What will I learn?

The need for adult social care continues to rise at a time when the system supporting that care is rapidly and significantly changing. With around 1.5 million people working in adult social care in England, care workers need up-to-date support and guidance in order to provide adequate person-centred care.

What you will learn

  • Principles of Communication
  • Principles of Personal Development
  • Principles of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion
  • Principles of Safeguarding and Protection
  • Introduction to Duty of Care
  • Understand the Role of the Social Care Worker
  • Understand Person-Centred Approaches
  • Understand Health and Safety
  • Understand How to Handle Information

    Benefits

  • Achieve a nationally recognised Level 2 qualification
  • Evidence your competency to employers
  • Learn how to handle hazardous substances and medication
  • Further your personal and professional development
  • Learn at a time that suits you without the need to attend college

    Learners have 16 weeks to complete this course.

    Where will it lead me?

    Once you have completed your distance-learning course you will receive a certificate of completion. You will also have the option of enrolling onto another course if you wish to continue learning new skills.

    Entry Requirements Age

    Applicants must be 19+ on 31/8 in the academic year of the course start date in order to apply/enrol on the course.

    Fee Details 2

    Our Level 2 online learning courses are free to eligible* learners aged 19+

    *Due to funding restrictions, anyone who doesn’t live in England, isn’t a UK resident^ or
    who lives in the local authority areas^ of:

    Cambridge and Peterborough (CPCA)

    Cornwall (Cornwall)

    East Midlands (EMCCA)

    Greater London (London)

    Greater Manchester (GMCA)

    Liverpool City Region (LCRCA)

    North East (Combined Authority)(NEMCA &NTCA)

    South Yorkshire (SYMCA)

    Tees Valley (TVCA)

    York and North Yorkshire (YNCA)

    West Midlands (WMCA)

    West Yorkshire (WYCA)

    West of England (WECA)


    Note: for all courses with a start date on or after 1/8/26, the following local authority areas have been added to the list above.

     

    Buckinghamshire (new for 26/27)* (abbreviation to be confirmed)

    Greater Devon (new for 26/27)* (abbreviation to be confirmed)

    Greater Lincolnshire (new for 26/27)* (abbreviation to be confirmed)

    Hull and East Yorkshire (new for 26/27)* (abbreviation to be confirmed)

    Lancashire (new for 26/27)* (abbreviation to be confirmed)

    Surrey (new for 26/27)* (abbreviation to be confirmed)

    Warwickshire (new for 26/27)* (abbreviation to be confirmed)


    Will be unable to apply for fee remission and may be subject to higher course fees than those published.

    ^go to this page on our website to check if your postcode is in a devolved funding area or to check eligibility if you are a non-UK resident: 
    https://www.andover.ac.uk/fees-and-funding/
    or Money Matters – Sparsholt College Hampshire


    If you don’t live in England or are not a UK resident or live in any of the above local authority areas and wish to enrol on the course,
    please contact us for information on tuition fees.

    Fee Code

    I

    Please Note

    All fees are correct at the current time and may be subject to change.

    Due to funding restrictions, this course is not eligible for:

    Existing full time Sparsholt College/Andover College students aged 16, 17 or 18 (or 19-24 with an EHCP) on the 31/8 in the year they started/start their course.

    Anyone undertaking an Apprenticeship

    • Fees:

    funding available

    Level of Study:

    Online

    Dates:

    • - (Flexible)

    Interview:

    No

    Location:

    Online