Level 1/2 Health and Social Care -This qualification has been withdrawn

NEW Level 1/2 Vocational Award in Engineering (Technical Award) - teaching from 2022   FIND OUT MORE

We’ve updated our Vocational Award to ensure it meets new Ofqual and DfE criteria for Performance Table Qualifications from 2024 onwards. Our updated specification, and sample assessment material and a range of resources to support delivery from September 2022 – are now available. 

The Vocational Award in Health and Social Care is designed to encourage and inspire learners into following a worthwhile qualification that provides insight into the health, social care and early years sectors. It is designed to create independent learners that can make informed decisions about further learning opportunities or continuing into related career choices. Learners develop both a critical and analytical approach to problem solving whilst gaining an understanding of personal development, health, social care and early years sectors and services set within contemporary case studies.

The qualification is designed to include contemporary issues in relation to health, social care and early years sectors in the UK, including dealing with issues and pressures in relation to political factors and funding, providing a clear grounding in the sectors for those learners that may choose to enter into related professions or further education and training.

Although there are no formal entry requirements, learners would find the following learning skills and aptitudes helpful: basic proficiency in literacy and numeracy, some aptitude for working with computers and motivation to work independently. It would also be useful if the learner wanted to follow a career path in one of the health, social care or early years sectors.

Why choose Eduqas?

• Inspires learners to develop skills and understanding for the health, social care and early years sectors
  
  
• Develops knowledge of the key principles of care
  
  
• Focuses on the challenges of society, physical development and health promotion.

The Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed that those qualifications approved for inclusion in the 2020 performance tables will also be included in performance tables for 2021, 2021 and 2023.