Health and Social Care Level 4 and 5

A career in health and social care is one of the most rewarding careers out there. Not only are you caring and helping vulnerable people, but you are also making a difference in people's lives. For those looking for an advanced career in health and social care, this Health and Social Care Level 4 and 5 bundle course can be the perfect springboard to achieving a career in health and social care. Equivalent to the first and second years of a degree course, once you have completed your level 4 and 5 studies, you can progress to university to achieve your full degree.

Course Content

L4: 601/5058/0

L5: 601/5442/1

Awarding body: Qualifi

Unit 1 Academic study skills

• Skills and understanding to study effectively within higher education, in particular, reflective and critical thinking skills.

Unit 2 Communicating in health and social care

• Awareness of different forms of communication used in health and social care settings.
• The importance of effective service delivery.

Unit 3 An introduction to healthcare policy

• Awareness of different influences on healthcare and their effect on the development of policy.
• Evaluation of healthcare policy.
• Examine what are the key contemporary issues for those making policy, providers and those receiving support.

Unit 4 Reflective practice

• Reflective practice in all its forms.
• Reflections on practice and in practice are important concepts in health and social care
• Feed into the idea of self -development linking theory to practice.

Unit 5 Managing people in health and social care

• The processes involved in the recruitment, management and development of people in the health and social care workplace.
• Facilitating change in the organisation.

Unit 6 Sociology: concepts in health and ill health

• Sociological concepts of health and ill health and their application to care practice in health and social care.
• How society is structured in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, social class, family and households and its impact on health and well-being.

Unit 1 Principles underpinning health and social care

• Professional codes of conduct that health and social care professionals have.
• Develop an understanding of the values, theories, and policies underpinning health and social care practice,
• The mechanisms that exist to promote good practice within the sector.

Unit 2 The management of quality in health and social care

• Quality as an essential component of health and social care services and it's different interpretations and perspectives.
• Different perspectives on health and social care service quality
• How this is evaluated in order to empower and involve users of services.

Unit 3 Research project

• Skills of independent enquiry and critical analysis by undertaking a small pilot investigation of direct relevance to their higher education programme or professional development.

Unit 4 Partnership working in health and social care

• The importance of working positively in partnership with others in health and social care.

Unit 5 Working with service users with complex needs

• Understand issues of health, disability and illness.
• How health care professionals can empower those with complex physical and mental health needs to determine their own care.