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  OCR National Certificate in Health, Social Care and Early Years  
  OCR National Diploma in Health, Social Care and Early Years  
  OCR National Extended Diploma in Health, Social Care and Early Years  
     
  If you are looking for a career in health, social care and early years and want to develop skills and understanding that are directly relevant, then these qualifications are for you. You can also study individual units alongside other qualifications that you want to achieve.  
     
 
  • Develop the ability to work autonomously and effectively
  • Build your skills, knowledge and understanding of health, social care and early years needed to both continue studying and to start work
  • Be able to specialise in particular areas of health, social care and early years if you wish
  • Obtain a qualification that is relevant to the workplace.
  
     
  Course Structure  
  Mandatory units  
 
Unit 1 Working to quality practice in care settings
Unit 2 Working with service users in care settings
Unit 3 Behavioural awareness in care
Unit 4 Applied practical care in settings
 
     
  Optional units  
  Non-specialist units  
 
Unit 5 Advanced first aid and health and safety
Unit 6 Applied nutrition and dietetics for service users
Unit 7 Introduction to counselling skills
Unit 8 Coping with stress in care environments
Unit 9 Creative activities for groups in care settings
Unit 10 Behavioural psychology in health, social care and early years settings
Unit 11 Career planning for the health, social care and early years sector
Unit 12 Work experience in health, social care and early years settings
   

Health specialist pathway
Unit 13 Mental health awareness
Unit 14 Understanding medical aspects of health
Unit 15 Complementary approaches to care
Unit 16 Anatomy and physiology for health and care
Unit 17 Health education and promotion
   

Social care specialist pathway
Unit 18 Care in the community
Unit 19 Working with older service users
Unit 20 Working with people with disabilities
Unit 21 Developing skills for care assistants
Unit 22 Developing skills for voluntary work
   

Early years care and education specialist pathway
Unit 23 Working with children in educational settings
Unit 24 Working in early years care and education settings
Unit 25 Child development
Unit 26 Investigating child protection services
Unit 27 Developing skills to care for babies
 
     
  Assessments  
  There are no exams. Your tutor will assess your work for all units and this will be checked by OCR. The OCR Level 3 Nationals in Health, Social Care and Early Years contain three types of qualifications, each one building on the previous.  
     
 
To achieve the Certificate, you must achieve a total of six units consisting of four mandatory units
  and two optional units.
To achieve the Diploma you must complete a total of 12 units consisting of four mandatory units and
  eight optional units.
To achieve the Extended Diploma, you must complete a total of 18 units consisting of four mandatory
   units and 14 optional units.
 
     
  Progression  
 
To work in health, social care and early years related roles – for example: in the health sector, enter
  employment as a trainee in nursing or as a physiotherapist’s aide
To college or university for further study
To work-related and occupational qualifications in health, social care and early years
 
     
 

You can enter for individual units and gain certificates for units as you achieve them.
A number of options are available to you. If you wish, you can start with the six-unit Certificate and, by adding a further six optional units, you can achieve the 12-unit Diploma. You can then progress with another six optional units to gain the full 18-unit Extended Diploma.

  
     
 
Intake Duration
January, March, May, July, September, November Certificate: 6 Months
 Diploma: 12 Months
 Extended Diploma: 18 Months