Education and Training

Areas of Responsibility

• Quality Assurance of Qualifying Social Work Training
• Support to Degree in Social Work Course Providers
• Support to remaining Diploma in Social Work courses
• Adviser to NI Degree in Social Work Partnership

Areas of responsibility

• Quality Assurance of Designated Practice Learning for Qualifying Social Work Training
• Review of the Practice Learning centres
• Image and Value of Social Work

Areas of responsibility

• Sector Skills Liason
• Development & review of NOS 
• Qualification and Credit Framework
• Support to Early Years & Child Care sector

Areas of Responsibility

• Overseeing the work of the PQ Baords and Committees
• Management of the UK PQ Framework
• Introduction and implementation of the NI PQ Framework
• Quality Assurance of PQ education and training

Helen McVicker - Professional Adviser

helen.mcvicker@niscc.hscni.net  

• Quality Assurance Board for the UK PQ Framework
• Enrolment in the NI PQ Framework
• PQ Accreditation Board
• APL Sub-Group
• Development of the PQ Database