Forth Valley College online course for healthcare workers

Digital Skills Transforming Care Course will become an essential qualification for key workers across Scotland.

An investment of £64,744 from the Scottish Funding Council’s College Innovation Fund has helped to support the development of the project and course coordinators hope the course will establish digital health and care as a key learning priority for staff, with the potential to reach 3200 care at home staff who are currently employed across the Forth Valley.

Sarah Higgins, curriculum manager the Department of Care, Sport and Construction, said: “We are very excited about the launch of this new course which will help train the next generation of care providers and furnish them with the latest skills needed to provide health care in the digital age.

“The introduction of this new course will also increase the opportunities for care service users to engage with digital technologies, which could support them in living more independently in their own home for longer.”

The project - a joint partnership between FVC, Time for You Care, Able Health Care, Clackmannanshire and Stirling Health and Social Care Partnership and Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership - was selected following a highly competitive Scotland-wide bidding process run by the Scottish Funding Council.

Jane Muir, Project Manager said: “The collaborative nature of this project has brought employers together with Forth Valley College and work will continue to utilise opportunities and share aspirations for workforce and sector development in the future”.

Employer validation of the new course was completed in May with employers feeling that this course represents exactly where they want staff to be in terms of digital skills development. The online enrolment form for the course can now be accessed via the flexible learning page of Forth Valley College website.