Health and Social Care

This course includes seven mandatory units which you need to complete in order to gain the qualification. 

• Unit 01: Dementia awareness
• Unit 02: The person-centred approach to the care and support of individuals with dementia
• Unit 03: Understand the factors that can influence communication and interaction with individuals who have dementia
• Unit 04: Understand equality, diversity and inclusion in dementia care
• Unit 05: Understand the administration of medication to individuals with dementia using a person-centred approach
• Unit 06: Understand behaviour in the context of dementia
• Unit 07: Understand the benefits of engaging in activities in social care

In order to complete this distance learning course at no charge you will need to match the following entry criteria:

• Are a resident of the EEU (European Economic Area) and have been for at least 3 years
• Will be undertaking your learning within England
  
• Are aged 19 or above
  
• If you are 19-23 years old you must have already achieved a level 2 qualification or equivalent
  
• If you are 24+ there are no formal entry requirements for this course but you will find it helpful to have a good standard of English and maths

Studying via distance learning means you can choose when and where you study.  

We recommended allowing a minimum of 3 hours per week to study this course in your own time.

This course is available:

• Paper based learning materials with online assessments
• Online learning materials with online assessments
• Fully paper based

Successful completion of the course will help support a number of job roles within the health and social care sector, for example:

• Healthcare Support Service Worker
• Clinical Healthcare Support Worker
• Nursing Assistant
• Health Education/Health Promotion Worker
• Healthcare Assistants/Support Workers in community and primary carer environments
• Personal Assistants employed directly by the individual they support or their families

Leads to Advanced Level Apprenticeship in Health (Healthcare Support Services)

To find out more information please email distance.learning@bcot.ac.uk quoting the course reference, or to enrol now click the button below.