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The content for this qualification supports learners to develop their knowledge and understanding of: The Education and Skills Funding Agency search provides funding information on qualifications. It does not provide funding information for units, non-regulated activity and work placements, for this information please use Find a learning aim (FALA).
Prepare for further learning or training and/or develop knowledge and/or skills in a subject area Qualification Grading Type This qualification does not provide a licence to practise, but may support progression into a range of job roles in the health and social care sector, including: P A U S E P O I N T Close the book. List items of adaptive equipment that service users may use to be as Hospital doctors provide specialist medical care. In the UK and the Republic of Ireland, Working in Health and Social Care
Level 3 - Children's Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice and Theory (For Last Award 2024) The qualification includes an optional unit in Improving own Employability skills. This could be used with learners who are on a programme that encompasses a work placement. Level 4 - Preparing for Leadership and Management in Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development Learners should be at least 16 years old. We do not set any other entry requirements but colleges or training providers may have their own guidelines. The qualification may be used within a 16-19 study programme and is intended to give learners the knowledge, understanding and skills that will enable them to progress to further study in a health and social care or related area at a higher level.
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community healthcare settings. Most commonly healthcare assistants work alongside Working in Health and Social Care The qualifications contain optional units in communications skills and numeracy. These should support learners to further develop their English and maths skills and enable them to progress to the next level. The qualification is part of a suite of graded qualifications that Gateway Qualifications has developed to complement the Suite of Skills qualifications in Health and Social Care. The level 2 units in the qualification have the same content and pass criteria as some of the units in the Suite of Skills qualifications in Health and Social Care but also include merit and distinction criteria. The qualification will provide a thorough introduction to the principles, values and knowledge needed to work in the healthcare and social care sectors with adults and children and young people. These qualifications provide the additional stretch and challenge that will support learners to progress to the next level of vocational learning
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The qualifications are specifically targeted at level 2 learners who require stretch and challenge and they support progression to further education and study at a higher level or to further training. They also support the consolidation of key skills in literacy and numeracy and the development of independent learning in particular through the option of undertaking a project in the specific sector. Learners will develop sector specific knowledge, understanding and skills together with underpinning transferable skills that support progression to a range of level 3 qualifications within the sector or related areas. The qualification has been developed following consultation with further education colleges and adult and community learning providers who requested new level 2 qualifications that were graded. It is intended primarily for learners post 16 who are interested in Health and Social Care but have not studied Health and Social Care at key stage 4 or who have not achieved higher grades in this subject.