Free Level 2 Health and Social Care Course in Bury Saint Edmunds. Classes run at West Suffolk College, full-time during the day.
The course covers communication, person-centred care, teamwork, equality and diversity, and professional behaviour in the course settings. You'll build the knowledge and skills needed to work in care or move on to higher-level study. The course takes one year to complete.
You'll finish with a Pearson Edexcel BTEC First Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care.
This course will provide you with a strong understanding to the Health and Social Care sector, while developing the knowledge, skills and professional behaviours you will need to progress to higher-level study and pursue future opportunities within healthcare.
Throughout the course, you will develop essential healthcare skills including effective communication, person-centred care, teamwork, professionalism, respecting individual rights and promoting equality and diversity. You will explore how these skills are used when supporting people of different ages, backgrounds and needs across a range of health and care settings.
Your studies will also build your understanding of health, wellbeing and the human body through topics including Healthy Living, Lifespan Development, Nutrition and Human Body Systems. Alongside this, you will learn about Care Values, Communication Skills, Working in the Health and Social Care Sector, Individual Rights, Equality and Diversity, and Therapeutic Activities. These topics will help you develop the core knowledge and healthcare industry skills required for your next stage of study.
There is a strong focus on preparing you for progression. You will develop important skills and behaviours such as confidence, resilience, independence, organisation, problem solving and working effectively with others, while learning how to apply your knowledge to realistic health and care situations.
On successful completion of the course, and subject to achieving the required grade in English or maths, your intended progression route will be onto our Level 3 T Level Health or Medical Studies course where you study and work within our local hospitals throughout the large 315 hours work placement. This provides you with a clear pathway to continue developing your specialist healthcare knowledge and practical skills at Level 3, preparing you for future progression into higher education, apprenticeships and a wide range of careers within the healthcare sector.
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