Health and Social Care Level 3
Start Date: 2nd September 2024
- Length 2 Years
- Study Full Time
- Location West Lancashire College
More about the course
The Level 3 Diploma in Health, Social Care and Early Years is ideal for anyone who wishes to enter a health or social care related profession, or progress to higher education in a health or social care related field e.g. nursing, social work, midwifery or a paramedic.
The qualification is available for a BTEC Combination. If you are unsure, we have advice and guidance staff who will be happy to discuss your options.
The combination includes: Health and Social Care BTEC, BTEC National Diploma Level 3 (Major), plus Psychology BTEC (Applied) National Certificate Level 3 (Minor).
Entry requirements
- 4 GCSEs at Grade 4-5, including English and Maths
What will I achieve?
If you successfully complete this course, you will receive a Level 3 Diploma or Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care. This is equivalent to three A Levels, Grade A-E.
Students will also receive a Functional Skills in English or Maths, or a GCSE English and Maths if applicable.
What will I learn?
- Human lifespan development
- Working in Health and Social Care
- Meeting individual care and support needs
- Principles of safe practice in Health and Social Care
- Supporting individuals with additional needs
- Nutritional health
- Anatomy and physiology for Health and Social Care
- Enquiries into current research in Health and Social Care
- Work experience in Health and Social Care
- Promoting public health
- Physiological disorders and their care
- Caring for individuals with dementia
- Assessing children's development support needs
What experience will I have?
- Fantastic facilities
- Links with the Royal College of Nursing
- Links with Partner Universities – UCLAN and Edge Hill University
- Industry recognised training and qualifications delivered by expert tutors with experience in the Health Care sector including a Midwife and Social Worker
- Unique work placements in a variety of roles within the medical sector with placements being offered with leading employers including NHS, Virgin Care and West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
- Access to our Health Careers Recruitment Agency to help you find suitable employment within your chosen profession
- Industry visits appropriate to your chosen career including Ashworth Hospital, Thackray Medical Museum, The Mind, Body & Soul Experience and bespoke taster days at local universities.
- Guest speakers appropriate to your chosen career including Nugent Care, Southport Community Mental Health Team, Virgin Care, BEAT (Eating Disorders), Royal College of Nursing, Addaction Group, Lancashire NHS Team, Local Safeguarding Adult Board for Lancashire, Council for Voluntary Service and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, West Lancashire.
- Workshops and seminars delivered by Health Care Professionals and Professors including Edge Hill University and UCLAN.
- Look and feel like a Health Care professional with our Health Careers Academy Uniform.
- Bespoke University days and support with UCAS personal statements to help secure your chosen University.
How am I assessed?
- Internally set assignments
Where can I progress?
If you successfully complete a Level 3 course, you are eligible to apply for a Health and Social Care Foundation Degree FdA, awarded by University of Central Lancashire available at West Lancashire College.
This is subject to a satisfactory interview, references, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Clearance and an application through UCAS.
Course costs
If you are 16-18 years old you do not have to pay course tuition fees*
If you need information on any financial support that may be available to you with fees or study costs on this course, please contact Student Services who can offer advice and assistance on accessing any financial support that may be available.
*Exam and registration fees will be paid for by the college. This is subject to satisfactory attendance and course completion
Contact our team
Meet our students and tutors
Alicia
Health and Social Care StudentI’ve been enjoying learning about the different diseases, the heart in the anatomy unit, as well as aspects within public health, such as: medicines, different treatment and strategies that the government put into place to help the public. I’d recommend West Lancashire College to all high school students, as I was able to explore different careers as the tutors accommodated my learning in order to suit my interests.
What can I do with a qualification in Health and Social Care?
Daily tasks:
- Monitors patient.
- Supervises physiotherapy assistants.
- Offers advice and education on how to avoid injury and promote patient.
- Explains treatment to and instructs patient in posture and other exercises and adapts treatment as necessary.
- Plans and undertakes therapy to improve circulation, restore joint mobility, strengthen muscles and reduce pain.
- Writes up patients.
- Examines medical reports and assesses patient to determine the condition of muscles, nerves or joints in need of treatment.
- Provides prosthetic devices to patients and advises on rehabilitation.
- Carries out a range of oral/dental treatments.
- Diagnoses and treats patients with a variety of hearing-related problems.
Daily tasks:
- Writes reports and maintains client caseloads.
- Counsels relatives to help cope with the problems created by a patient.
- Attends case conferences and liaises with other specialists such as doctors, teachers, social workers and psychologists.
- Treats speech and language disorders by coaching and counselling clients or through the use of artificial communication devices.
- Designs and initiates appropriate rehabilitation and/or remedial programmes of treatment.
- Assesses, tests and diagnoses a client.
Daily tasks:
- Communicates with parents and colleagues on children.
- Writes reports on children.
- Reads stories, organises counting games to help develop language and number skills.
- Plans and organises games and other activities and supervises children.
- Supervises young children at mealtimes.
- Baths, dresses, prepares feed for and feeds babies, changes babies clothing whenever necessary.
Daily tasks:
- Liaises with parents, carers and colleagues and keeps appropriate records.
- Puts away equipment and cleans premises after use.
- Organises and supervises children.
- Organises and supervises children on excursions.
- Encourages children.
- Provides play areas and prepares materials for a wide range of children.
- Supervises children.
Daily tasks:
- Provides feedback to teachers and completes and maintains records.
- Attends to child.
- Helps and encourages child to communicate.
- Implements care programmes, as appropriate.
- Identifies signs of distress and offers reassurance.
- Helps child understand instruction through a variety of means and encourages self-confidence and independence.
- Supports schoolwork under teacher.
Daily tasks:
- Keeps records and writes reports.
- Maintains contact and discusses problems/progress with other staff and social workers.
- Establishes and maintains contact with members of the neighbouring community and/or the residents.
- Provides one-to-one counselling or group therapy.
- Ensures that all material needs of residents are provided and endeavours to resolve any problems that they may have.
- Plans and participates in games and leisure activities to encourage emotional, social, physical and intellectual development.
- Creates friendly, secure atmosphere and tries to gain the trust and confidence of those in the home or under supervision.
Daily tasks:
- Liaises with professional staff in carrying out care plans etc.
- Monitors service users.
- Undertakes light cleaning and domestic duties including meal preparation as required.
- Helps with daily activities such as letter writing, paying bills, collecting benefits.
- Provides interest and activities to stimulate and engage the service user.
- Generally assists with service users.
- Serves meals to service users at table or in bed, and assists with feeding if required.
- Assists and enables service users to dress, undress, wash, use the toilet and bathe.
Daily tasks:
- Liaises with professional staff in carrying out care plans etc.
- Monitors service users.
- Undertakes light cleaning and domestic duties including meal preparation as required.
- Helps with daily activities such as letter writing, paying bills, collecting benefits.
- Provides interest and activities to stimulate and engage the service user.
- Generally assists with service users.
- Serves meals to service users at table or in bed, assists with feeding if required.
- Assists and enables service users to dress, undress, wash, use the toilet and bathe.
- Responds to emergencies and provides guidance and support to care workers.
- Takes responsibility for the shift and for the service while on duty.
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