City & Guilds Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Children and Young People)
Further Details | |
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Course Code | LA13330 |
Location | Distance Learning |
Duration | Part Time, Approximately 15-18 months |
Department | Health & Social Care |
Start Date | Roll On, Roll Off |
End Date | Roll On, Roll Off |
Course Overview
This qualification is for those working, or seeking to work in health and social care settings.. The content of this qualification consolidates knowledge gained through attainment of the Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core qualification. The qualification will assess learners’ knowledge and practice through their work. This qualification is required for learners to work in specific job roles within the health and social care sector as set out in Social Care Wales Qualification Framework for Social care and Child care.
The Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Children and Young people) qualification will enable learners to develop and demonstrate their knowledge, understanding, behaviours, skills and practice within a health and social care setting. In particular, learners will be able to demonstrate that they:
*understand, and apply in practice, the principles and values which underpin health and social care
*understand, and apply in practice, child-centred approaches
*promote and support effective practice within health and Social Care
*are aware of key policies within the sector and understand how these affect service development and delivery
*work in partnership with children, their families/carers and a range of professionals
*apply a range of problem solving techniques
*reflect on practice to continuously improve
*use literacy, numeracy and digital competency skills as appropriate in their role
The Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Children and Young people) qualification will enable learners to develop and demonstrate their knowledge, understanding, behaviours, skills and practice within a health and social care setting. In particular, learners will be able to demonstrate that they:
*understand, and apply in practice, the principles and values which underpin health and social care
*understand, and apply in practice, child-centred approaches
*promote and support effective practice within health and Social Care
*are aware of key policies within the sector and understand how these affect service development and delivery
*work in partnership with children, their families/carers and a range of professionals
*apply a range of problem solving techniques
*reflect on practice to continuously improve
*use literacy, numeracy and digital competency skills as appropriate in their role
This qualification is for:
*learners currently employed within settings such as domiciliary or residential child care, residential family centres or foster care or community based healthcare settings
*learners who have successfully completed one of the following qualifications:
Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core
Level 2 Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults)
It is highly recommended that learners have completed the core qualification prior to, or alongside the Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice Children and Young People as this will be a requirement for practice set by Social Care Wales.
*learners currently employed within settings such as domiciliary or residential child care, residential family centres or foster care or community based healthcare settings
*learners who have successfully completed one of the following qualifications:
Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core
Level 2 Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults)
It is highly recommended that learners have completed the core qualification prior to, or alongside the Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice Children and Young People as this will be a requirement for practice set by Social Care Wales.
The Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Children and Young People) qualification will be internally assessed through a series of assessment activities.
*A set of structured tasks which will be used to gather assessment evidence for the majority of the mandatory content, and to provide a framework for collection of the required evidence for units selected from optional group A and B.
*A portfolio of evidence will be kept alongside the structured tasks.
*The assessment approach will be finalised by the candidate delivering a final evaluation of their activities through an assessor-led professional discussion, this will focus on the candidate’s reflections and learning from leading on the promotion and support of the care for the children/young people that they work with.
*A set of structured tasks which will be used to gather assessment evidence for the majority of the mandatory content, and to provide a framework for collection of the required evidence for units selected from optional group A and B.
*A portfolio of evidence will be kept alongside the structured tasks.
*The assessment approach will be finalised by the candidate delivering a final evaluation of their activities through an assessor-led professional discussion, this will focus on the candidate’s reflections and learning from leading on the promotion and support of the care for the children/young people that they work with.
The qualification allows learners to progress the following Consortium* qualification:
*Level 4 Health and Social Care with specialism
*Level 4 Leadership and Management of Health and Social Care: Principles, Theories and contexts
*Level 4 Health and Social Care with specialism
*Level 4 Leadership and Management of Health and Social Care: Principles, Theories and contexts
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