Management Development Programme
for the National Federation of Voluntary Bodies
The College has been delivering this 3-day programme during 2006. It is being delivered to 150 senior and first line managers on behalf of the National Federation of Voluntary Bodies. The programme is delivered nationally, and addresses core management topics. It is underpinned by the philosophy and process associated with Person Centred Planning.

Action Plan for People Management (APPM) 2005
In 2005, the College made successful application to the Health Services Executive – Eastern Region (then ERHA) under the Action Plan for People Management Fund for funding for the development and delivery of programmes in essential management skills, conflict resolution and ethnicity and cultural diversity. These 3 programmes were delivered between April and December to circa 50 people (across the 3 programmes). Participants were drawn from a range of agencies in the Eastern Region.

Person Centred Planning Training
The College delivers a one-module stand-alone programme on Person Centred Planning (PCP) to staff in a number of agencies nationally. This course helps agencies to implement a comprehensive PCP process. The programme is one of the most popular of our short courses.

Romanian Project, 2005-2006
In 2005 the College signed a contract with Health Action Overseas to develop and deliver a training programme in Constanta , Romania . This programme will support the establishment of a new service based on the social model of service delivery. It is aimed at people with a learning disability who currently live in an institution. This project is being jointly funded by the Irish and Romanian Governments through Health Action Overseas.

Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning: The VaLEx Project
In 2004, the College was lead agency in a project piloting a model of Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) for staff working in Social Care. The Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Department of Social Sciences and the Learning and Teaching Centre (DIT) were also involved in the project. Fourteen participants were asked to compile portfolios based on their experience. This pilot project offered them the opportunity to enter one of two specific degree programmes at advanced standing with possible exemptions in up to two named modules from the first year programme. The project was funded by the ERHA (now the Health Services Executive - Eastern Region) under the Action Plan for People Management fund.