Health and Social Care Level 4

A career in health and social care is one of the most rewarding careers out there. Not only are you caring and helping vulnerable people, but you are also making a difference in people's lives. For those looking for an advanced career in health and social care, this Health and Social Care Level 4 course can be the perfect springboard to achieving a career in health and social care.

Course Content

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Unit 1 Academic study skills

• Skills and understanding to study effectively within higher education, in particular, reflective and critical thinking skills.

Unit 2 Communicating in health and social care

• Awareness of different forms of communication used in health and social care settings.
• The importance of effective service delivery.

Unit 3 An introduction to healthcare policy

• Awareness of different influences on healthcare and their effect on the development of policy.
• Evaluation of healthcare policy.
• Examine what are the key contemporary issues for those making policy, providers and those receiving support.

Unit 4 Reflective practice

• Reflective practice in all its forms.
• Reflections on practice and in practice are important concepts in health and social care
• Feed into the idea of self -development linking theory to practice.

Unit 5 Managing people in health and social care

• The processes involved in the recruitment, management and development of people in the health and social care workplace.
• Facilitating change in the organisation.

Unit 6 Sociology: concepts in health and ill health

• Sociological concepts of health and ill health and their application to care practice in health and social care.
• How society is structured in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, social class, family and households and its impact on health and well-being.