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Online Degree Pathways
- Courses
- Access to Higher Education
- Professional Diploma
- Degree Pathways
- Employability Skills
- Partnership Programmes
- Study Online
- Study in the UK
- EC Reading
- International Students
- …
- Courses
- Access to Higher Education
- Professional Diploma
- Degree Pathways
- Employability Skills
- Partnership Programmes
- Study Online
- Study in the UK
- EC Reading
- International Students
Skills for Working in Health and Social Care
Level 2 Certificate in Skills for Working in Health and Social Care
Awarded by Open College Network South East (trading as Laser Learning Awards)
About the qualification
This level 2 qualification is designed for learners wanting to take the first step to prepare for entry to a professional career within the health and social care sectors. It provides the knowledge and skills needed to progress to a course of study leading to a career in the health and social care professions.
This qualification is regulated by Ofqual and sits on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF).
Achievement of the qualification will support learners to enter employment within the sectors by providing the background knowledge of, and the skills needed to work within health and social care. The qualification provides a stepping stone towards study at level 3 for learners who do not currently have the skills needed to take on studies at level 3. Learners could progress onto an Access to Higher Education Diploma course in a particular health and social care profession such as nursing after achieving this qualification.
Target group
The qualification is approved for learners aged 16 years and over. There is no upper age limit.
Entry Requirement
There are no specific entry requirements.
Career Pathways:
Preparing to work in health and social care profession pathway choices:
- Medical Profession
- Mental Health Nursing
- Nursing
- Occupational Therapy
- Paramedical Profession
- Physiotherapy
- Radiography and Medical Imaging
- Social Care
- Social Work
- General Health and Social Care
Programme Content
Group A: Mandatory Units
Medical Profession
- Understanding the Medical Profession
- Preparing For A Career In The Health and Social Care Professions
- Communication In Health And Social Care
Mental Health Nursing
- Understanding Mental Health Nursing
- Preparing For A Career In The Health and Social Care Professions
- Communication In Health And Social Care
Nursing
- Understanding Nursing
- Preparing For A Career In The Health and Social Care Professions
- Communication In Health And Social Care
Occupational Therapy
- Understanding the Occupational Therapy
- Preparing For A Career In The Health and Social Care Professions
- Communication In Health And Social Care
Paramedical Profession
- Understanding the Paramedical Profession
- Preparing For A Career In The Health and Social Care Professions
- Communication In Health And Social Care
Physiotherapy
- Understanding the Physiotherapy
- Preparing For A Career In The Health and Social Care Professions
- Communication In Health And Social Care
Radiography and Medical Imaging
- Understanding the Radiography and Medical Imaging
- Preparing For A Career In The Health and Social Care Professions
- Communication In Health And Social Care
Social Care
- Understanding the Social Care
- Preparing For A Career In The Health and Social Care Professions
- Communication In Health And Social Care
Social Work
- Understanding the Social Work
- Preparing For A Career In The Health and Social Care Professions
- Communication In Health And Social Care
General Health and Social Care
- Understanding the General Health and Social Care
- Preparing For A Career In The Health and Social Care Professions
- Communication In Health And Social Care
Optional Units
Group B
- Activity provision in health and social care
- Anatomy and physiology of body systems
- Approaches to care and management in mental health
- Approaches to mental health
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Basic First Aid Principles
- Care of the elderly
- Dealing with loss and grief in health and social care
- Dementia awareness
- Diabetes awareness
- Disability and A Disabling Society
- Duty of care in health and social care
- Ethical issues in health care
- Health care practice
- Introductory awareness of sensory loss
- Maintaining quality standards in the health sector
- Medical imaging
- Medical Terminology
- Moving and positioning individuals
- Person-centred approaches in health and social care
- Practical skills for medical physiotherapy support work
- Principles of the Causes and Spread of Infection in Health Care settings
- Protection and Safeguarding in health and social care
- Resources for nursing
- Stroke awareness
- Support individuals to eat and drink
- Understand physical disability
- Understanding health and safety in health and social care settings
- Understand health promotion and health education
- Understanding how to handle information in health and social care settings
Group C
- Applying for a job
- Career planning
- Data handling and probability
- Effective learning in health and social care
- Group and teamwork communication skills
- Improving own learning and performance
- Improving punctuation and grammar skills
- Intervew skills
- IT communication fundamentals in the workplace
- Learning from work placement
- Personal study skills
- Practical presentation skills
- Preparing for work
- Prearing for work placement
- Reading and responding to information in a health and social care setting
- Research skills
- Speaking and listening skills
- Team building skills
- Team work in health and social care settings
- Time management
- Understanding common measures and shape
- Using numeracy skills in health and social care
- Using teamwork skills
- Writing for meaning skills
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About Us
Egraduate College is a UK-based higher education provider offering affordable, career-focused degree pathway programmes from Level 3 to Level 7. Through blended learning and global university partnerships, we empower students to progress towards recognised degrees and meaningful employment. We are committed to expanding access to quality education worldwide.
Accreditations
Egraduate College Reading (EC Reading) is accredited by ASIC (Accreditation Services for International Colleges and Universities).
Our courses lead to internationally recognised qualifications awarded by UK Awarding Organisations - Laser Learning Awards, Institute of Commercial Management and Qualifi.
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