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Student Profile
Healthcare and Community Care
KWETB FETC, Jigginstown, Naas, Co Kildare.
Rachel Kennedy
My time at the KWETB centre in Jigginstown,
Naas, Co. Kildare was so enjoyable. I met
the most amazing people, such as my tutor
Kathleen Maloney, who has helped, guided and
pushed me to my absolute potential. I have
made Friends for life. The FET centre Naas
and the people who help run this centre have
been so helpful and amazing to me. Due to
my amazing journey with the KWETB I have
achieved my dream job of working for the
H.S.E. I will be forever grateful for the amazing
opportunity.
Rachel Kennedy
At the time of joining the KWETB course I was
a part time worker in an office and a full time
mother. The time had come for me to make
a career decision that was going to help me
going forward. I have always had an interest
in being a Health Care Assistant but I didn’t
know how to go about training for it. A trip to
the FAS office put me in contact with Deirdre
Curtin in the KWETB Further Education and
Training Centre (FET) in Jigginstown, Naas, Co.
Kildare and after a brief meeting with her I was
on the road to achieving my dream job. The 1st
course, Health Care Support consisted of eight
modules and I completed this in December
2015 with 7 distinctions and 1 merit. This
spurred me on to complete my 2nd course,
Community Care Assistant which consisted
of undertaking a module based on Nutrition.
I completed this course in April 2016 with a
distinction. On completing the second course
I had achieved not one but two Major Awards.
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