Upcoming Clare graduates will have their titles 'protected'
GOOD NEWS for upcoming social care workers in Clare, as their titles will soon become ‘protected’, thanks to all social care programmes being nationally approved for the first time in Technological University of the Shannon (TUS).
All social care work programmes at TUS Ennis and beyond have been approved by CORU, the national multi-profession health regulator. Social care work is now in the process of becoming a regulated profession for the first time.
This means that the title ‘social care worker’ will become a protected title for all upcoming TUS social care graduates, and can only be used by persons registered with the Social Care Workers Registration Board. The ‘protected’ titles will come into fruition this November.
Dr Maura Clancy, Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Technology, TUS Midwest said: “This approval is great news for our students, our graduates and our programmes - social care work involves working with the most vulnerable people in our society.
“It is right and fitting that our graduates will have professional recognition as they traverse their social care work careers.”
CORU’s role is to protect the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct, education, training and competence through statutory registration of health and social care professionals.
Also welcoming the approval of all TUS Social Care Work programmes, President of TUS, Professor Vincent Cunnane, said: “Social Care Workers have always been frontline workers and were essential personnel during the pandemic.
“It is only fitting that this profession is now recognised through the Social Care Workers Register - CORU approval also recognises the quality of education our social care graduates have received, which is a further seal of approval of our future potential in this important area.”
TUS delivers CORU-approved Social Care Work programmes on its Ennis, Thurles, Moylish and Athlone campuses.