Health and Social Care Level 2 Diploma

Ever since you were young you have known that you want to work with people, helping them through some of the toughest times in their lives, being the rock they can cling to in the darkest of nights. People come to you when they need reassurance, you don’t judge, you don’t preach, you are just there to help. If this sounds like you, a career in Health and Social Care may be calling to you. This course will help you to develop the knowledge, skills and values that you will need in order to excel in this interesting and challenging career.

You will complete a number of units as part of the course, which include:

Communication: the processes and skills of communication and how they apply to a range of people with differing communication needs.

Creative and therapeutic activities: you will learn how creativity and therapeutic activities can be used to support people with various needs.

Anatomy and Physiology: how cells, tissues, organs and organ systems all work together, along with what might go wrong and how to care for people who are ill.

Individual needs: understanding how people’s needs vary across a diverse group of people and how to meet these needs in a caring and efficient fashion.

Vocational Experience in a health, social care or early years setting: you will be supported in choosing where to complete a 2-week work placement in an appropriate health, social care or early years setting. You will complete an evidence booklet and be able to put the theory you have learnt in the classroom into practice.

Module Titles

The impact of diet on health

Vocational experience in a health or social care setting (includes Early Years settings)

Communication

Ensuring safe environments

Individual Needs

Creative and Therapeutic activities

Individual rights

Anatomy and Physiology

100% Coursework

Exam Board: OCR

Three GCSEs at Grade 4 including:

Grade 3 in GCSE English Language

Grade 3 in GCSE Maths

In the past, our students have gone on to many different areas, be it progressing into the Level 3 course and from there to careers such as:

Midwifery

Nursing

Social work

Primary teaching

Police force

Some students have progressed to specialist courses at other institutions, such as Early Years qualifications, and then onto careers such as Early Years Practitioner.

Students often say that the Level 2 qualification gives them time to settle in as a Sixth Form student and that they then do better than they feel they would have done if they had gone straight onto a Level 3 qualification.