Health and Social Care BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate

Before submitting your application to Wyke Sixth Form College, please ensure that you have added

1. Personal Details (including Home Address, Email Address and Contact Number)
2. A full list of all of your predicted grades

Without this information we will be unable to process your application and will refer this back to you until it is fully complete.

This course is a great option for you if you have an interest in working professionally with people.

Whether it’s going straight into a job, degree apprenticeship or moving onto university that you are interested in, the broad nature of advanced level studies in BTEC Health and Social Care will provide you with the background knowledge you need.

The Health and Social Care department has four dedicated teaching rooms in the Elm building. You will have access to textbooks for the duration of the course which you are expected to use productively along with self-directed internet research to complete their assignments.

Our specialist Health and Social Care staff have a variety of different specialisms and this determines which units of the course they teach.

BTEC LEVEL 3 EXTENDED CERTIFICATE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

This course has four units and is delivered over two years. The four units include:

Human Lifespan Development (Exam)

Working in Health and Social Care (Exam)

Psychological Perspectives

Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs

Extended Certificate: 50% exams, 50 % coursework.

Information on course specific and pathway specific entry criteria can be found on our website.

Health & Social Care can support you into progressing into careers and degree programmes including primary teaching, children's nursing, paramedic science, midwifery, physiotherapy, adult nursing, social work, operating department practice and occupational therapy.