Healthier Futures: Health and Care Courses
Our Healthier Futures programme features a range of health and social care qualifications to support your learning and career development.
Our courses are developed by experts and designed to support your personal and professional development.
Many are free or have loan funding available.
We also provide career development advice to all our learners and support your career progression with further study opportunities.
Childcare and Early Years
Diploma for the Early Years Workforce (Early Years Educator) >
Level 3 | 14 months
Certificate for the Early Years Advanced Practitioner Level 4 >
Level 4 | 6 months
Health, Adult Social Care and Safeguarding Courses
Qualification |
Level |
Duration |
Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate in Mental Health Awareness | Level 2 | 12 weeks | |
| Understanding the Safe Handling of Medication in HSC | Level 2 | 8 weeks | |
| The Principles of Dementia Care | Level 2 | 12 weeks | |
| Understanding Behaviour that Challenges | Level 2 | 8 weeks | |
| Certificate in Understanding Safeguarding and Prevent | Level 2 | 8 weeks | |
| Diploma in Adult Care | Level 3 | 8 months |
Health, Adult Social Care and Safeguarding
Mental Health Awareness >
Level 2 | 12 weeks
Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care >
Level 2 | 16 weeks
Understanding Nutrition and Health >
Level 2 | 12 weeks
Understanding Safeguarding and Prevent >
Level 2 | 8 weeks
Diploma in Adult Care >
Level 3 | 6 months
What our learners say
“The course is enriching and promotes my awareness of how to look after my patients at work. I have gained further knowledge in understanding Equality and diversity while developing on my British Values.”
“The course is very intense and I have gained further knowledge in Adult Care. The timings for the course are really suitable to my personal and work life.”