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Level 2 Certificate Understanding Dignity and Safeguarding
Subject Area
Health & Social Care
Student Type
Adults
Study Mode
Distance Learning
Course Type
Adult Further Education
What is the course about?
This qualification aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of the key principles of dignity, duty of care, and safeguarding, as applied to adult health and social care. Throughout this course you will investigate the principles and how they are applied in everyday work contexts.
Why should I choose the course?
If you work in the health and social care sector, you need to understand the fundamentals of safeguarding in order to protect the health, wellbeing, and human rights of the people you care for. This qualification is designed to teach you about the key principles of dignity, duty of care, and safeguarding. The course also covers the dilemmas you might face when working in adult health and social care, the responsibilities you have to the people you care for, and what can happen if care principles aren't properly upheld.
What will I learn?
The following dignity and safeguarding modules will be covered:
- The key principles of dignity, duty of care, and safeguarding
- How the principles are applied
- Dilemmas that can arise
- The consequences when care principles are not upheld.
What will the course lead on to?
If you are already employed within this sector or hope to be in the future, this course will boost your skills and make a valuable addition to your CV. If you wish to study further, we have a range of relevant qualifications across this subject area, which can be viewed on our website. For more information, contact our Learner Services Team on 01925 494400 or learner.services@wvr.ac.uk.
What support is available?
We have a team of staff dedicated to providing learning support if required, as well as a Welfare Team that is on hand to offer guidance, support and help when needed. Additionally, eligible students can access a wide range of finance and funding support to help them during their time at college.
Click here for learning support: https://wvr.ac.uk/college-life/learning-support
Click here for finance support: https://wvr.ac.uk/college-life/financial-support
Why should I choose to study the course at Warrington & Vale Royal College?
Warrington & Vale Royal College has been rated as a good college in the latest Ofsted inspection. It has an excellent reputation for vocational courses and responds to specific business needs when requested. The tutors at Warrington & Vale Royal College are highly experienced in their fields and have a great deal of industry knowledge to impart. Our distance learning courses are delivered entirely online, allowing you to benefit from expert teaching in the comfort of your own home.
What are the entry requirements?
You should have access and be able to use online learning platforms and be able to cope with level 2 literacy.
If you are aged 19-23 you must hold a full level 2 qualification.
If you are currently undertaking an apprenticeship programme you will be exempt from enrolling on this course.
Are there any additional costs associated with the course?
There are no specific extra costs apart from access to IT and the internet, as well as any books/stationery you wish to purchase yourself.
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