This course is a BTEC First Diploma which is a level 2 NVQ programme of study that allows learners to focus on the health and social care vocational area. The qualification is designed to be work-related and develop a specific set of practical skills and associated knowledge. This provides a job-related qualification that prepares learners to enter an area of work they are interested in or to progress on to further study Post-16.

All students take the following units: -

• Communication and individual rights within health care
• Individual needs within the health and social care sectors
• Vocational experience in a health care setting - this will relate directly with the work experience that learners undertake.
• Anatomy and physiology for health and social care
• Human life span
• Impact of diet on health

These units give a variety of experiences, including the opportunity to visit a range of health related areas, to develop communication skills and confidence when placed in unfamiliar circumstances.

This is a nationally recognised course and is accepted as equivalent to four A* - C GCSE grades.