From this September The College of Animal Welfare will be offering a one year full-time Level 2 Diploma for Veterinary Care Assistants (VCA) course particularly aimed at those students wishing to gain a veterinary related qualification and structured practice experience to enhance their future application for veterinary nursing.
We are now looking for practices that are able to offer a Veterinary Care Assistant student an unpaid work placement for three days per week for the duration of their programme – you do not need to be an RCVS Training Practice!
The VCA course is a one academic year programme involving two days per week in the classroom and three days per week on unpaid placement in a veterinary practice. Practices do not need to have any current involvement in veterinary nurse training although you will be asked to allocate a veterinary surgeon, or qualified veterinary nurse to mentor each student during their time in practice. We also recommend that you interview our proposed student before offering a placement to make sure they are right for your practice.
The benefits of offering a placement to a student include:
- No financial outlay
- A highly motivated student for three days per week on unpaid placement for a whole academic year
- An extra team member who fits into your practice rota
For a non-obligatory chat with a member of our practice liaison team please call us on 01480 422060 or email: admin@caw.ac.uk