CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care

Studying for a Cache qualification in Health and Social care provides you with an in-depth look into the care sector and prepares you for a role working with those in need of care.

The Cache Level 2 is perfect for new or existing carers who wish to achieve a formal qualification with one of the worlds most recognisable awarding bodies in the care sector. his course is designed for those seeking to begin a career in social care or existing carers who wish to achieve a formal qualification in the care sector.

Through this qualification you will learn the basic concepts of social care work and help to prepare for a career working with vulnerable people. Being a knowledge only qualification, students are able to study this course online to fit in around home life.

This qualification is made up of units each representing a small step of learning. This allows the qualification to be completed at your own pace.

Study Time: 179 hours

Enrolment length: 12 months

Course Format: Paper Based

Assignments: 9

This course comes with CACHE Level 2 qualification. CACHE have been developing courses in the childcare, education and healthcare sectors since 1945 and are one of the most reputable awarding bodies for qualifications in the UK and overseas.

This qualification provides an ideal taster for learners who may be new to the sector or new to the world of work. It is accessible to learners from the age of fourteen who may want to understand more about working in health and social care. It aims to introduce some basic concepts of caring and preparation for employment in the sector.

It aims to introduce knowledge around the following areas relating to working in adult social care:

• Communication
• Equality, diversity and inclusion
• Personal development
• Role of the social care worker
• Handling information
• Health and safety
• Safeguarding
• Duty of care
• Person-centred approaches

Learners do not need to be working or undertaking practical placements to take this qualification. To achieve this qualification, learners must complete all 9 mandatory units.

Course Content

• Unit 1 – Principles of communication in adult social care settings
• Unit 2 – Principles of personal development in adult social care
• Unit 3 – Principles of diversity, equality and inclusion in adult social care settings
• Unit 4 – Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care
• Unit 5 – Introduction of duty of care in health, social care and children’s and young people’s settings
• Unit 6 – Understand the role of the social care worker
• Unit 7 – Understand person-centred approaches in adult social care settings
• Unit 8 – Understand health and safety in social care settings
• Unit 9 – Understand how to handle information in social care settings

Assessments

This course is assessed through tutor marked assignments which must be sent to your tutor for marking. You will then be provided with feedback and a mark on your work from your tutor within 4 working days. After each assignment has been sent off and marked as complete you will have passed the course and will receive your certification.

Method

All of the shipping costs for our courses are included in the enrolment fees and we offer worldwide shipping free of charge. This means you can get started on your course for much less without the hassle of paying expensive postage costs- you can leave these to us. All of our courses are printed, bound and shipped to you first class, within 1 working day, so you can get enrolled and get started on your new course in no time at all.

Tutor Support

All of our courses come with full tutor support throughout so that you can benefit from the best education. Our tutor support team includes a number of professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds- each one an expert in their own field with tutoring experience in abundance. Students at Oakwood are assigned a personal tutor who provides help and support throughout their course and will mark all of your assignments so that you have the personal touch of an industry expert there to help at all times. This tutor support is completely unlimited- which means you can contact your tutor and ask as many questions as you need when working through your course. With this support you will never feel alone on one of our courses and you will always be backed by a professionally qualified team dedicated to your success.

Enrolment Length

All of our courses are allocated plenty of time for students to complete their studies and all materials are self-led so that you can complete the course at your own pace. Should you require additional time on one of our courses you can extend your enrolment by 30 days for an additional fee of £60.

As well as this we operate a 14 day money back guarantee on every one of our qualifications- that’s how confident we are of how you will love studying with us!

For those who are looking to work in adult social care.

No requirements.

Working in an adult care setting