Welcome to the Oxcare website
This website is designed to provide information about training courses and qualifications for social care workers for a variety of potential learners.
We hope we can help you whether you work for Oxfordshire County Council or for independent, voluntary and private providers of care in Oxfordshire including foster parents.
OXCARE is the Oxfordshire County Council Qualifications Centre for Health and Social Care. We have a team of highly qualified and experienced Assessors and Internal Verifiers with an excellent reputation with the City and Guilds awarding body.
OXCARE offers high quality qualification provision to employees in the social care sector; enabling them to gain the qualification they need to meet government requirements to raise the quality of care to vulnerable people in Oxfordshire. Our assessors provide appropriate individualised support to candidates ensuring the learning experience is positive and enjoyable
Basic skills in the care sector
All care workers registering for a qualification complete a skills analysis of their English and Maths. They are offered the chance to improve these skills through the Oxfordshire Adult Learning Service or with help from their assessor.
What are the benefits of a qualification?
An employee will benefit by
- Having more understanding of their
responsibilities
- An opportunity to develop new skills
- Accreditation of current skills
An employer will benefit by:
- More developed staff giving better performance
- More staff motivation
- Better care to service users
OXCARE is now delivering new qualifications in Infection Control and Dementia Care, please click on the below link for more information.
New qualifications (.pdf format, 30 Kb)
If you are interested in accessing any one of these courses, please contact Dorte.Chandler@oxfordshire.gov.uk.
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