Health and social care level two

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Anyone doing health and social care level two at south and city college?

Was thinking of doing this course. Can level two lead to a job in a nursery? Any ideas ppl

And if anyone has any info on level 3 pls. Ideally I want to go to uni and become a child nurse, was wondering if this is the correct route?

According to the brochure I have for our local vocational college:
Level2 health & Social care progression opportunities:

• Level 3 H&SC
• Level 3 Childcare
• Employment in the industry such as registered care homes, community work and the voluntary services, hospitals and primary care trust or childcare settings.

Level 2 Diploma in Childcare also exist, which you may also like to look at.

When you say child nurse - do you mean nurse as in hospital nurse, or nurse as in nursery nurse (ie childcare).

For hospital nursing I would think H&SC would be best, it is also more general. But if you know you want childcare work then the Childcare Diploma might be better.

(Disclaimer, no expertise but have been looking at Level3 courses for my daughter).

If you have 5 A*-C GCSE inc English and Maths you can go straight to Level3, (you probably know that but just in case)

Thank you for your replies I'm 38 I don't have gcse s I recently sat an assessment and I'm pre-entry level 3 maths. Level 1 English. So I think I'm going to do level 2 HSC and then level 3. Does anyone know how long the level 3 hsc is? One year or two year course? I would like to work in children's hospital as a child nurse. Any ideas if I'm on the right path? I have two babies so I don't have time to go to each college to find out. Gratefull for any replies thank you in advance

Sorry, I don't really know much more than I have written.

The booklet I have for our local college seems to have Level 2 courses as 1 year full time, and the Level 3 courses as 2 year full time.

If you look on the web there should be a phone number or email address for your college where you could ask these questions of them directly.

Your English may not be good enough for a Level 2 course (seems to require D Grade GCSE or equivalent). You may need to do a 'Gateway to work' course and/or a 'Vocational Skills for Work' course first.

I really think you need to talk directly with your local college and they should be able to best advise you.

Finally got onto a health and social care course. The college wanted to put me on a level 2,but class is full so I am sitting in a level one class 2 days a week, in case someone drops out of level 2! Frustrating as
The ladies I am with in class can hardly speak English all foreigners which I don't mind but feel like I'm held back

Does anyone know if you get childcare funding on level 3 courses these days I've gone back to college after many years

I did level 2 Health and Social care when I worked as home care assistant and found it really easy. It was pretty much just writing down what I was doing on my job as a daily basis. I can understand your frustration at doing level 1.
I too think it would be worth talking to the careers advisor. perhaps there is the option of an access course and then university.
Often working in either social care or in a childcare setting is a good option as training is funded.

My advice would be to focus on maths & English first and then think about level 2 or 3 in h&sc. You will need both of these to get on to L3 (at my college at least) and definitely to secure a place at University.

You may well do better to do an Access course as you will be with 'mature' learners aged 19+. Some colleges offer a pre-access course, which is a L2 qualification.

Good luck!

Hi I'm doing a level 2 in health and social care and also English and maths functional skills alongside. I wanted to do level 3 advanced diploma after this but I've been told I can only do a 90 credit diploma as the advanced diploma is only for 16-19 yr old students. Does anyone know If this is the same with all colleges? I wanted to take this route to university

The L3 Extended Diploma is the one that would get you into university. It's a full time 2 year course at the colleges near me. Different colleges would have different timetables I guess - 90 credit diploma is half the size of the extended diploma so would be unlikely to give enough UCAS points.