Description

A qualification in adult social care plays a pivotal role in ensuring the effective and compassionate delivery of support to vulnerable individuals. It equips professionals with a comprehensive understanding of knowledge and principles that underpin the sector. This Level 3 qualification is designed to develop the learner’s knowledge and understanding of the underlying principles required for a variety of job roles in the adult health and social care sector including: equality and diversity, safeguarding, duty of care, health and safety, person centred approaches and handling information.

What units are covered in this Level 3 ‘Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care’ course?

These are the units you will study on this course:

• Principles of personal development in adult social care settings

• Principles of diversity, equality and inclusion in adult social care settings

• Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care

• Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings

• Understand the role of the social care worker

• Understand person-centred approaches in adult social care settings

• Understand health and safety in social care settings

• Understand how to handle information in social care settings

• Principles of communication in adult social care settings

How is this course delivered?

This is an online course and you have up to a year to complete. As it is self-paced, you may complete the course in a shorter timeframe.

As a student you have access to our learning site where all course notes and resources are provided. You may be required to do additional research to complete the assignments.

The assignments include written discussions, questions, charts and tables. Each task has the criteria marked on it which it aims to cover.

Your tutor will provide feedback online where you have uploaded your work as well as sending you out a progress report with feedback telling you what else you need to do to complete the unit.