Overview
This is a school-college partnership course for school students in S4-S6.
If you're interested in working with children or adults within the care sector, this course is an ideal first qualification.
You will consider how life experiences and social influences affect people and consider the impact this has on care practice. Through examining sociological concepts, you’ll determine how social influences affect people’s life chances. You will explore key psychological theories that support care workers in understanding and responding effectively to the behaviour of service users.
You will learn about child protection and the various categories of abuse and neglect that necessitate intervention. You will become familiar with the legal framework, policies, procedures and agencies that are involved in child protection.
You will consider the mental health continuum and gain knowledge of how mental health problems affect individuals and others, and investigate the services available to people with mental health problems.
Minimum entry requirements
This course would suit caring, considerate, and compassionate students who have 3 National 4s.
What you study
- Human Development and Behaviour (Psychology).
- Child Protection: An introduction.
- Mental Health Issues: An Introduction.
- Social Influences (Sociology).
After the course
Education, health workers, and social services are all within the top five employing occupations in Scotland, and this is projected to continue to be the case for the foreseeable future.
Continuing Study
Successful completion of the NQ combined with school qualifications enables students to progress on to an NC in either Early Education and Childcare or Health and Social Care before continuing on to study at HNC.
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How the course is taught
The teaching and learning method takes student-centred approach, where you are encouraged to develop a critical approach to your studies.