Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care  (Adults)

• Develop your skills by working and supporting people in a range of situations, and assisting them in daily tasks.
• Support people by meeting their healthcare social care needs and requirements.
• Communication, and good practice in handling information within Health and Social Care settings – with the expectation that you’ll promote and implement health and safety and equality and inclusion in your own role.
• Development of these skills is supported by underpinning knowledge, covering safeguarding and protection and implementing duty of care in your workplace. You’ll actively engage yourself in your professional development and agree a personal development plan to identify areas for your own learning and development - recording your progress on your development plan and reflecting on your progress against it.

This qualification is designed for those either working or looking to work within the Health and Social Care sector in a variety of roles.

Each unit within the Diploma has a credit rating. Learners must achieve a minimum of 58 credits to gain the Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England. 28 credits must be achieved from all nine mandatory units.

The qualification contains 9 mandatory units:

• Unit 01: Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care
• Unit 02: The role of the health and social care worker
• Unit 03: Promote person-centred approaches in health and social care
• Unit 04: Promote and implement health and safety in health and social care
• Unit 05: Promote good practice in handling information in health and social care settings
• Unit 06: Promote communication in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
• Unit 07: Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
• Unit 08: Promote equality and inclusion in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
• Unit 09: Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care

Depending on your interests or role in the workplace there’s a vast range of optional units to implement the skills and knowledge that you’ll gain from the mandatory units. It is important to note that optional units need to be specific to each learner to ensure that their job role and work context enable them to meet the assessment criteria and requirements of the unit.

Please find our “Brochure” to see a list of the optional units available for you to choose from.

This is a vocational qualification with between 315 and 447 guided learning hours.

During this time you can expect to be involved in formal learning activities which could include:

• Classes
• Tutorials or seminars
• Coaching and mentoring
• Supervised practical work in the workplace and assessment where an Assessor is present.

This qualification focuses on the development of your skills and knowledge, supporting your progression within or entry to work in the Health and Social Care sector.

As this is a competence-based qualification you’ll be assessed in a real work environment - therefore you’ll need to either be working, or have a work placement within a Health and Social Care environment (you’ll need to ensure that you’ve completed sufficient hours to enable you to develop and evidence your skills).

Successful candidates will receive a Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England (501/2263/0) from NCFE, an awarding body within England and Wales who are currently recognised by OFQUAL and the Department for Education and Skills.

• There are no required qualifications for this course, but you may find it helpful if you’ve already achieved a Level 2 qualification within Health and Social Care area or a related subject.
• Learners should be aged 16 or over and should have a basic grasp of the English Language, numeracy, literacy and ICT.

You will be able to excel in the following areas:

• Residential care
• Community and primary care
• Acute health environments (e.g. hospitals)
• Domiciliary services (home care / home help)
• Supported living projects
• Community-based care
• Private care for a person or family

Assignments (Portfolio) are submitted electronically (online) via your online study platform.