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Introduction to Disability Awareness for Health & Social Care (Apollo)

  • 1 Day | Part Time
  • Suffolk New College (Ipswich)
  • Level 1 | Professional

Course overview

This course aims to help learners and Health & Social Care professionals to develop their skills and knowledge around disability awareness. This unit introduces the learner to the social model of disability and compares it to the medical model. It also considers how the social model can be put into practice.

This is a 1 day course, 09:30-15:30, face-to-face with an online assessment to be completed remotely. 

Completion of this course comes with an accredited qualification and certificate recognised in industry.

Course content/units

  • Know the difference between the terms disability and impairment.
  • Know how key legislation protects people who have a disability.
  • Understand attitudes and barriers faced by people who have a disability.
  • Understand the social model of disability and how it is put into practice.

Assessment will include practical components in our state-of-the-art Health Science campus, as well as an online suite of assessments you will have access to. 

Course highlights

  • This programme is just one of the exciting and industry-relevant programmes offered as part of Suffolk New College’s Apollo Project.
  • The Apollo Project’s offer aims to train and upskill the workforce, and to provide people with the necessary skills, qualifications, and knowledge to enter a career in Health & Social Care. Please visit our website for the list of further Apollo courses.
  • Courses are delivered by industry professionals with years of experience and service in the Health and Social Care Industry, and have been selected due to employer feedback and skills gaps within the industry, making these skills and qualifications highly sought after.

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