Social Care Studies

This three-course Social Care Studies bundle is perfect for anyone considering a career in social care or someone who already works in the industry who wants to take their knowledge to the next level to benefit their career. During the Social Care with Families section of your studies, you'll explore the theories of attachment and disruption of attachment and the types of care available for children. You will also learn more about different types of child abuse and how you can protect the children you work with. The course will also cover where you can start when conducting assessments and the frameworks available, as well as the legal processes, procedures, and responsibilities within your role in social care when working with families. The health and social care part of this course will cover the training opportunities available in the industry, safeguarding individuals in your care, how to manage diseases, and the key principles of care. And during the Social Care for Communities Level 4 course, you will learn more about the roles, values, and training in the industry, as well as understand the ways in which you can work in partnership with the community to meet their needs. You will also improve your knowledge of both adult and child-specific services that will help you care for the most vulnerable members of the community.  

Course Content

Health and Social Care QLS Level 3

Unit 1 Health and social care

• The Care Quality Commission
• Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Care settings
• Hospitals
• Care homes (nursing and non-nursing)
• Domiciliary care
• Supported living
• Sheltered accommodation
• Day centre care
• Retirement villages
• Personal Development Plan

Unit 2 Training in the health and social care setting

• Training in the health and social care setting
• Qualification and credit framework (QCF)
• Nurse training
• Roles in nursing
• Other professionals involved in health and social care
• Multiagency working
• Benefits of multiagency working

Unit 3 Legislation and policy in health and social care

• Occupational standards
• Common induction standards
• Principles of care for nursing
• Record keeping
• Standards for record keeping
• Equality and diversity legislation
• Case studies
• Key legislation

Unit 4 Communication confidentiality and safeguarding

• Principles of person-centred care
• Holistic care
• Communication
• Active Listening
• Types of non-verbal communication
• Confidentiality
• Safeguarding
• Types of abuse
• What to do when abuse is suspected

Unit 5 Physiology and management of diseases

• Applying understanding to practice
• The heart
• Prevention
• Management of the service user
• Diabetes
• Congestive heart failure
• Dementia
• Caring for a person with dementia
• Respiratory disease (COPD)

Unit 6 Universal principles of care

• Principles of the prevention and control of infection
• Hand hygiene
• Giving personal care
• Food hygiene
• Nutrition
• Handling and moving
• Risk assessment
• Managing challenging behaviour
• Handling medicines

Unit 1 History of social care in communities

• Development of social policy perspectives
• The legal framework of community care
• The challenges of modernisation
• Economy of care
• Assessment and provision of services
• The experiences of practice in community care

Unit 2 Assessment, care planning, and review

• The statutory framework
• Needs-led assessment
• Record keeping
• Care planning
• Interventions and risk assessment
• Monitoring and review of services and service provision
• Evaluation of support services
• Quality assurance and the outcomes approach to quality

Unit 3 Roles and values

• Defining and describing roles
• Skills training
• Carer issues
• Values
• Participation and empowerment
• Rights and discrimination
• Mental health issues

Unit 4 Meeting social needs

• Service provision costs and payments
• Benefits and allowances
• Residential care costs
• Financial management
• Health and social care definitions
• Partnership working
• Continuing care
• Future care development
• Housing needs

Unit 5 Adult services

• Scope of adult services
• Services for older people
• Transitional services
• Contextual services provision: disability and mental health services
• HIV/AIDs
• Substance misuse
• Services for asylum seekers

Unit 6 Children's services

• Scope of children’s services
• Legislation relating to child protection and care orders
• Abuse and neglect
• Specialist skills for working in children's services
• Residential and foster care
• Adoption

Unit 1 Children and childhood

• Defining childhood
• Family systems
• The needs and rights of children
• Parenting

Unit 2 Supporting families

• Defining support
• Examining current children's acts
• How support works in practise
• The need assessment framework

Unit 3 Attachment, separation, and cared-for children

• Attachment
• Bowlby's theory
• Disruption of attachment (maternal deprivation hypothesis)
• Separation
• Corporate parenting
• Types of care - fostering, adoption and residential care

Unit 4 Child abuse and child protection

• Defining abuse
• Emotional abuse
• Physical abuse
• Neglect
• Referral
• Protecting children
• Child protection preparation
• The Cleveland Report

Unit 5 Assessment and planning

• Assessment starting points
• Common assessment framework (CAF)
• Planning

Unit 6 Legal responsibilities, processes and procedures

• What is family law?
• The Children and Family Court Advisory Service (CAFCASS)
• The Family Proceedings Court (FPC)
• Roles of court personnel
• Court reports and evidence
• Skills related to court procedures