Higher Certificate Health & Social Care at Letterkenny Institute of Technology

Our Higher Certificate in Science in Health & Social Care is a two year course that will help you embark on a career in health and social care. It’s a career that’s vital to society, and is one of the most fulfilling you can pursue.

This course combines academic work with practice learning and placement from a variety of areas including childcare, working with young people, people with disabilities and older people in a variety of health and social care environments.

It’s a practical course that will prepare you for a future working in adult services, healthcare awareness and promotion, the care of the elderly, childcare, or in youth work and community development. Your specific role can be just as diverse, whether that’s becoming a residential child carer, respite carer, adult services officer or health promotion officer. Equally, you might follow a career in working with people with intellectual disabilities.

As you can see, the opportunities are numerous and wide-ranging, and this course will ensure that wherever your interests might lie you can embrace them with confidence.

Career Pathways

The main employers are:

• Adult Services
• Health Awareness Bodies
• Care of the Elderly
• Childcare
• Community Development

Graduate Careers

Graduate careers typically include:

• Residential Childcarer
• Respite Carer
• Adult Service Officer
• Health Promotion Officer
• Working with Women's Aid
• Carer in Nursing Home
• Youth Worker
• Development Officer