NCFE CACHE Level 2 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care

Ever considered using your natural nurturing capabilities to work with others? After completing the Level 2 Extended Diploma in Health and Social care, you will have developed the skills to work with children, young people, and those suffering from dementia in the future.

The diploma will provide you with the tools to tackle various social and healthcare roles, with units detailing dementia, human development, equality, and nutrition to name a few. From the moment you enrol, you will be able to access our incredible expert tutor support. Your personal tutor will be on-hand every step of your learning journey, providing tips, advice, and instructions to help you make the most of your course.

The best part? You can achieve this qualification from anywhere you like, whenever you want. All of your course material and assignments will be sent to you, for you to complete at your own pace. Your personal tutor will mark any coursework you submit, and you'll receive detailed feedback very quickly.

About This Course

A nationally recognised qualification, our CACHE Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care can take your natural nurturing capabilities and provide you with the tools to work with children and young people in the future.

From social care, early learning and childcare, and learning development, to working within the support services; this qualification is designed to guide and assess your development as you build your skills and knowledge.

In fact, this course has been designed by CACHE who specialise in care and education sector qualifications, and whom use leading industry experts and specialists to ensure you receive everything your future employers will expect of you.

With just 360 hours of learning and 1 year to finish it; you can achieve an excellent knowledge base in health and social care that can enable you to go on to further vocational training and placement opportunities.

More importantly, you can complete this course from the comfort of your own home.
At a pace of your choosing, you can explore: the fundamental principles of health and social care; delve into equality, diversity and rights, and give your career the kick start it deserves.

Course Benefits

Comprised of two parts: the Certificate and the Extended Diploma; this intensive course can provide a strong foundation of learning that can be used to progress your career.

Alongside developing your understanding and knowledge of this highly rewarding field; every assignment you complete will test your competency and ability to transfer these versatile skills into a working environment.

This course will:

• Cover the entire scope of health and social care, whilst broadening your ideas on the growth, development and safeguarding of those in your care
• Enable you to learn on your own terms – free of exams, stress and deadlines
• Supply you with a nationally recognised qualification
• Enable you to take your first tentative steps into this field without the necessity of working or attending classes.

Course Units

Qualification Number: 601/8855/8
Unit 1: HSC M1: Equality, diversity and rights in health and social care
(L/508/3709, Unit Level 2; GLH: 70)

• Understand equality, diversity and inclusion in health and social care
• Understand discrimination
• Understand person-centred practice

Unit 2: HSC M2: Human growth and development
(F/508/3710, Unit Level 2; GLH 70)

• Understand human growth and development across the lifespan
• Understand influences which impact upon human growth and development
• Understand significant life events across the lifespan
• Understand how health and social care services meet the care needs of individuals through the lifespan

Unit 3: HSC M3: Safeguarding and protection in health and social care
(J/508/3711, Unit Level 2; GLH: 70)

• Safeguarding: Central to high quality health and social care provision; Protection of health, well-being and human rights; Freedom from harm and abuse; Protection, and Detecting and preventing harm and abuse
• Understand the role and responsibilities of the health and social care practitioner in relation to safeguarding
• Understand types of abuse
• Understand action to be taken by the health and social care practitioner in response to evidence or concerns that an individual is at risk or has been harmed or abused
• Understand the benefits of working in partnership in relation to safeguarding and protection

Unit 4: HSC M4: Communication in health and social care
(L/508/3712, Unit Level 2; GLH: 70)

• Understand effective communication
• Understand professional relationships in health and social care
• The term confidentiality

Unit 5: HSC M5: Working in health and social care
(R/508/3713, Unit Level 2; GLH: 70)

• Understand health and social care values across provision
• Understand health and social care provision
• Understand the roles and responsibilities of the health and social care practitioner
• Understand Continuing Professional Development
• Understand reflection in relation to Continuing Professional Development

Unit 6: HSC O4: Dementia awareness
(R/508/3713, Unit Level 2; GLH: 35)

• Understand Dementia
• Understand legislation and frameworks in relation to dementia care
• Understand how to support individuals with dementia

(F/508/3724, Unit Level 2; GLH: 35)

• Understand nutritional needs across the lifespan
• Understand the impact of diet on health and well-being
• Understand how the health and social care practitioner promotes a healthy diet

Assessment

This distance learning course is assessed using a series of assignments designed to test your knowledge of the course materials. These assignments will be submitted to your tutor for marking (via mail or email) and will be returned with valuable feedback.

No external examinations are required.

No formal entry requirements are needed to enrol onto this course; however you must be at least 16 years old. Similarly, as this is only a knowledge based course, you don’t need to be working within a health and social care environment.