Caregiving is often a rewarding, bonding, cherished, and meaningful experience. Caregivers  have many roles and responsibilities. Caregiving requires a great deal of commitment, flexibility, respect, and compassion. Caregivers need professional knowledge in areas like nursing, physical/occupational therapy, and home care trained by the skilled healthcare professionals to provide safe service to the client.

This advanced certificate course proposed by the Faculty of Nursing, University of Colombo will deliver all the basic aspects of caregiving to the followers to provide professional caregiving services. The professional training gained from this course will help followers to get good salary jobs and high chances to get work visas related to caregiving in many western countries. 

The main aim of this course is to provide knowledge, skills and attitudes to work as a professional caregiver in Sri Lanka or abroad. The course will be accredited from the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission.

• Qualifier: Advanced Certificate in Caregiving
• Abbreviation: AdvCert (CG)
• Level: SLQF 2 (Equivalent to NVQ level 4)

You Should have sat for the all the subjects of GCE Advanced Level (GCE A/L) examination 

AND

You Should have passed English with a credit pass (C pass)  at  GCE Ordinary Level (GCE O/L) examination.

This course will be a 6-month part-time course.

• Theory – Weekends (Both saturdays & Sundays) from  9 AM to 4 PM via online platforms
• Practical & Clinical Training – One or two weekdays per week in selected months at Faculty of Nursing, University of Colombo

Link for the Application:

Download the application form:

Payment via University of Colombo Online Payment Portal

• Follow this link to the University of Colombo Online Payment 

• Then select “Application Fee PostGraduate- Faculty of Nursing” for the Fee Type
• Select Visa or Mastercard type.
• Enter your Name, NIC (National Identity Card Number) or Passport Number and select the currency (LKR for the course participants)
• Enter the Amount as 2000.00 Rs (Please note that a service charge of 20 Rs will be added)
• Type the account number ‘337010600004‘ for Payment Reference. Then click the verify button.
• Submit your information.
• Check and confirm your details.
• Enter your card details and proceed with the payment.
• You should submit the online payment confirmation receipt/screenshot to the registration portal. Therefore, it is important to save the receipt or take a printout of the receipt or take a screenshot of the transaction at the end of the process.

Payment by direct bank deposits.

If you are making a direct bank account deposit, please use the following details. Payments can be made at any branch of Peoples Bank.

• Name of the Bank – Peoples Bank – Thimbirigasyaya Branch
• Account Name – University of Colombo
• Account Number- 337010600004 )
• In the deposit slip please include your name and NIC (Ex: A.B.C.D. Perera – 123456789V)

A clear photo or a scanned copy of the bank slip should be uploaded in the registration form.

Once you successfully complete the Advanced Certificate in Caregiving course, You will be able to,

1. Identify the qualities, role and responsibilities of a caregiver
2. Plan a quality care for clients with different age groups according to their needs.
3. Communicate with the client effectively and trustfully
4. Attend domestic affairs of a client ensuring safety, condition and requirements of the client
5. Assist the client in their activities of daily living
6. Attend to the client’s basic medical needs including medication, checking vital signs , monitoring their health condition, recognising health warning signs 
7. Attend needs in old age ensuring health, personal hygiene,  nutrition, elimination and safety of the client.
8. Provide care to both mother and baby safely.
9. Provide care and support to an infant/toddler ages from birth to three years.
10. Provide care and support to a child ages between three (03) and twelve (12)
11. Provide support and assistance to maintain quality care for a client with special needs
12. Demonstrate the required knowledge and skills for take care of the caregiver

Advanced Certificate in Caregiving- Intake 01

Faculty of Nursing – University of Colombo

Schedule – Lectures and Practicals

Please Note that This is a tentative schedule for lectures and Practicals of the advanced certificate course. Dates and times can be changed.

For More Information

Please Contact,

Mrs. Nushka Ubhayawardana,

Course Coordinator

nushka@dss.cmb.ac.lk, 077-5595384