Health and Social Care QLS Level 3

This Level 3 Health and Social Care course is designed for those wishing to pursue a career in Health and Social Care. It will introduce you a range of roles within the sector, occupational standards, and universal principles of care - allowing you to decide which aspect of health and social care you would like to work in.

This home study course has been designed so that you can gain the skills to work in Social Care.

Those wishing to work in Social Care or gain a greater understanding of how this sector operates.

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This course is relevant to a wide range of careers in the social care sector.

Social care qualifications > Social work degree

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• Study from home, at your own pace
• Full support from your tutor
• Easy to understand course materials

Unit 1: Health and Social Care

• The Care Quality Commission
• Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Care settings
• Hospitals
• Care homes (nursing and non-nursing)
• Domiciliary care
• Supported living
• Sheltered accommodation
• Day centre care
• Retirement villages
• Personal Development Plan

Unit 2: Training in the Health and Social Care Setting

• Training in the health and social care setting
• Quality Framework Credits
• Nurse Training
• Roles in nursing
• Other professionals involved in health and social care
• Multiagency working
• Benefits of Multiagency working

Unit 3: Legislation and Policy in Health and Social Care

• Occupational standards
• Common induction standards
• Principles of Care for Nursing
• Record Keeping
• Standards for Record Keeping
• Equality and Diversity Legislation
• Case studies
• Key legislation

Unit 4: Communication Confidentiality and Safeguarding

• Principles of person-centred care
• Holistic care
• Communication
• Active Listening
• Non-verbal communication
• Types of non-verbal communication
• Confidentiality
• Safeguarding
• Types of abuse
• What to do when abuse is suspected

Unit 5: Physiology and Management of Diseases

• Applying understanding to practice
• The heart
• Prevention
• Management of the service user
• Diabetes
• Congestive heart failure
• Dementia
• Caring for a person with dementia
• Respiratory disease (COPD)

Unit 6: Universal Principles of Care

• Principles of the prevention and control of infection
• Hand hygiene
• Giving personal care
• Food hygiene
• Nutrition
• Handling and moving
• Risk Assessment
• Managing Challenging Behaviour
• Handling medicines