Course Overview
This qualification is designed to guide and assess the development of knowledge and skills relating to the health and social care workforce, and can be used to confirm competence in these areas in a wide range of job roles.
This qualification is for people working in a wide range of roles within the Health and Social Care setting.
As this is a competence-based qualification you’ll be assessed in a real work environment.
Therefore you’ll need to be working within a health and social care environment. Successful completion of the qualification will confirm your competence in any of the following job roles:
• Care Assistants/Support Workers/Key Workers in residential settings, domiciliary services or day services
• Residential Care Worker
• Support Workers in supported living projects
• Community-based Assistants/Support Workers/Key Workers including those working in specialist areas such as Dementia and learning disabilities
• Personal Assistants employed directly by the individual they support or their families.
Learners are supported by one of our qualified assessors and are visited in their workplace.
They are provided with support to build their portfolio of evidence with access to their e-portfolio, and are provided with learning materials to support their learning.
