City and Guilds Certificate in HIV and AIDS

Service type

Information and advice

Description

Award in HIV and AIDS

Terrence Higgins Trust is now accredited to deliver qualifications by City and Guilds.

The Award in understanding HIV and AIDS has been developed to provide a formal qualification to help people across England, Scotland and Wales improve their own knowledge of HIV and AIDS and to pass that knowledge on to others. The qualification aims to:

• Meet the needs of learners who want to go on and work within the HIV sector in either a paid or voluntary capacity.
• Challenge any inaccurate statements or notions that people within the HIV sector may encounter.
• Enable people to access a qualification that not only improved their knowledge around HIV but also supported them in how best to deliver that information to the young people in school.

Course content

The qualification is at level 2 of the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) and will be awarded to learners on successful completion of three units.

Unit 001 Transmission and Prevention of HIV
(3 credits)

Unit 002 Stigma and discrimination in HIV and AIDS
(3 credits)

Unit 003 Managing HIV and AIDS
(4 credits)

Distance learning

This is a distance learning course, spread over three months and involving attendance at a training centre for two days, one at the start of the course and one at the start of month two.

Day 1
Participants will attend a training centre for Induction and Introduction to Unit 001.

Month 1
During the first month, participants will work remotely with phone support on course work. The deadline for remote learning on Unit 001 is one month after Day 1.

Day 2
The second day of attendance at the training centre will take place shortly after completion of unit 001. Day 2 will give an introduciton to Unit 002 and Unit 003. 

Months 2 and 3
The deadline for assignment two is due one month after the second training day and assignment three two months after the second training day.

Cost

The cost of the programme for corporate customers is £350 + VAT, for public and voluntary sector customers £250 + VAT, with the possibility of reductions in cases of hardship.

Next courses

Manchester: 8th October and 3rd November 2010
Peterborough: 11th November and 9th December 2010
London: 23 February and 23 March 2011

Download an application form here, or contact hivvrq@tht.org.uk

Region

Nationwide

Address

Various locations around the country.

Telephone

020 7812 1691

Email

hivvrq@tht.org.uk

Opening times

Various

Please phone for details on how to access the service.