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Health & Social Care: NQ (Level 5)

Qualification Qualifications Explained
NQ
Study Mode
Full Time, Part Time
Duration

1 Academic Year

Start date
Aug 2024
Campus
East End
Applications open January 2025

Course overview

This starter course is ideal if you are returning to study or if you are leaving school and have no previous experience in studying or working in Care.

It is also a progression route from the National 4 Care programme.

When completing your personal statement please follow the guidelines closely

What you will learn

Course topics include:

  • Values and Principles in Care
  • Human development and behaviour
  • Social influences
  • Introduction to mental health
  • National 5 Skills for work in health
  • Core Skills such as Communications, IT and Numeracy

Entry requirements

  • Students must have completed the National 4 Care qualification or equivalent such as 3 national 4 qualifications.
  • English / communications at National 4 is also required

For this course, if English is not your first language

  • If you do not have a formal ESOL qualification but your language skills meet this level, you should apply for your course and then contact our Admissions team to organise an internal language assessment  here at the College.

Previous experience in working in Care may be an advantage; all applicants must demonstrate the personal values and qualities that are suited to Care work.

Candidates with no formal qualifications, but who have experience, are also invited to apply as you will be assessed through the recruitment process by interview based on your personal statement

You need to provide a comprehensive personal statement with your application which MUST include the following:

  • Why you wish to study health and social care.
  • What type of care work you would like to work in.
  • Describe what skills and qualities you think makes and effective care worker and why

Applicants will be assessed through their personal statement and be invited in for interview based on the personal statement as part of the recruitment process

Future prospects

National Certificate (NC) Health & Social Care or early education and childcare at level 6 or SVQ2 Health and Social Services.

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