Course content summary:
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Extended Certificate (1 Block)
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UDiploma (2 blocks)
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Extended Diploma (3 blocks)
- Example units below;
Course content
Course content summary:
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Unit 1
Building positive relationships in health and social care – Coursework module
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Unit 2
Equality, diversity and rights in health and social care – Exam Module
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Unit 3
Health, safety and security in health and social care – Exam module
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Unit 4
Anatomy and physiology for health and social care – Exam module
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Unit 5
Infection control – Coursework module
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Unit 6
Public health – Coursework module
Do I get work experience?
All students will be given the opportunity to carry out work experience placements within a variety of health and social care settings throughout their course.
Students are encouraged to seek out their own work experience that will suit their needs however the college employ a work experience co-ordinator who will offer assistance and support with finding work experience placements.
Students will be given a series of tasks to achieve whilst on placement.
How will you be supported?
The excellent results in Health & Social Care are achieved by extensive support for the learning of each individual student.
This includes reviews and target setting, one to one support sessions, revision classes and an individual programme of study. Health & Social Care uses a range of online support including group emails and OneNotes which can be accessed from outside the college.
The support we provide will enable you to achieve your personal best in Health & Social Care.
What can I do after Xaverian?
The course will help you to prepare for a range of jobs in the public, private or voluntary sectors, e.g. hospitals, residential homes, health promotion, social policy, administration, research, support agencies, housing and the uniformed services.
The majority of our students progress to university to do degrees in nursing, midwifery, teaching and social work or allied professions. Some go onto unrelated degrees such as Performing Arts whereas some students go oversees to do voluntary work.
Course content
Course content summary:
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Unit 1
Building positive relationships in health and social care – Coursework module
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Unit 2
Equality, diversity and rights in health and social care – Exam Module
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Unit 3
Health, safety and security in health and social care – Exam module
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Unit 4
Anatomy and physiology for health and social care – Exam module
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Unit 5
Infection control – Coursework module
-
Unit 6
Public health – Coursework module
Do I get work experience?
All students will be given the opportunity to carry out work experience placements within a variety of health and social care settings throughout their course.
Students are encouraged to seek out their own work experience that will suit their needs however the college employ a work experience co-ordinator who will offer assistance and support with finding work experience placements.
Students will be given a series of tasks to achieve whilst on placement.
How will you be supported?
The excellent results in Health & Social Care are achieved by extensive support for the learning of each individual student.
This includes reviews and target setting, one to one support sessions, revision classes and an individual programme of study. Health & Social Care uses a range of online support including group emails and OneNotes which can be accessed from outside the college.
The support we provide will enable you to achieve your personal best in Health & Social Care.
What can I do after Xaverian?
The course will help you to prepare for a range of jobs in the public, private or voluntary sectors, e.g. hospitals, residential homes, health promotion, social policy, administration, research, support agencies, housing and the uniformed services.
The majority of our students progress to university to do degrees in nursing, midwifery, teaching and social work or allied professions. Some go onto unrelated degrees such as Performing Arts whereas some students go oversees to do voluntary work.