STANDARD

Health and Social Care Level 3

Course Length

September 2021 -> June 2023

Amount Payable

Fee for non-Lancashire Residents: £4150.00
Fee for Lancashire Residents: £2725.00

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Course Requirements

You should be aiming for at least 5 GCSEs at Grade 5 or above in a range of subjects, preferably including English Language and Mathematics, but at least one of these OR a relevant Level 2 Diploma with at least an overall Merit profile and GCSE English or Mathematics at Grade 4 or above.

If you don’t quite achieve the entry criteria though don’t worry, we can discuss your options and will provide support to enable you to achieve your Maths and/or English grades.

Start Date

06/09/2021

End Date

24/06/2023

Start Date

06/09/2021

End Date

24/06/2023

Day / Time (If Applicable)

Fee Type

Course Ref

AHSCF301 (2021/2023)

Remaining Places

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Course Location

Accrington & Rossendale College, Accrington & Rossendale College, Broad Oak Campus,Accrington,BB5 2AS

Fees (before fee reduction/waivers)

Fee for non-Lancashire Residents: £4150.00
Fee for Lancashire Residents: £2725.00

Fee eligible to be waived?

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Please note that the College is only able to offer this course at the rates publicised on this website to those individuals aged 19+ or over on 31st August 2024 whose home address is in areas of England outside of the devolved authority areas of: Cambridge and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Greater London, Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, West Midlands and West of England. Where an individual resides outside of England or in one of the devolved areas then the College reserves the right to charge you for the delivery of the course at a rate of £11.25 per hour. This is in line with the College’s Fees Policy which is published on our websites.

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Sloc Location Code

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Overview of Course

As a Level 3 Health and Social Care student, you may have the opportunity to join the Health Cadets Programme with the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT). This competitive programme includes extensive work experience at all ELHT establishments, alongside practical career related training. As a Health Cadet you will receive an exciting programme of events, presentations, mentorships and work experience.

The Cadets is a challenging yet rewarding programme, providing excellent routes into professional training for clinical careers, such as radiography, speech and language therapy, nursing, mental health, dietetics or occupational therapy, as well as university. During the programme you will undertake the Skills for Care Certificate which is a recognised qualification for employment in the sector.

What you will learn

• Psychological perspectives and reflective practice
• Empowerment
• Protection of children, young people and adults
• Anatomy and physiology
• Nutrition
• Mental health
• Research skills and personal and professional development
• Safeguarding importance and practices
• Medical physics applications in the Health Sector
• Biomedical science and genetics
• Biochemistry for health

Entry Requirements

How Your Course Will Be Assessed

• You will be assessed via internal and external assessments.
• There is an NHS Cadets route available which will involve large work placement elements. A DBS will also be needed for your placement.
• You will study in modern classrooms with interactive learning technology and will have access to up-to-date resources.
• Students will have access to high end computer suites and various programmes and software to aid their studies.

How will I know if I'm making progress?

What coursework will I be expected to complete?

Additional information

• You will undertake the Skills for Care certificate as part of the programme.
• We are an Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ College.
• Our students love being learners here and feel supported throughout their course, which enables them to thrive and succeed.
• We also have teachers who are experts in their fields, they provide our students with excellent knowledge and create positive and encouraging learning environments.

Careers progression

• Midwife
• Nurse
• Occupational Therapist
• Social Worker
• Counsellor
• Care Manager

We are very sorry but it appears that it is not currently possible to apply onto this course online, we are very sorry about this. If you wish to discuss this course with us please do get in touch and we will see how we can help. Or alternatively if you go to the main college website you can browse for other courses to apply for

The online application and enrolment process is really simple, once you have clicked the “APPLY" or "ENROL” button you will be redirected to the portal where you either log in or create an account (if you haven’t done so previously). We will then ask you to give us a couple of bits of information like address, mobile phone number ect and that’s it.

Once your applications has been made the next step will be for you to book yourself onto one of our interview evenings, depending on availability you might be able to do this straight away but otherwise we will get in contact to arrange when you come in for an interview.

At any point you can log back into the portal throughout the year, update information like your predicted GCSE grades, update contact and consent information and keep a live track of your application.

If you have any questions or run into any problems when using the portal please get in contact with us and we will help