Greenhills CC Courses: Healthcare Assistant Level 5 & Medical Secretary Level 5 –
Greenhills Community College has two fantastic courses for people interested in working in the fields of healthcare and medical administration: Healthcare Assistant Level 5 and Medical Secretary Level 5 courses.
Healthcare Assistant Level 5
This course gives students the skills necessary to work as Healthcare Assistants in a variety of healthcare settings or progression to further study through the Higher Education Links Scheme.
Medical Secretary Level 5
This course gives students the skills necessary to work in a medical administration environment or in general administration.
Find out more about the Medical Secretary course and how to apply at Greenhills Community College.
Greenhills CC Medical Secretary Course
Deansrath CC Early Learning & Care and Special Needs Assistant Courses – Places Available
Early Learning & Care Course
This course investigates the development, learning and support required during the first six years of life. Successful learners are awarded a nationally and internationally recognised certificate in the theory and practice of Early Childhood Care and Education. The learner will gain knowledge, skills and the competence to work under supervision and independently in a range of Early Childhood Care and Education settings. This award provides a link to Early Childhood Care and Education Degree Programmes in Ireland through the CAO system.
You can find out more information about the course here including how to apply.
Deansrath Early Learning Plc Course
Special Needs Assisting
This is a one year part time course leading to Level 5 and Level 3 QQI Component Awards.
In addition to the Level 5 Children with Additional Needs and Special Needs Assisting modules learners will obtain a Level 3 award in Communications, Irish and Maths.
The aim of this programme is to enable the learner to acquire the knowledge, skills and competence to work independently and under supervision in a range of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) settings and or to progress to higher education and training.
Learners may gain employment in school settings both Primary and Post Primary
You can find out more information about the course here including how to apply.
Deansrath Special Needs Assisting
Oh My God, What A Complete Education! Podcast
OMG What A Complete Education
ETBI (Education And Training Boards Ireland) are delighted to announce a brand-new podcast series created in partnership with SOLAS and co-hosted by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen, authors of the ‘Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling’ series.
As Further Education & Training alumni, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen will be putting learner voices from across Ireland behind the microphone to explore how FET has helped people of all ages and backgrounds to find their paths!
You can find all the episodes below. We’ll add more as they come out. Or you can listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or at your favourite place to listen to podcasts.
Episode 6
Destination Anywhere – using the FET highway to get there
Emer and Sarah talk to Fiona Kavanagh, who always dreamed of becoming a primary school teacher but says she struggled to understand her own learning style in secondary school. When she didn’t get the points she’d hoped for in the Leaving Cert, she found a new route to make her dream career happen – a Childcare Special Needs course in Whitehall College of Further Education. She went on to do an education course in DCU, and then decided to go back and do her Masters of Education during the pandemic. She is now working as a sixth-class teacher.
Emer and Sarah also speak to Emer McMullin who went straight into the world of work after leaving school. After the bank she worked at left the Republic of Ireland market, she worried that while she had years of experience, she didn’t have any qualifications that would help her find new opportunities. Emer rang Donegal ETB who told her all about ‘Recognition of Prior Learning’- tune in to find out more!
Episode 5
Returning to Learning
Emer and Sarah speak to Liam Cleere, who had a bad experience in school but totally transformed his life through Adult Education in Tipperary ETB. Just eight years ago, Liam could read a little bit, but couldn’t write his own name. Now, he is about to publish a book.
Similarly, Dolores Millea has changed her life for the better by participating in Family Learning after leaving school at 13. She has taken cookery, gardening and woodwork courses, and this year she is planning on gaining IT skills through a computer course.
Episode 4
Everything you didn’t know about Apprenticeships!
Whatever you think you know about Apprenticeships, Emer and Sarah are here to turn that upside down. In this episode they meet Lorraine Carey, an Accountancy Technician Apprentice coming to us from Kerry ETB, and all-round superwoman, and Aisling Cleary who is currently completing a Supply Chain Manager Apprenticeship at Masters Level through Laois Offaly ETB.
Episode 3
Bringing the Great Outdoors into the studio.
Emer is a self-confessed lover of the great outdoors. She swims in the sea, and not only owns a pair of hiking boots, but also hiking sandals! She and Sarah chat to Mick Kane, Director of Achill Outdoor Education Centre, as he maps his journey from a teenager obsessed with the outdoors to embodying his environmental passions by working in conservation.
They also speak to Tadhg Boyden, a teacher of outdoor learning at Cork Education and Training Board. After leaving school feeling ‘lost’, he says he stumbled across outdoor education and tells Emer and Sarah how adventuring outdoors has helped him overcome fears.
Episode 2
The Leaving Cert really isn’t for everyone – PLC learners have their say!
Emer and Sarah meet two young learners who have some thoughts on the Leaving Cert.
Abbie Foley struggled during school and left without sitting her Leaving Cert but with the support of her guidance counsellor, found a path into a PLC in Journalism, Digital Media and Public Relations at Dunboyne College of Further Education which she felt was ‘made for her’. Emer and Sarah also chat to Amanda Jonaityte, who completed a Level 5 PLC in Business Studies and Computing in Ó Fiaich Institute of Further Education, Dundalk back in 2018. She is now in her final year in Law at Trinity College Dublin, and she has a special interest in data protection law.
Episode 1
A Love Letter to Ballyfermot – Emer and Sarah go back to where it all started for them.
Did you know that best-selling authors of the Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling book series Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen met at Ballyfermot College of Further Education? Listen to them recount their path through Further Education and Training (FET) after deciding university wasn’t the path for them. They also chat to John Moriarty, formerly of Ballyfermot College and now Director of Transformation and Knowledge at City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Cleo Knight, a learner who left school feeling she wasn’t academic and now inspires the next generation of students coming through Ballyfermot College.
Sensory Cube Opens In Skerries Community College
Skerries Sensory Cube Balls
UBU Your Place Your Space Scheme – Call For Service Provider
Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB) is seeking an organisation with experience of providing services to young people, to deliver a new service to young people in the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Area.
This is being established in line with the UBU Your Place Your Space Scheme funded by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Inclusion & Youth (DCEDIY).
The services will be targeted and specific to the needs of the young people in the area.
Requirements For Service Provider
The organisation sought should:
✔ Exemplify good practice in relation to vision, methodologies, governance, compliance, programme design and delivery
✔ Be experienced in working with teenagers and young adults, using a non-formal educational methodology
✔ Operate in an out-of-school setting, including evenings, weekends and holidays
✔ Understand the nature and needs of a diverse youth population and offer appropriate responses
✔ Able to devise and measure effective responses
✔ Be committed to on-going sharing of learning and collaboration
How To Apply
Application is by means of an Application Form and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire.
For an Information Pack, Pre-Qualification Questionnaire and Application Form, please contact Denise Cummins, Staff Officer at denisecummins@ddletb.ie
Closing Date
Closing date for receipt of Application Form and Pre-Qualification Questionnaires, in four hard copies: Friday 21st October at 12 noon.
Please return the completed Application Form and Pre-qualification questionnaire to:
Caitriona Murphy,
Chief Executive Offi cer,
Reference: UBU DLR New Service
DDLETB, 1 Tuansgate, Belgard Square East,
Tallaght, Dublin 24. D24X62W.
EU Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Visits Youthreach Swords
Staff and students at Youthreach Swords were delighted to welcome EU Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira to their amazing centre. The Commissioner was overwhelmed by the work, skills and achievements of both present and past students and all the staff. The Commissioner made all the students feel so relaxed, as she asked them about their educational journeys, and students felt the Commissioner was so focused on them and listened with such interest to their stories and how Youthreach had changed their lives for the better.
Swords Youthreach opened in 1989 to provide an alternative learning programme to early school leavers. Like other Youthreach centres in our ETB they provide a framework within which young people can develop self-confidence and the skills necessary for employment or further study. Great stress is placed on the development of the individual and students are made aware that while work is essential part of a person’s life, it is only a part. There is a need to develop other aspects of one’s personality and, as a result, they place great emphasis on positive mental health.
Click here to watch the video of the Commisioner’s visit on Youtube.
Come and Visit Us at the Higher Options Expo RDS Dublin
The Irish Times Higher Options Expo is taking place at the RDS in Dublin from Wednesday, September 21st to Friday, September, 23rd.
The conference is the starting point for many students as they begin to plan the next phase of their educational journey.
It brings together representatives of institutions and organisations offering students information on almost every conceivable educational progression opportunity available in Ireland and abroad.
DDLETB will be there! Please come and visit us at Stand 20.
Have a chat with our teams from
- Blackrock Further Education Institute
- Dún Laoghaire Further Education Institute
- Dundrum College of Further Education
- Sallynoggin College of Further Education
- Stillorgan College of Further Education
- Adult Education Service Guidance
- Deansrath Community College
- Grange Community College
- Greenhills Community College
- Baldoyle Training Centre
- Loughlinstown Training Centre
- Tallaght Training Centre
DDLETB offers courses, apprenticeships and training in a wide range of subjects and fields.
We look forward to meeting you at the expo!
The following information is from the Irish Times and gives a little more information about what to expect at the Higher Options education expo.
What is Higher Options?
It is an education expo where institutions from at home and abroad are represented. You will have the opportunity to talk to them in-person to help you make an informed decision about what course you will study and what type of institution you will attend.
What makes it so special?
While most institutions organise their own open days, Higher Options brings them all under the one roof, meaning that you can engage with several institutions in a short time. Even if you already have an idea about what you would like to do, you may not have decided on what type of college you would like to attend or what particular course would best suit you.
What questions should I ask?
The first question you ask should be one that you ask of yourself. What kind of course are you interested in and what are you looking for in a college? Jot these down before you attend and draw up a list of colleges you wish to talk to. As a rule of thumb, it is a good idea to ask the same questions of each representative. That will help you get as measured an understanding of each institution as is possible. Tailor your questions to suit your interests and needs. Ask about the various courses on offer. What are the academic requirements, what courses will make you more employable? What areas are covered in each course and how are they assessed? How big are lectures/classes and do they feature one-on-one or group supervision? Remember, you can ask representatives for contact details in case you have any further questions you may want to ask later.
IGNITE – Youth Development Through Sport 2022
IGNITE is a super programme for people aged 18–24 years old with an interest in Sport. It’s a full-time course, Monday – Friday and a training allowance is provided. It takes place at Castlemill Education Centre, Flemington Community Centre, Balbriggan, K32 P237.
IGNITE is designed to engage young people by combining the key elements of sport, youth work and education. The programme will enable participants to gain the skills and confidence to return to education or further training or progress to employment by learning new skills that will help them progress on this pathway. It will also empower the young people to become more involved in sporting opportunities in their own local communities.
On completion of IGNITE young people will receive accreditation from at least five sporting bodies in a variety of sports, complete a QQI level 3 module in interviewing skills & have an increased awareness of key skills including communication, problem-solving & teamwork.
The young people participating in this programme will have an opportunity to learn and grow in a safe but challenging environment within their own community
Elements of IGNITE include:
Coaching Certificates
- Soccer FAI – PDP-1
- Mountaineering Ireland
– Rock Climbing Indoor Assistant Cert - Leinster Rugby – Prime Coaching Cert
- Kayaking skills- Level 2 Cert
- Badminton – International certificate
- Leinster Cricket – Coaching Certs
- GAA – Foundation Cert
- Orienteering Ireland Instructor Cert
Other Certificates
- Sports First Aid
- Child Protection Training
- Disability Inclusion
- QQI Module: Researching Interviewing Skills
Workshops
- Mindfulness
- Yoga
- Pilates
- Introduction to Fitness
To find out more about the exciting opportunity in sports development, Contact
Darren Bruton,
Sports Officer
DDLETB Youth & Sport
Development Services
Mobile 087 218 0941
or use the QR Code below
DFEI Apprentice Wins Carpentry Competition At WorldSkills Ireland
Dominic Flood Joinery DFEI
Founded in 1950, WorldSkills is a global organization that promotes vocational, technological, and service oriented education and training. It promotes skilled careers in over 80 countries. WorldSkills gives youth the chance to compete, experience, and learn how to become the best in their skill of choice. From the traditional trades to multi-skilled technology careers, social, ICT and service sectors, supported by partners, industries, governments, volunteers, and education and training institutions, WorldSkills is making a direct impact on raising the level of skills throughout the world.
The Government of Ireland joined WorldSkills International then called the International Vocational Training Organisation (IVTO) in 1956 to promote industrial growth through raising national standards and showcasing Irish talent. Since joining WorldSkills in 1957, Team Ireland has competed at every international competition since then winning 63 Gold medals, 53 Silver medals, 80 Bronze Medals and 174 Diplomas/Medallions of Excellence with 732 Team Ireland competitors.
Through the Department of Further and Higher Education Research and Innovation WorldSkills Ireland have organised and run the national competitions, each year since 1956 providing thousands of apprentices and the skilled youth of Ireland the chance to compete for the prestigious Silver Medal Award
The mission of Worldskills is
Through competition, promote excellence in the workplace, benchmark our skills internationally, apply best industry practice and contribute to skills research
DDLETB Baldoyle Training Centre At The World Skills Event
Baldoyle Training Centre will be promoting the Electric Vehicle Maintenance course at the upcoming World Skills Event in the RDS. It takes place from 13th – 15th September. Baldoyle Training Centre will be in the ETB Green Skills Technology Area.
Worldskills Ireland is a partnership between enterprise, industry, education, training and government that raises the profile and recognition of skills and apprenticeships and prepares the talent of today for the careers of the future.
Find out more about the World Skills Event at the RDS here.
Worldskills Ireland 2022 will welcome students, parents, teachers and businesses from all across Ireland over 3 days, September 13th, 14th & 15th. Worldskills Ireland is a journey seeking to inspire with competitions, demonstrations and the Heroes Stage, inform through the Educator’s zone and reassure through the Career’s Live Zone.
