Apprenticeship - Health and Social Care Level…

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Available at:
Work-Based Learning
Study Mode:
Part-time
Course Length:
19 months

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Apprenticeship - Health and Social Care Level 2

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Course Description

Level 2 Foundation Apprentices work directly with individuals who have a range of needs to encourage and promote their independence and support their overall health and wellbeing, enabling the individuals to meet their full potential. The apprentices will do this by contributing to assessment within the care provision, which includes a wide variety of activities, including supporting carers & families.

The qualification will provide a thorough introduction to the principles, values and knowledge needed to work in the healthcare and social care sectors with adults and children and young people.

The qualification is mainly practice-based and assesses learners’ knowledge and competence to practice. It develops the learner’s ability to practically support the health and care needs of adults in a range of settings and will enable them to develop and demonstrate their knowledge, understanding, behaviours, skills and practice within a health and social care setting

Entry Criteria

Learners must be employed in a suitable Health & Social care setting
GCSE’s grades G or above (or equivalent grades) in English / Welsh and Maths. Learners without these grades may be required to upskill first and will need to complete Level 1 essential skills qualifications in Communication and Application of Number.
Learners must be at least 18 years of age to achieve this qualification.

Delivery

This qualification is delivered on a One to One basis in the workplace

Assessment

The learner must successfully complete:

a portfolio of evidence that includes direct observation of practice
Pass three externally-set scenario-based assessments that are marked in the centre and can be taken throughout the qualification or at the end
Pass one externally-set, externally-marked multiple choice test.

The qualification is practice-based and assesses learners’ knowledge and competence to practice. It develops the learner’s ability to practically support the health and care needs of adults in a range of settings and will enable them to develop and demonstrate their knowledge, understanding, behaviours, skills and practice within a health and social care setting.

This course will help learners develop their knowledge and understanding of:

the core principles and values which underpin health and social care practice
ways of working in the health and social care sectors
effective practice within health and social care
progression routes to further study or employment within Health and Social Care safeguarding

In addition, learners will be able to demonstrate that they:

understand, and apply in practice, the principles and values which underpin health and social care
understand, and apply in practice, person-centred approaches
make a positive contribution to the health and social care sector though their own practice
reflect on practice to continuously improve
understand job roles and ways of working within the health and social care sector
use literacy, numeracy and digital competency skills as appropriate within their role.

Progression

On completion, the qualification will provide a broad foundation of knowledge across health and social care. The Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core qualification provides the knowledge to progress on to:

Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults)
Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Children and Young People)
Level 3 Health and Social Care Principles and Contexts (Adults/Children & Young People)
Advanced GCE and Advanced Subsidiary GCE in Health and Social Care, and Childcare.