Social Care Workers – Sufficiently Relevant Qualifications

Approved by the Social Care Workers Registration Board

The following qualifications have been approved by the Social Care Workers Registration Board as sufficiently relevant and attesting to the standards of the Qualifications set out in Schedule 3 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act for Social Care Workers.

Please note this list may be expanded following further decisions by the Board on individual applications to the Register.

Qualification Title	Education Institute
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Athlone Institute of Technology
National Diploma in Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Athlone Institute of Technology
National Diploma in Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Carlow College (awarding body National Council Education Awards)
Bachelor of Arts Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Carlow College
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Carlow College
Bachelor of Arts Applied Social Studes Professional Social Care	Institute of Technology Carlow
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Applied Social Studies Professional Social Care	Institute of Technology Carlow
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies (Social Care)	Institute of Technology Carlow
Higher Diploma in Arts in Applied Social Studies	Institute of Technology Carlow
Higher Diploma in Arts in Applied Social Studies (Professional Social Care)	Institute of Technology Carlow
Higher Diploma in Arts in Applied Social Studies (Professional Social Care)	South East Technological University
Bachelor of Arts Applied Social Studies Professional Social Care	Institute of Technology Carlow
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Applied Social Studies (Professional Social Care)	Institute of Technology Carlow
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social and Community Studies	Institute of Technology Carlow
National Diploma in Applied Social Studies Social Care	Cork Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts in Social Care	Cork Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care	Cork Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies	Cork Institute of Technology
National Diploma in Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Dublin Institute of Technology
Diploma in Social Care Practice	Dublin Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care	Dublin Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care and Social Studies	Dublin Institute of Technology
Social Care (Progression to Bachelor of Arts Honours)	Dublin Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts in Social Care Practice	Dublin Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies	Dundalk Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Dundalk Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care	Dundalk Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies	Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Social Studies	Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies in Social Care (Work Based)	Institute of Technology Blanchardstown
Bachelor of Arts Social Studies in Social Care	Institute of Technology Tralee
Bachelor of Arts in Social Care Ordinary Bachelor Degree	Institute of Technology Tralee
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care	Institute of Technology Tralee
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Institute of Technology Tralee
Bachelor of Science in Health and Social Care	Letterkenny Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Limerick Institute of Technology
Social Care Work – Bachelor of Arts	Limerick Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Limerick Institute of Technology
Diploma in Arts Social Care	National University of Ireland Galway
Bachelor of Arts (Social Care)	National University of Ireland Galway
Bachelor of Arts in Professional Social Care (Disability)	Open Training College
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies (Disability)	Open Training College
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Professional Social Care (Disability)	Open Training College
National Diploma in Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Institute of Technology Sligo
Bachelor of Arts in Social Care Practice	Institute of Technology Sligo
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care Practice	Institute of Technology Sligo
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies	Institute of Technology Sligo
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Social Studies	Institute of Technology Sligo
National Diploma in Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Waterford Institute of Technology (awarding body National Council Education Awards)
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Waterford Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Waterford Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies	Dublin Business School
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Health and Social Care	Letterkenny Institute of Technology
National Diploma in Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Regional Technical College, Waterford (awarding body National Council for Education Awards)
Bachelor of Arts in Social Care Practice	Technological University Dublin
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care Practice	Technological University Dublin
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Social Care	Munster Technological University
National Diploma in Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Regional Technical College Athlone (awarding body National Council Education Awards)
National Diploma in Applied Social Studies in Social Care	Regional Technical College Cork (awarding body National Council Education Awards)
Bachelor of Arts In Applied Social Studies (Social Care)	Regional Technical College Sligo (awarding body National Council Education Awards)
National Diploma in Child Care	DIT/Dublin College of Catering
Diploma in Arts in Social Care	National University of Ireland Galway
Bachelor of Arts in Social Care Practice Inservice	Dublin Institute of Technology