Microcredentials
  • UAB Microcredential
  • Code: 5251/101
  • 1st edition
  • Modality: Face to face
  • Credits: 2 ECTS
  • Start date: 20/01/2026
  • Finish date: 10/02/2026
  • Places: 30
  • Orientation: Professional
  • Price: 200 €
  • Special price 60 €
    Group of application: Amount with the NextGenerationUE Fund discount applied
  • Teaching language: Catalan (50%), Spanish (50%)
  • Location: Session 1 and 4 (the initial and final sessions) at the UAB Campus, and sessions 2 and 3 at the Cal Molins or Vapor Llonch facilities of Sabadell City Council.
Are you looking for a specialized Evaluation that allows you to better care for others while also taking care of yourself? This microcredential offers a comprehensive view of social and healthcare support with an updated approach: from mental health and person-centered care to the use of new technologies applied to the sector.

It's an opportunity to grow both professionally and personally, enhancing your communication, emotional, and digital skills. You’ll learn to better manage complex situations, prevent emotional burnout, and incorporate innovative tools such as robotics, digital applications, or cognitive stimulation resources.

All of this through a practical and accessible methodology, designed for professionals like you: committed to care, eager to stay up to date and keep improving.

Choose an Evaluation that puts people at the center and prepares you for the present and future challenges of the social and healthcare field.

Contents

- Ageism
- Best practices
- Person-Centered Care (PCC)

Career opportunities

- Social and healthcare support assistant in residential and day centers: With enhanced training in mental health care, empathetic communication, and use of digital tools for monitoring and stimulation.
- Home care assistant: With skills in conflict resolution with family members, emotional management, and use of technology for teleassistance and cognitive stimulation.
- Technician or facilitator in stimulation programs for people with dementia or cognitive disorders: A highly valued specialization in residential and day service settings.
- Emotional support agent or team well-being lead: An emerging role within work teams to prevent burnout and improve workplace climate.
- Facilitator of new technologies in social and healthcare environments: Use of virtual reality, social robotics, health apps or assistive home automation to enhance care and quality of life.
- Support for social and healthcare coordination with digital and interpersonal knowledge: Professionals who assist with internal organization, communication between services, and implementation of technological innovations.

Scholarships and financial aid

Chek all the information on the possibilities for grants and scholarships in the page for UAB financial aids, grants and calls.

Coordinating centres

Escuela de Formación Permanente

Collaborating centres

Ajuntament de Sabadell / Promoció Económica SL

Contact

Esther Arozarena Canamares

More information

With the funding of

Next Generation UEMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y UniversidadesPla de Recuperació, Transformació i ResiliènciaNext Generation CatalunyaDepartament de Recerca i Universitats