Program Overview

Certificate - Return to Practice for HCPC Professionals

Course Overview

This course provides a structured approach for professionals who have previously been registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) to undertake knowledge and practice-focused learning, in order to complete the self-directed process of returning to practice as set out by the HCPC (2017).

Key Details

• Recruiting to: UK / RoI / Settled in UK
• Course Location: Distance Learning
• Institute: Institute of Health
• Delivery Style: Online
• Course Duration: Part-time: Single Module
• Course Start Point: September
• Award: Certificate

Minimum Entry Requirements

• Must have been registered with the HCPC within the last 5 years.

Tuition Fees

• £1,180 (UK)

Course Structure

What You Will Learn

• Study skills, evidence-based practice, reflection and critical analysis skills; digital literacy
• Updating on current health and social care structures, policy and governance frameworks
• Updating on the legal, professional and regulatory aspects of students’ profession-specific practice
• Patient safety, safeguarding, consent, data protection and information sharing
• Equality, diversity and inclusion
• Public health and health promotion
• Teamwork, leadership and management
• Profession-specific clinical skills updating

Teaching & Assessment

How You Will Learn

• The module has 30 hours of work-integrated learning which will be allocated to placement-based mandatory and statutory learning requirements for returning to professional practice.
• 12 hours of practical classes and workshops will have a focus on the development of profession-specific clinical skills.
• Students will have 98 hours of independent study time, which will allow them to focus on elements linked to their own individual learning needs.

How You Will Be Assessed

• A 1,500 word written exercise, corresponding to 40% overall weighting
• A 2,000 word written assignment, corresponding to 60% overall weighting
• A pass/fail practical skills assessment, which will be negotiated in practice

Overview

• The applicant must have been registered with the HCPC within the last 5 years and have the intention to return to the HCPC register.
• The applicant will have the ability to complete the workplace assessment.
• The applicant will complete required employer induction and mandatory/statutory training within the module work integrated learning hours.

Fees & Funding

Tuition Fees

• £1,180 (UK)

More Information

• We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries, grants and funds available to support you throughout your studies with us. This includes the Cumbria Bursary - a non-repayable bursary designed to support first year students with a household income of less than £25,000.

Additional Costs

• None