Social Care

This qualification is designed to provide learners with the knowledge and skills to work in the Social Care sector. These qualifications will also enable progression to further studies. This qualification aims to:

• focus on the study of the social care sector

• offer breadth and depth of study, incorporating a key core of knowledge, skills and behaviours

• provide opportunities to acquire a number of practical and technical skills

The objectives of this qualification are to:

• provide learners with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to develop competence as a lead social care worker in a range of social care support settings

• develop the knowledge and skills needed when working in social care settings

To be awarded this qualification, learners are required to successfully pass all 23 units from the graded mandatory units.

The qualification requires learners to attend a placement in a realistic work environment to support their learning.

Work placement opportunities will be in the following settings:

• residential or nursing homes

• domiciliary care

• day centres

• some clinical healthcare settings

• community settings

• children?s home

• supported housing

• day centre

• homeless shelter

• supported living

The assessment consists of one component:

• an internally assessed portfolio of evidence, which is assessed by centre staff and externally quality assured by NCFE

Grading for this qualification will be Pass, Merit, Distinction or Distinction*