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Health and Social Care
Level 2 and 3

Our Health and Social Care Qualifications are designed for people who work with individuals to support and assist them with their physical or emotional care, daily living needs or maintaining their independence.

NVQ Level 2
The Health and Social Care programme Level 2 is designed to reflect the work of those who deliver Health and Social Care to adults. This qualification is about direct care where the focus is hands-on care, enablement care and development and maintenance of the clients’ independence. Learners will usually be delivering care in support of and under the direction of a colleague who is accountable in the area of practise. Although this person may not always be in the immediate vicinity while the candidate is working with clients, the learner would be expected to seek support, advice and assistance if they are unclear about what to do.

The qualification consists of a total of 6 units made up from 4 mandatory units and 2 optional units. See the Full Unit List for details.

NVQ Level 3
The aim of the level 3 qualification is to recognise the skills and capabilities of candidates in the workplace. The qualification is about the delivery of physical, emotional or enabling care to clients. The learner will usually be delivering care in support of, and under the direction of, a colleague who is accountable in the area of practice. Learners may often be working without direct supervision.

The qualification consists of a total of 8 units made up from 4 mandatory units and 4 from a range of options. To increase knowledge and ability, learners may also study additional units, however, these are not required to achieve the qualification.  See the Full Unit List for details.

Apprenticeship
The Apprenticeship qualification consists of the following elements:

• Key Skills – Application of Number Level 1 and Communication Level 1
• Technical Certificate in Health and Social Care Level 2
• NVQ Level 2 – see above

Advanced Apprenticeship
The Advanced Apprenticeship qualification consists of the following elements:

• Key Skills – Application of Number Level 2 and Communication Level 2
• Technical Certificate in Health and Social Care Level 3
• NVQ Level 3 – see above

Benefits to Learner
Gain a nationally recognised qualification
High quality training specific to Health and Social care
Improved career prospects
Improved Basic Skills and Key skills

Benefits to Employer
Increase staff retention
Better skilled staff
High quality training specific to Health and Social care
Increased productivity
Meet legislative requirements

Funding is available in most cases.
Full commercial rates: NVQ Level 2 – £1090, NVQ Level 3 – £1350