Diploma in Health & Social Care (NVQ Level 2) - Hugh Baird College

Edexcel
Diploma in Health & Social Care (NVQ Level 2)
Course Overview
The Apprenticeship framework is made up several parts:
1. Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 2
2. Key Skills in Application of Number and Communications at Level 1
3. Employers’ Rights and Responsibilities Workbook (ERR)
4. Personal Learning and Thinking Skills (PLTS)
There are nine mandatory units that all Level 2 Apprentices must study, that
will amount to a total of 24 credits along with Optional units to increase credit
score, including:
• Introduction to communication in health, social care or children’s
young people settings
• Introduction to equality and inclusion
• Introduction to personal development
• Introduction to duty of care
• Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care
• Contribution to health and safety
• Handling information in health and social care settings
To follow on from the mandatory units there are three different pathways that
Apprentices can take; Learning Disability Pathway, General Pathway and
Dementia Pathway.
Learning Disability Pathway
Mandatory Unit:
• Understand the context of supporting an individual with learning
disabilities
Learning disability competence units:
• Support person centred thinking and planning
• Provide active support
The is followed by five optional units:
• Introductory awareness of models of disability
• Principles of supporting an individual to maintain personal hygiene
• Support participation in learning and development activities
• Support care plan activities
• Meet food safety requirements when providing food and drink.

General Pathway
• Introduction to personalisation in social care
• Principles of supporting an individual to maintain personal hygiene
• Introductory awareness of sensory loss
Optional competence units:
• Contribute to monitoring the health of individuals affected by health
conditions
• Support care plan activities
• Support individuals to eat and drink
• Support individuals to personal care needs
• Move and position individuals in accordance with their plan of care
• Meet food safety requirement when providing food and drink for
individuals
• Support individuals to maintain personal hygiene
Dementia
Mandatory unit:
• Dementia Awareness
Competence unit:
• Understand and implement a person-centred approach to the care
and support of individuals with dementia
• Equality, diversity and inclusion in dementia care practise
• Understand and enable interaction and communication with
individuals with dementia
• Approach to enable rights and choices for individuals with dementia
whilst minimising risks
The Apprentice must achieve all the required units within the specified
qualification structure. To pass a unit the Apprentice must:
• Achieve all the specified learning outcomes
• Meet all the assessment criteria by providing sufficient and valid
evidence for each criterion
• Show that the evidence is their own
Entry Requirement
No formal requirements are required, however, Apprentices must be working
in the Health and Social Care Industry and be able to demonstrate basic
levels of literacy and numeracy

Assessment
An assessor will work with the Apprentice on a one to one basis and/or
group basis. Apprentices will be visited each month at work and will also be
able to contact the assessor between visits.
Duration
Up to 18 months, part time
Course Cost
Please contact us for details, some courses are fully or partially funded,
dependent on your circumstances.
Venue
Hugh Baird College, Balliol Road, Bootle Merseyside, L20 7EW or Employer
Premises - Depending on the course