Mentorship in Health & Social Care Course

This course is designed to prepare a range of health and social care professionals for their role as mentors within the health and social care setting.

The course will prepare individuals critically to reflect, explore and apply principles of mentorship, work-based learning and assessment within their practice settings.

The Learning Outcomes for this course are:

• Demonstrate how an environment may be created in which lifelong learning and development are fostered.
• Apply learning and teaching strategies to ensure effective learning experiences and the opportunity to achieve learning outcomes.
• Effectively fulfil the role of the assessor, demonstrating the ability to assess performance against criteria.
• Review the role as a mentor in facilitating effective learning in the workplace underpinned by an identified professional value base.
• Contribute to the informal and formal evaluation of the learning experience.
• Critically evaluate how an environment may be created in which lifelong learning and development is fostered.
• Critically analyse learning and teaching strategies to ensure effective learning experiences and the opportunity to achieve learning outcomes.
• Apply and analyse principles of assessment, including direct observation, to the demonstration of competence, utilising appropriate criteria.
• Critically appraise the role of mentor in facilitating effective learning in the workplace underpinned by an identified professional value base.
• Critically explore the mentor’s contribution to the informal and formal evaluation of the learning experience.

How people learn

Helping people learn

The environment in which people learn

Principles of assessment

The practice of assessing in the workplace

Qualification 1: Mentorship in Health & Social Care Diploma

Mentorship in Health & Social Care Diploma issued by Stonebridge Associated Colleges, entitling you to use the letters SAC Dip after your name.

This course is currently only available to be studied via the traditional paper-based method.

With this course you will have unlimited access to your own personal tutor who specialises in their field of study. It is your personal tutor's role to ensure that you receive constructive feedback and to deal with any queries you may have. You are more than welcome to telephone, fax or email your personal tutor.

You will also have access to a dedicated and friendly team of administrators and course advisors who offer sound and professional guidance and advice when you need it. This ensures that you will never feel neglected and that you will always succeed!

There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.

This is only an approximate figure and is dependant upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to your tutor. You should allow at least 1 - 2 hours of study to complete each question paper.

The approximate amount of time required to complete the course is: 75 hrs.

Assessment Method

After each lesson there will be a question paper, which needs to be completed and submitted to your personal tutor for marking. This method of continual assessment ensures that your personal tutor can consistently monitor your progress and provide you with assistance throughout the duration of the course.

Textbook

We recommend that you obtain a copy of Martin Thomas and John Pierson, 1995, Dictionary of Social Work, Collins Education, London. 

What's Included

• All study materials
• Study Guide
• Full Tutor and Admin support