A career in Health and Social Care is about caring and understanding for individuals requiring support to live their lives. Employment in this sector requires you to help, support and empower people to help them maintain their independence and lead fuller lives.
Working environments vary from care homes to hospitals to community support work, generally making a difference in the lives of:
- Older people
- Disabled people
- People with mental health problems
- People with learning disabilities
- Children and families
- Young vulnerable individuals
Studying with us
We can offer you different levels of study depending on your GCSE grades:
- BTEC Level 1 Diploma in Health and Social Care
- BTEC Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care
- BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in Health and Social Care
For those who are already employed in the adult social care sector we have a number of courses including:
- NVQ Health and Social Care at Levels 2, 3, and 4.
We also offer a further Level 4 course with our NVQ in Leadership and Management for Care Services (adult pathway).
For mature learners who are not currently employed in this sector and are considering moving to Higher Education we offer the following Access courses.
- Access to Health Studies, Nursing & Midwifery
- Access to Humanities & Social Sciences
- Access to Science
- Access to Social Work
- Access to Teaching
- Access to IT
We also have a Pre-Access course available.