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Welcome to the provide therapies for clients with cancer or other life limiting conditions accredited course.

As part of this course, you are required to attend a one day practical training session.

Provide therapies for clients with cancer or other life limiting conditions

This accredited course Provide Therapies for Clients with Cancer & Other Life Limiting Conditions (Oncology) qualification will prepare you to work within a healthcare setting providing complementary therapies for clients who are suffering life limiting conditions or who are critically frail. Complementary therapies are widely available to people with cancer and increasingly to patients with a range of long term medical and life limiting conditions. These therapies are delivered alongside orthodox treatments, often within the healthcare setting, with the aim of providing psychological and emotional support through the relief of symptoms. This qualification is designed to give you the essential knowledge for customer care and consultation skills to assist you to provide your own therapeutic skills within a clinical setting. This course does not teach you about cancer or other medical conditions, or learning a treatment. This course is about customer care and consultation skills.

Entry level:

To be eligible for registration on this qualification, it is a requirement that you are a qualified complementary therapist holding a Level 3 (or equivalent) qualification in at least one of the three main disciplines of complementary therapies, namely – aromatherapy, reflexology and massage. Anatomy and physiology knowledge at Level 3 or equivalent is also a mandatory requirement.

Note - there is no specific requirement within this qualification for therapists to study a specific range of cancer and other pathologies. Therapies may be provided for the client wherever they are located: in a hospital, hospice, care home, or other care or support facility, in their own home or visiting the therapy room.

• This course is accredited with:
• Professional Beauty Direct
• Associated Beauty Therapists

On completion of the course and submission of your case studies, you will be awarded an accredited Holistic Therapies Training Diploma.

Additional information

This qualification requires you to organise a work placement within a healthcare setting where you can work with both clients/patients and carers in a realistic working environment (RWE).

Whilst it is intended that you acquire, over time, a broad understanding of pathologies, treatments and implications for the client/patient, this does not imply that you will or could become an expert in relation to these in the absence of an additional health professional qualification.

Note - there is no specific requirement within this qualification for therapists to study a specific range of cancer and other pathologies.

Therapies may be provided for the client wherever they are located: in a hospital, hospice, care home, or other care or support facility, in their own home or visiting the therapy room.

Progression

This qualification is designed to lead to employment within a hospital, hospice or other healthcare environment.

Further advanced study at Level 4 is also an opportunity, the following VTCT qualifications are available:

• VTCT Level 4 Diploma in Complementary Therapies

• VTCT Level 4 Diploma in Aromatherapy for the Complementary Therapist

• VTCT Level 4 Diploma in Reflexology for the Complementary Therapist

• VTCT Level 4 Diploma in Massage for the Complementary Therapist

Case Studies

You must carry out and document evidence for a minimum of eight case studies for clients in a realistic working environment.

At least three of these should have a minimum of two follow-ups. You should aim to provide complementary therapy to a variety of different clients with life limiting medical conditions or those who are clinically frail.

Throughout some of the modules, you will may across this image, where it will ask you to complete a task.

This will form part of your coursework that will need to be submitted as evidence of work.