The Competency Framework is a Workforce Development Tool designed to implement continuous improvement, prepare staff for promotional grades, reduce staff turnover, and meet HIQA requirements.
The Framework provides a Workforce Development Tool to deliver induct, support, monitor and provide effective and continuous training and practice development within organisations.
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Understanding and Supporting People with Intellectual Disability
€39.99The Understanding and Supporting People with Intellectual Disability online resource has been designed to present a contemporary picture and a more in-depth understanding and appreciation of what it means to have an Intellectual or multiple disabilities. It is engaging for learners and enables them to apply learning in a range of practice settings. -
Supporting People with Multiple and Profound Disabilities
€39.99This training programme supports the development of competence in direct support workers to meet the needs of people with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD). -
Risk Management
€29.99In this course, you will learn about the seven Rs and four Ts that traditionally represent the key activities of risk management. This will give you a framework that you can customize for a single project, a department, or an entire company. -
Conflict Resolution: Getting Along In The Workplace
€39.99In this course, you will learn what conflict is all about. You will also learn about different types of conflict, stages of conflict, helping others through conflict, and creating win/win solutions. As a bonus, you will also learn supporting skills, such as communication, active listening, and body language. -
Cerebral Palsy and Swallowing Difficulties
€39.99This training programme supports the development of competence in direct support workers to effectively support people with cerebral palsy, a group of disorders that affect an individual’s ability to move and maintain balance and posture. -
The Role of Professionals
€39.99The role of the front line staff is to take responsibility for the day to day care and well being of service users and for ensuring that their actions are guided and informed by the services mission statement and key objectives. -
Mental Health Conditions
€39.99All of us experience challenges to our emotional well-being at some stage in our lives, with one in four of us experiencing a problem with our mental health in any one year. Children and adults with learning disabilities are not exempt from this. Research demonstrates that an estimated 25-40% of people with learning disabilities have mental health conditions. -
Supporting People with Epilepsy
€39.99The Supporting People with Epilepsy training programme supports the development of competence in direct support workers to support individuals with learning disabilities and epilepsy. Epilepsy is recognised as the most common comorbid condition in adults with learning disabilities and is strongly linked to a person's level of cognitive impairment, with a lifetime prevalence of: -
Understanding Common Syndromes
€39.99The term ‘syndrome’ is used to describe a collection or combination of conditions which develop together and result from a single cause. For example, a person who has Down syndrome may have intellectual disabilities, distinctive physical features, and health issues (such as a heart condition). -
Leadership Skills for Supervisors: Communication, Coaching, and Conflict
€29.99In this course, you will learn about coaching models, conflict resolution techniques, and ways to communicate with your employees. You will also complete Velsofts signature leadership assessment to help you identify how to connect with others. As a bonus, you will receive an introduction to some important leadership theories, including the Situational Leadership II model and servant leadership. -
Marketing with Social Media
€29.99In this course, you will learn how to develop a social media marketing plan as a part of an overall marketing strategy, determine who should be on your team, and choose how you will measure what is taking place. In addition, you will learn about blogging, explore some of the major social media sites (such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook), and look at how specialty sites and social media management tools can take your social media marketing to the next level. -
Developing a Training Needs Analysis
€29.99This course covers all the essential elements of a training needs analysis. The first step is using the ICE method to isolate problems, consult with stakeholders, and evaluate your options. Then, you can bring all of the information together into a training needs analysis that will convince readers to take action. -
Effective Planning and Scheduling
€29.99This course will teach you how to use a variety of planning and scheduling tools, including the work breakdown structure, network diagrams, program evaluation and review technique (PERT), and Gantt charts. You will also learn how to properly estimate time, schedule resources, identify task dependencies, manage risks, communicate your schedule, and keep the schedule updated. -
Team Building: Developing High Performance Teams
€29.99After you complete this course, you will understand how to apply the TORI model, Tuckman and Jensens five stages of team development, and Glenn Parkers 12 characteristics of effective teams to develop high-performance teams. You will also complete the Velsoft team player type assessment to help you identify how you behave in a team and how you can connect with others. -
Critical Thinking
€29.99In this course, youll learn what critical thinking is all about, what characteristics a critical thinker has, and what skills you may want to work on. Then, youll work your way through a seven-step critical thinking model. Supporting skills, such as asking good questions, applying common sense, and thinking creatively, are also covered.