European Care Certificate

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The European Care Certificate (ECC) is a basic

which is the same in all European countries.

History of the ECC

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

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

The BESCLO (Basic European Social Care Learning Outcomes) covers 8 topics of the

sector, which are:
1. The
2. Promote for the individuals you support
3. Working with risk
4. Understand your role as a care worker
5. Safety at work
6. positively
7. Recognise and respond to abuse and neglect
8. Develop as a worker

Sources

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

External links

• www.europeancarecertificate.eu