Level 3 Technical Social Care
Course Overview
This qualification is designed to provide learners with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to develop competence as a social care worker in a range of social care support settings. This qualification develops the knowledge and skills needed when working in social care settings. It contains mandatory units which allow the learner to develop the knowledge and skills which are required for the role.
During the course, students will complete a work placement within a social care setting, allowing them to further develop their skills and apply them in practice.
Placement could be in a setting such as the below:
•Residential or nursing homes
• Domiciliary care
• Day centres
• Some clinical healthcare settings
• Community settings
• Children’s home
• Supported housing
• Day centre
• Homeless shelter
• Supported living
What You Will Study
The qualification covers a wide range of areas which includes units covering:
• Working in social care
• The care and support planning process
• Values and behaviours
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Learning disabilities
• Dementia awareness
• Health and safety
• Prevention and control of infection
• Personal and professional development
You are likely to be in college over three full days per week. Your lessons will be classroom based and face-to-face, with access to our facilities and equipment.
You will also attend a work placement for one day a week.
All units are internally graded Pass – Distinction*. You are required to create a portfolio of evidence that demonstrates achievement from all the learning outcomes and assessment criteria associated with each unit.
Assessment methods within the portfolio of evidence may include:
• Case study assessments
• Presentations (individual/group)
• Written reports• Discussions
• Poster presentations
• Assessor observation
5 GCSEs Grade 4-9, including English Language.
Maths should not be below a Grade 3.
Progression upon completion of this qualification may include:
Employment (including but not limited to):
- Care worker
- Personal assistant
- Community support and outreach worker
- Activities coordinator
Further education:
- Degree in social care
- Degree in health care
- Degree in nursing
- Degree in social work
- Degree in counselling
This course can either be studied at Castleford College, Selby College or Wakefield College.
I enjoy this course and like listening to all the realistic stories from past events that relate to topics I’m learning in class.
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