European Care Certificate

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The European Care Certificate (ECC) is a basic certificate for the social care sector. It is awarded after passing an exam which is the same in all European countries.

## History of the ECC

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The ECC has been developed during a project funded by the Lifelong Learning Programme in 2006. Today there are 15 European countries using and working on the further development of the ECC.

## Countries involved

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The ECC is at the moment offered in the following countries of the European Union:

* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Germany
* United Kingdom
* Ireland
* Italy
* Austria
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovenia
* Czech Republic
* Hungary
* Cyprus
* Poland
* Latvia

## Content of the exam

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The BESCLO (Basic European Social Care Learning Outcomes) covers 8 topics of the social care sector, which are:
1\. The values of social care
2\. Promote life quality for the individuals you support
3\. Working with risk
4\. Understand your role as a care worker
5\. Safety at work
6\. Communicating positively
7\. Recognise and respond to abuse and neglect
8\. Develop as a worker

## Sources

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* www.europeancarecertificate.eu
* www.scie.org.uk
* www.easpd.eu

## External links

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* www.europeancarecertificate.eu