Level 3 in Housing Practice CIH – Blended Learning

The Level 3 Certificate in Housing Practice is a 12-month blended qualification delivered through a combination of online teaching with tutors delivered via video link and self-directed learning via online resources. It is validated by the Chartered Institute of Housing. It will provide you with a broader knowledge and understanding of key areas in delivering housing services.

Starts: September 2021

You will study a total of eight units that provide essential underpinning knowledge for working in housing organisations:

• the housing system
• professional practice skills for housing
• occupancy, tenure and lettings
• rental income management
• dealing with anti-social behaviour in housing
• delivery of housing services
• involving housing service users
• safeguarding.

The Level 3 Certificate in Housing Practice is a 12-month blended qualification delivered through a combination of online teaching with tutors delivered via video link and self-directed learning via online resources. It is validated by the Chartered Institute of Housing. It will provide you with a broader knowledge and understanding of key areas in delivering housing services.

You will study a total of eight units that provide essential underpinning knowledge for working in housing organisations:

• the housing system
• professional practice skills for housing
• occupancy, tenure and lettings
• rental income management
• dealing with anti-social behaviour in housing
• delivery of housing services
• involving housing service users
• safeguarding.

How will the qualification benefit me and my organisation?

Gaining a qualification is a great way to develop your career prospects. The Level 3 qualification will enable you to be an effective housing practitioner and will provide you with a broader understanding of how your organisation and others in the housing industry work. You will gain valuable skills including:

• researching and writing reports
• evaluating your organisation’s approach to key housing issues
• reflecting on your own professional practice
• planning ahead for your own development.

Successful completion of the Level 3 Certificate in Housing Practice will provide you with a vocational qualification of an equivalent standard to an A-level. It will prepare you for further study at the next level, the Level 4 Certificate in Housing. On completion of this qualification you’ll be eligible for CIH Member status. Free CIH membership is provided during the period of study for your qualification.

Who should apply?

To benefit from this qualification, you should be working in either a paid or voluntary role in housing and must also have completed either:

• CIH Level 2 Certificate in Housing Practice, OR
• An equivalent Level 2 qualification or higher

If you do not meet either of the above criteria you must have six months experience of working in the housing sector.

What does the qualification cost and how long does it take?

Duration: 52 weeks, approximately 6 hours study a week

Cost: £1500 (Advanced learner loan available to cover part of the course fees)

Starts: September 2021

Guidance Notes

Blended Learning

Blended learning is a mixture of online teaching and support, and distance learning using the course materials on Moodle and your own research and reading.

Induction

In this opening online session you will be introduced to the course and its expectations by the course’s tutors.  You will receive an overview of the skills you will use and the College’s Moodle Learning Skills Module.

Online Teaching

Every unit will open with an online teaching session, usually two hours, using Microsoft Teams on the date shown in the timetable.  These dates will be set up at the start of the course and you will reactive an invitation to each of them. Participation in these sessions is mandatory. If you are unable to attend please let the tutor know in advance. 

The tutor will introduce the unit and outline what you should be doing while distance studying using Moodle resources and your own research.  The tutor will brief you about the assignment.

You will also be offered face to face online tutorials with tutors as and when you wish to have one.

Distance Learning

This means studying on your own using the materials on Moodle and materials from your own research to write your assignments. In reality you are not on their own because you can contact tutors to arrange to meet online to discuss any problems you might have.  The tutors will also send copies anything new that is published while you are studying.

Assignments

Assignments must be submitted by the dates shown.  If you are unable to meet a deadline please let your tutor know in advance.  You must have a valid reason for not being able to meet the deadline, e.g., illness or caring responsibilities. In such circumstances your tutor can give you an extension of up to two weeks.

Your tutor will look at a draft of your first assignment and give you some very general feedback; thereafter, your tutor will only be able to look at drafts of work for resubmission.