Social Care Training

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• Social Care Training
• in Further Education
• 9th March 2005
• Helen McLaren
• Head of Faculty,Health, Humanities, Science
  Care

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Over-view of Vocational Qualifications
some Basic Skills / support needs..
some Basic Skills / support needs..
equivalent to GCSE level
Equivalent to A Level
1st stage HE Level
Bachelors Degree Level
Vocational qualifications are offered at levels
1 gt 3...
..by a range of Awarding Bodies..
..across a range of curricula..
..to give pathways into a range of vocational
areas.
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Types of Vocational Qualifications
...evidence competence in setting.
...full time course work.
Technical Certificate
6 units
1 A level
National Certificate
12 units
2 A levels
National Diploma
18 units
3 A levels
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Vocational Qualifications
Level 3
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Programme of Progression
Standard Delivery
H SW Degrees
GNVQ Intermediate
GNVQ Foundation
Nat. Diploma Health Studies
Adv. Diploma Nursing
1st Diploma Care ( Health Sciences)
Other THP Degrees
Other Degrees
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RCAT GNVQ Foundation
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NHSU Foundation Degree (Mental Health
)Consortium York North York Progression
Partnership York College Thomas Danby College
SHU (Leeds University)
RCAT
Developmental Partnership work at January 2005
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Strengths of Vocational Learners

• Specialist language Communication skills

• Positive action initiatives support
• under-represented groups
• feeding through into vocational areas

e.g CRB checks for placements barriers for some
overseas students overcome
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the new social care work roles of
the future
starting from anywhere
taking any route