Higher Technical Professional Course

Family and Community Service

Higher School of Social Sciences, Education and Sports

Introduction

Course Coordination

Alice Pereira

coord.ip.sfc@ipmaia.pt

Area of Education and Training

762 - Social Work and Guidance

Description

This Higher Technical Professional Course is a vocational training course taught as part of polytechnic higher education and lasts 4 semesters, corresponding to 120 ECTS. The course is organised into general and scientific training, technical training and on-the-job training (internship), and each student is awarded with a Higher Technical Professional Diploma at level 5 of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning.

Relevant Area and Entry Requirements

Relevant Area

Qualification in the relevant area(s) for this course (Article 40-F of Decree-Law n.º 65/2018), must be demonstrated with the approval in the following subject, attested in the certificate of secondary education or legally equivalent qualification:

Portuguese

Entry Requirements (one of the following)

Having completed a secondary education course qualification or a legally equivalent qualification.
Having passed the special exams for assessing capacity to attend higher education for people over 23 (Decree-Law no. 64/2006 of 21 March).
Holding a technological specialisation diploma, a higher technical professional diploma or a higher education qualification.

Professional Profile and Professional Opportunities

Professional profile

The Higher Technical Professional Course in Family and Community Service aims to train professionals who are able to provide services and care to people of all ages (children, young people, adults and the elderly) who are dependent or independent, including people with disabilities, providing them with physical, psychological and social support.

Professional opportunities

Direct support to the technical departments of organisations including: social charities, private social solidarity institutions, homes and sheltered accommodation for the elderly, centres for children, social orders/projects, support centres for disabled people and people with multiple disabilities, support centres for people in need and the homeless, shelters to support the victims of violence, day centres, social centres, education centres, rehabilitation units for young people, schools, prisons and hospitals.

Accreditation

Registry

Course registered at the General Directorate of Higher Education with the number R/Cr 361/2015, 25 August 2015.

Publication in the Official Gazette

Notice nº 11801/2017 - 2nd series, n.º 192, of 4 October

Study Program Evaluation

Study Program Self Evaluation Report (in portuguese)

1st Year	Period	ECTS
1st Year	71290 - Family And Juvenile Law	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	5
1st Year	71293 - Ethics And Professional Deontology For Carers	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	5
1st Year	71302 - Technical English	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	5
1st Year	71287 - Fundamentals Of Volunteering And Professional Mission	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	6
1st Year	71301 - Interpersonal Relationships	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	5
1st Year	71285 - Mobility And Physical Activity Techniques For Specific Populations	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	4
1st Year	71299 - Human Behaviour In Organisations	Period	2nd Semester	ECTS	5
1st Year	71298 - Communicating In The Portuguese Language	Period	2nd Semester	ECTS	5
1st Year	71300 - Economic And Social Culture	Period	2nd Semester	ECTS	5
1st Year	71295 - Fundamentals Of Food And Nutrition For Specific Populations	Period	2nd Semester	ECTS	4
1st Year	71289 - Occupational Health, Safety And Hygiene	Period	2nd Semester	ECTS	5
1st Year	71292 - Recreational-Occupational Techniques For Specific Populations	Period	2nd Semester	ECTS	6

2nd Year	Period	ECTS
2nd Year	71288 - Immediate, Continuous And Palliative Care	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	4
2nd Year	71334 - Introduction To Social Policies	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	6
2nd Year	71291 - Social Work Methods And Techniques	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	6
2nd Year	71296 - Special Education Needs	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	4
2nd Year	71286 - Medical Emergency Situations	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	4
2nd Year	71294 - Motivation, Counseling And Career Guidance Techniques	Period	1st Semester	ECTS	6
2nd Year	71303 - Internship	Period	2nd Semester	ECTS	30

Pursuit of further studies - Bachelor's degrees

In case of pursuit of further studies, the credits acquired in the scope of the short-cycles can be transferred as follows:

Bachelor's degree in Sport, Fitness and Wellness

Course units	Year/ Semester	ECTS
Unidades curriculares	English	Ano / Semestre	3.º Year/ 2.º Sem	ECTS	3

Bachelor's degree in Social Education - Pursuit of further studies exempted from admission exam

Course units	Year/ Semester	ECTS
Unidades curriculares	Sociocultural and Educational Animation	Ano / Semestre	1.º Year/ 1.º Sem	ECTS	4
Unidades curriculares	Methods and Techniques in Socio-Educational Intervention	Ano / Semestre	1.º Year/ 2.º Sem	ECTS	6
Unidades curriculares	Socio-educational Policies and Human Rights	Ano / Semestre	2.º Year/ 1.º Sem	ECTS	5
Unidades curriculares	Professional Ethics and Deontology	Ano / Semestre	3.º Year/ 1.º Sem	ECTS	5
Unidades curriculares	Disability and Additional Support Needs	Ano / Semestre	3.º Year/ 1.º Sem	ECTS	6

Bachelor's degree in Business and International Trade

Course units	Year/ Semester	ECTS
Unidades curriculares	Business English I	Ano / Semestre	1.º Year/ 1.º Sem	ECTS	5

Bachelor's degree in Legal Studies - Pursuit of further studies exempted from admission exam

Bachelor's degree in Sports Coaching

Course units	Year/ Semester	ECTS
Unidades curriculares	English	Ano / Semestre	3.º Year/ 2.º Sem	ECTS	4

The application by holders of Higher Technical Professional Diplomas to attend IPMAIA Bachelor’s degrees is subject to the conditions established by the institution body that is competent to do so in accordance with the law and the statutes. Depending on the Higher Technical Professional Course and Bachelor’s degree, these conditions may establish the need to pass a specific IPMAIA admission exam, or allow the exemption to perform such an exam.

Observation:

a) Students who intend to apply for an IPMAIA Bachelor’s degree course and must sit the specific admission exam will receive suitable preparation during the teaching of the Higher Technical Professional Course.