Health and Social Care Level 5

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.

Assessment

You will be assessed through a mixture of online assessments and written assignments.

There will be an online assessment for each module. Your online assessments will appear once you have completed each module and these are multiple choice questions.

Once you have completed your module and online assessment, your written assignment details with be released to you. Each written assessment is between 3000 and 5000 words long.

Study method

This course is studied entirely online. You have access to your course materials for up to five years which means you are able to study whenever and wherever you choose.

Tutor support will be available through 1-2-1 skype sessions. You will also have access to interactive and informative webinars from your tutor as well. There is an online social learning forum to help along your study journey.

Course duration

You have up to five years to complete your course which is more than enough time to give you the flexibility to study at your own pace. There is no pressure of tight deadlines.

 

Course requirements

You must be at least 18 years of age to enrol on this course and have completed secondary education. You must also have previously completed Health and Social Care Level 4.

Course outcome

On successful completion of your assessments and assignments, you will receive your Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care.

This course is equivalent to the first year of a university degree course. You can achieve up to 120 credits towards a degree qualification.

Progression

The next step if you wanted to progress your studies further would be to go enrol on the third year of a university degree and complete and achieve your full degree.

If you didn’t want to go to university, you will still be able to add your Health and Social Care Level 5 qualification to add to your CV.