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If you fancy
a career in
health and
social care
or just want
to find out
if it is for
you, then
this is
ideal. It is
also
possible to
study
individual
units
alongside
other
qualifications
if you want
to. |
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Learn
about
health
and
social
care |
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Develop
skills,
knowledge
and
understanding
that
will
enable
you to
progress |
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Keep
your
options
open –
you can
carry on
in
health
and
social
care or
do other
things. |
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Course
Structure |
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Mandatory
units |
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Unit 1
Preparing
to give
quality
care |
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Unit 2
Communicating
with
service
users in
care
settings |
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Unit 3
Practical
caring |
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Unit 4
Hygiene
and
safety
in care
settings |
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Optional
units |
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Unit 5
Health
care for
children |
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Unit 6
Health
care for
older
service
users |
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Unit 7
Development
and care
of young
children |
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Unit 8
Preparing
to work
with
young
children |
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Unit 9
Preparing
to work
with
older
service
users |
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Unit 10
Preparing
to work
with
people
with
disabilities |
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Unit 11
Practical
first
aid in
care
settings |
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Unit 12
Nutrition
and
cooking
for
health |
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Unit 13
Creative
activities
with
individuals
in care
settings |
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Unit 14
Career
planning
for the
health
and
social
care
sector |
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Unit 15
Work
experience
in
health
and
social
care
settings |
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Assessments |
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There are no
exams. Your
tutor will
assess your
work for all
units and
this will be
checked by
OCR. To
achieve the
full
qualification,
you must
achieve a
total of six
units. Four
of these are
mandatory
and two are
chosen from
the list of
optional
units. You
can enter
for
individual
units and
gain
certificates
for units as
you achieve
them. |
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Progression |
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Start
work as,
for
example,
a
trainee
care
assistant |
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Enter
employment
and
undertake
a
related
NVQ, for
example,
NVQ Care
or NVQ
Early
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Care and
Education |
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Take
other
Level 2
or Level
3
qualifications,
such as
the OCR
Level 3
Nationals
in
Health,
Social
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and
Early
Years. |
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Intake |
Duration |
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January,
March,
May,
July,
September,
November |
6
Months |
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