Horizons Institute of Social Work is located in Solai, Nakuru County. It is a professional training and research institution dedicated to building skilled, ethical, and compassionate social work practitioners. The Institute focuses on community empowerment, social justice, and sustainable development by equipping learners with practical knowledge, research skills, and values needed to address social challenges and improve the well-being of individuals, families, and communities.
This unit addresses the Unit of Competency: Apply Communication Skills
Unit Description
This unit covers the competencies required to apply communication skills. It involves applying communication channels, written, non-verbal, oral, and group
communication skills.
Learning Outcomes
Apply communication channels
Apply written communication skills
Apply non-verbal communication skills
Apply oral communication skills
Apply group communication skills
This unit addresses the unit of competency: Conduct Home Based Care
Unit Description
This unit describes the competencies required to perform home-based care. It involves assessing home based care needs, developing home based care plan, executing home based care plan, evaluating home based care activities and documenting home based care activity outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Assess home based care needs
Develop home based care plan
Execute home-based care plan
Evaluate home based care activities
Document home based care activity outcomes
This unit describes the competencies required to manage community-based groups. It involves identifying target group, mobilizing target group, planning group activities, monitoring group activities, and documenting group activities.
