CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care

Who is it for?

Looking to start your career in Health and Social Care? Working in an unsupervised role and looking for a qualification to validate your existing knowledge and skills? Then this course could be right for you. It will give you clear understanding of practices and knowledge required to work effectively in the Health and Social Care field.

What jobs will I qualify for?

• Support Worker
• Care Assistant
• Residential Support

In these roles, you could earn up to £22,000 per annum (source: reed.co.uk Salary Checker, 2014, UK Only).

Testimonial

“The course is well written and presented, interesting and relevant. I thoroughly enjoyed studying the material and my tutor was brilliant throughout!”

Annabel Walker

When can I start?

You can enrol at any time – start today.

Are there any requirements?

You’ll need to be working, volunteering or on practical placement as you need to show competence in both knowledge and skills. We cannot help students find a placement.

What skills will I gain?

The CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care helps develops the knowledge and skills needed when working in a senior role with adults in health and social care environments. It covers a wide range of areas including supporting individuals with their physical and emotional care, daily living needs and health care procedures.

It has three pathways:

• Generic Health and Social Care
• Dementia
• Learning Disability

Module breakdown

It is made up of three pathways: Generic Health and Social Care, Dementia, and Learning Disability. It also contains units from the Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for England.

Qualification Structure

Total credits required to complete the qualifcation (all pathways): 58 credits with at least 35 of these being achieved at Level 3 or above.

Group A Mandatory Units - For All Pathways

• Promote communication in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
• Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
• Promote equality and inclusion in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings
• Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young
• people’s settings
• Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care
• The role of the health and social care worker
• Promote person-centred approaches in health and social care
• Promote and implement health and safety in health and social care
• Promote good practice in handling information in health and social care settings

The mandatory units cover 28 credits. The different optional units will be introduced to you throughout the course – you must complete another 30 units to attain the CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care.

What support is available?

• Full Tutor support by experienced practitioners throughout the duration of your course
• Peer support through forums and blogs on the Student Portal

How will I be assessed?

• You’ll be assessed in the workplace - there will be a charge of £150 per visit from the assessor.
• You’ll be required to complete the course assignments, plus evidence portfolio and practical work

What should I do next? For a free consultation call a specialist Health and Social Care Consultant on 020 7980 2842 or enquire online today to request a call back.