Health and Social Care - Level 3

• 4 GCSEs at grade 4/C or above, including English and Maths
• OR a relevant Level 2 qualification (e.g. Health and Social Care - Level 2) with placement experience
• Suitable DBS Clearance

Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a PEARSON BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care (Health Studies).

• Human lifespan development
• Working in health and social care
• Anatomy and physiology for health and social care
• Promoting public health
• Psychological perspectives
• Caring for individuals with dementia.

• Presentations
• Task-based exercises
• Practical demonstrations
• One-to-one support
• Tutorials and lectures.

• Written exams
• Synoptic exams
• Written assignments.

Once your DBS form has been returned, you will attend your work experience placement one day each week,  completing at least 100 hours over the year. The College will find your placement for you, and you'll be visited by a member of the Health and Social Care Team to ensure you're settled in well and to assess your progress.

As work experience is an integral part of the course, completion of placement hours is mandatory.

Potential work experience placements include residential care homes for elderly people, day centres for either elderly people or individuals with additional needs and care homes for people with learning/physical disabilities.

If you're aged 16-18 and haven't achieved a GCSE grade 4/C or higher in English and maths, you'll need to take English and maths classes alongside your programme of study.

English will be embedded throughout this course. You'll be urged to record your responses on activity sheets provided and make notes in books, and to define crucial terminology in class.

You'll also use maths skills throughout the course. It will be crucial to manage time throughout your studies, ensuring it is spent effectively while also managing your workload when activities and assignments are set by your tutors. You'll also examine health and social care statistics inside the UK within the context of boosting public health.

Tutorial is a program of essential topics affecting you as a potential employee and member of a community. You will cover topics to improve employability skills, mental fitness (both for you and those around you) and much more. It is an essential part of your personal development.

As part of you weekly timetable, you will be expected to take part in Tutorial. This consists of a 1-1 meeting (at least 3 a year) and Personal Development activities that develop you both personally and professionally. Part of the focus is to raise digital Standards and take part in Employer Engagement Activities such as guest speakers, logging Work Experience and in person and online networking.

We work with Student Experience, Careers and your Curriculum team to ensure your Tutorial elements link to your industry area and to create opportunities to develop key skills for profile raising as well as enabling you to create competitive applications and CVs.

Tutorial is also an opportunity to check in with you as part of a group and individually. You can discuss any issues you might be having that affect your learning and essentially identify strategies and support available to you.

Upon successful completion of this course, you can go on to study for a university degree, or progress into the world of work.