services facilitator and day service manager, with the first 4 years of entering […]
OTC: Certificate in Key Management Skills – 6 weeks, QQI, Level 6, €395 – ‘Fast track’ management CPD module – starts April 29th, 2024
The course is for current/prospective first line supervisors and managers who are looking for key management skills to enhance their leadership, motivational, team-building and management skills in an accredited programme developed specifically for the social care, disability and non-profit sector.
OTC: Certificate in Key Management Skills – 6 weeks, QQI, Level 6, €395 – ‘Fast track’ management CPD module – starts April 29th, 2024
Are you a manager who is dealing with the difficulties of delivering a quality service? Are you a new manager? Do you want to become a manager or supervisor?
BA in Social Care 2024-25 – 3 Years – QQI Level 7, CORU approved – opens for applications late-March 2024.
Open Training College’s BA in Social Care 2024-25 – 3 Years – QQI Level 7, CORU approved – opens for applications mid-March 2024.
OTC – Managing Service Quality – 6 weeks, QQI, Level 6, €395 – ‘Fast track’ CPD module – starts February 26th, 2024
OTC is offering a Certificate in Managing Service Quality and Safeguarding for first line supervisors & managers in the human services & non-profit sector, people interested in disability services and safeguarding.
How Managers Improve Team Performance through Leadership Learning
Open Training College tutor Joe McDonald explores How Managers Improve Team Performance through Leadership Learning As a manager, or aspiring manager, what can you do you each and every day to improve team performance? Well, remember that truly effective leaders always have absolute clarity in terms of their own role and objectives. This in turn […]
Five Questions to Improve your Leadership Skills
The Open Training College has a proven track record when it comes to the delivery of high-quality accredited management courses. Modules such as Key Management Skills: Teamwork, Leadership & Communications equip students with practical skills as well as the necessary theoretical knowledge. Unit 2 of this module enables the student to be an effective and […]
BA in Contemporary Disability Studies – Level 7 2023-24 – Apply by September 30th, 2023
OTC is running a BA in Contemporary Disability Studies – Level 7 2023-24 – Apply by September 30th, 2023.
OTC: New! BA (Hons) in Applied Social Studies (Disability Service Management) One Year, QQI Level 8, apply now for an Oct 16th, 2023 commencement
The BA (Honours) in Applied Social Studies (Disability Service Management) provides qualified Social Care Workers and other professionals with the knowledge and skills to make substantive, positive changes to organisations.
OTC BA in Social Care – Level 7 Opens for Applications
The BA in Social Care QQI HET Major / 7 at Open Training College is now open for applications. This course is ideal for any person interested in becoming a social care worker; persons with a relevant Level 5 qualification.
Open Training College BA in Social Care – Level 7 Opens for Applications
The Open Training College BA in Social Care –Level 7 opens for applications on March 23rd 2023 for Sept 2023 commencement.
Managing In Challenging Times
In this guest feature article, Open Training College Management Courses Director Brendan Collins gives us an insight into Managing In Challenging Times. Writing as far back as 1959, in his publication, Landmarks of Tomorrow, the great management consultant, educator and author, Peter Drucker, stated: “The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence. It […]
Working through Change: A Leadership Focus
In this guest blog post, Open Training College Associate Tutor Joe McDonald explores the importance of change. Change is inevitable and there is no escaping it. However, that’s no bad thing! Take a moment to consider just how much change has taken place within your own family, your local community, those towns and cities that […]
Five Questions to Improve your Leadership Skills
In this guest blog post, Open Training College Associate Tutor Joe McDonald explores Five Questions to Improve your Leadership Skills. The Open Training College has a proven track record when it comes to the delivery of high-quality accredited management courses. Modules such as Key Management Skills: Teamwork, Leadership & Communications equip students with practical skills […]
How Will I Fit a Social Care Degree into My Busy Life?
Open Training College answer the question “How will I fit a Social Care degree into my busy life?” This is a question that we get asked all the time, and rightly so, because it helps the potential students to get their heads around the level of commitment required when studying a third level degree course. […]
Certificate in Key Management Skills
The Open Training College are offering a six-week Certificate in Key Management Skills course.
Open Training College (OTC): Discounted Prices for CPD courses in support of the sector – Apply today!
The Open Training College (OTC) is offering huge savings on two popular Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses. As we all approach the ‘next normal’ of working together in the sector, the OTC has discounted some popular CPD (Continuing Professional Development) courses in order to support colleagues. The OTC believes that upskilling staff and managers is […]
