Certificate of Higher Education in Health and Social Care - CertHE

Royal Holloway, University of London

This CertHE Health and Social Care is a one-year introduction to the UKs health and social care sector. It will introduce you to health studies and social care, including knowledge and understanding of skills, theories, and workplace issues in the sector, which has seen many changes and ever evolving change of needs in the last few years.Delivered jointly by health and social care academics from the School of Law and Social Sciences and our Department of Health Studies, you’ll be taught by experts who research and teach on what matters in today’s world.The course is a mix of time spent in the classroom and a placement. You’ll be introduced to social care and the health workforce and how human behaviour and experiences are influenced by social and interactional experiences. You’ll gain competences relevant to the world beyond the theory through a 160-hours placement included in the course. This placement can be taken in any relevant setting such as working with adults, children, people with learning difficulties and mental health issues. This emphasis on employability skills prepares you for your future by giving you practical experience and transferable skills which can be used in a variety of careers.Your course enables you to qualify as an Early Intervention Practitioner (HTQ). The broad purpose of the occupation is to provide intervention services early in identified cases to help prevent a complex solution needed later. Graduates will be able to apply for jobs across adult and children social care including family support worker, senior care worker, early help practitioner, residential care worker, social work assistant, reablement worker, mental health support worker and health and social care practitioner.The course can also be the start of your undergraduate BSc degree if you wish to progress directly onto the second year of the BSc Health and Social Care after having finished your Cert HE Health and Social Care. From time to time, we make changes to our courses to improve the student and learning experience. If we make a significant change to your chosen course, we’ll let you know as soon as we can.

Social Work