Health and Social Care

Overview

Are interested in health and social care?
We offer two health and social courses; Level 2 Diploma in Care and Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care.

Level 1

• You will learn:
• • Communicating in a business environment
• • Using office equipment
• • Using a filing system
• • Making and receiving telephone calls
• • Using e-mail and more...

• Upon completion
• You will have attained an accredited QCF qualification and the ability to apply the knowledge gained from the course to your work.

Level 2

• You will learn:
• • Principles of providing administrative services
• • Understand working in a customer service environment
• • Develop working relationships with colleagues and more

• Upon completion
• You should be able to work as a general administrator in an office environment. You’ll also have the required skills to generate professional documents and files using Microsoft Office programs.

Level 3

• You will learn:
• • Principles of business communication and information
• • Principles of administration
• • Principles of business
• • Principles of leadership and management and more

• Upon completion
• You should be able to work as a senior administrator in an office environment. You’ll also have the required skills to generate advanced documents and files using Microsoft Office programs.

What you will need to get started:

• • You will already have achieved an Entry Level 3 qualification. You must have completed an initial assessment and IAG with us.

Qualifications you will receive upon completion:

• • Level 1 Award in Health and Social Care

What you will study:

• • Understand the range of service provision and roles within health and social care (adults and children and young people), early years and childcare.
• • Understand the principles and values in health and social care (adults and children and young people), early years and childcare.
• • Awareness of safeguarding in health and social care (adults and children and young people), early years and childcare.
• • Awareness of health and safety in health and social care (adults and children and young people), early years and childcare.

Progression:

• • Communication (English/literacy)
• • Working with others
• • Problem solving
• • Employability
• • Organisation and planning

What you will need to get started:

• • Functional Skills Level 1 Maths and English
• For your work experience, you will have to work 1 to 2 days day per week for the duration of the course. You will have to achieve 250 hours.

Qualifications you will receive upon completion:

• • NCFE CACHE Level 2 Diploma In Care

What you will study:

• • Communication in care settings Handle information in care settings
• • Personal development in care settings Implement person-centred approaches in care settings
• • Equality and inclusion in care settings
• • Health, safety and well-being in care settings
• • Responsibilities of a care worker
• • Duty of care
• • Safeguarding and protection in care settings

Progression:

After completing this qualification, you can progress onto other qualifications such as:

• • NCFE Cache Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care
• The content of the qualification links with the knowledge and skills required for the Adult Care Worker and Healthcare Support Worker

• Apprenticeship standards. Upon completion, learners can enter either the adult care or health workforces. The content is applicable to a variety of roles, including:
• • Adult care worker
• • Healthcare assistant/support worker
• • Personal assistant

What you will need to get started:

• • 4 GCSEs at Grade A*- C, including English and Maths, or a Level 2 Diploma in a Business Administration related discipline with a Merit or Distinction
• • Functional Skills at Level 2
• For your work experience, you will have to work 1 day per week for the duration of the course.

Qualifications you will receive upon completion:

• • NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma In Adult care

What you will study:

• • Promote communication in care settings
• • Promote effective handling of information in care settings
• • Promote personal development in care settings
• • Promote person-centred approaches in care settings
• • Promote equality and inclusion in care settings
• • Promote health, safety and well-being in care settings
• • Responsibilities of a care worker
• • Duty of care in care settings
• • Safeguarding and protection in care settings

Progression:

• • Communication (English/literacy)
• • Working with others
• • Problem solving
• • Employability
• • Organisation and planning