Health And Social Care - Level 3 Certificate (NCFE Cache)

We will invite you to a Meet the Tutor event where you will receive information, advice, and guidance about the course you have applied for. This will be an opportunity for you to gain valuable information about the course and give you the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.

You will provide a copy of your last school report and / or a reference from an employer or relevant professional other this will include attendance. This is to ensure we can support to be able to achieve well on the course. Applicants with 85% or below attendance will have been deemed not to have met this criteria. All applicants are given an opportunity to discuss any evidence based mitigating circumstances that may have affected the reference / school report.

For admission on to the Level 3 Certificate you will need:

4 x GCSE's at C/4 or above, or a Level 2 Certificate / Extended Certificate or above in a relevant subject.

You will have gained either English and/or maths at GCSE C/4 or above or L2 Functional skills English and/or maths.

A DBS (police) disclosure is required for this course.

We are firmly committed to finding the right course for you to ensure you can flourish. Talk to us today if you have any concerns about the application process, we are here to help take you to the next level.

You can progress on to a Higher Apprenticeship or university for a range of courses such as nursing, midwifery, social work, psychology and many more social science subject areas.

There are lots of opportunities available to you to progress across the South Thames Colleges Group and into the world beyond education.

During your time with us you will have access to a dedicated team of careers and education advisors who will help you as you take the next steps towards achieving your goals.

As you will be working with vulnerable groups, you will need to have an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (formerly CRB) before your course starts.

You will study nine units in each year, each with assignments. There is an extended External Assessment (5000 words) in year 1 and again in year 2, which is set and marked by the Awarding Body Cache. You will also attend a work placement in a health or social care setting for one day a week if you also retaking maths or English, or for two days a week if you are not taking any resits.

You will need to complete and achieve internally assessed assignments in each unit, as well as an external assessment (extended essay) set and marked by Cache.