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Learning & Development

Career Development through Qualifications at VSA

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Develop your Career Journey with us!

About us:


VSA's SVQ Centre delivers a successful Modern Apprenticeship Programme and provide a range of qualifications in Health and Social Care. Alongside studying, our apprentices gain practical experience working with the vulnerable people we support.

This approach helps our students to put what they have learned into practice with the support of our dedicated team of learning and development professionals.All of our assessors and verifiers have worked for VSA have years of experience working within health and social care.

We have full time assessors based in the main office as well as workplace assessors within some of our services, in order to support our candidates effectively.

What qualifications do we offer?

HNC in Social Services

SVQs in Social Services and Healthcare

We offer these vocational qualifications to colleagues across our Adult and Community Services, through our Modern Apprenticeship Programme.

SVQ Care Services, Leadership & Management

We offer this Level 10 qualification to our managers throughout our services.

SVQs in Social Services (Children and Young People)

We offer these vocational qualifications to colleagues at Linn Moor Campus, through our Modern Apprenticeship programme.

PDA Health and Social Care: Administration of Medication

This qualification is designed to meet the requirements of social service workers who regularly assist individuals to take medication.

PDA Health and Social Care Supervision

This qualification is offered to Team Leaders and Senior Practitioners and has been developed to support these colleagues to understand the theoretical aspects and legislative requirements of their supervisory role.

PDA Promoting Excellence in Dementia Skilled Practice

This is offered to colleagues who work in Older Peoples Services as part of Scotland’s National Dementia Strategy.

L&D9DI and L&D11

These units are offered to colleagues who assess or verify SVQ Qualifications at our Centre.

Core Skills Qualifications in Numeracy and ICT

We can offer these incorporated in our Modern Apprenticeship Programme.

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