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Health and Social Care

Our Professional Skills Qualifications are designed to introduce you to the Health and Social Care sector

Providing the skills, knowledge and expertise needed to help you thrive in your chosen specialism, as well as supporting your overall Health and Wellbeing.

From expert tutors and state of the art facilities, our programmes are designed to enrich your learning experience and give you an advantage in your chosen career.

For more Health and Social Care Adult courses, visit: www.lal.ac.uk/health-and-social-care/

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Health and Social Care

Level 1 An Introduction to Working in Counselling

This programme is for learners who want to develop the skills needed to recognise and prevent radicalisation and extremism. Learners will learn about the principles of safeguarding and about the importance of the prevent duty and British values in society. Understanding safeguarding and prevention at level 2 can benefit the wider safeguarding practices within the workplace. These may be learners...

Waterside Centre Accrington

07/01/2025
09:30 to 12:30
12 weeks

19 Places Remaining

Level 1 An Introduction to Working in Health and Social Care

This qualification aims to develop learner’s knowledge and skills in the area of children and young people’s mental health. Learners will develop their understanding of the factors that can affect mental health and a range of conditions experienced by children and young people. These may be learners who wish to access this training with a view to progressing to further qualifications or emplo...

Waterside Centre Accrington

10/01/2025
09:30 to 12:30
12 weeks

15 Places Remaining

Level 1 An Introduction to Working in Mental Health

The purpose of this programme is to give learners the skills to support colleagues with mental health problems. These skills will be gained by increasing the learner’s knowledge and understanding of mental health conditions and the principles of mental health first aid and how this can be implemented in the workplace. This qualification is suitable for learners who wish to raise awareness of me...

Waterside Centre Accrington

08/01/2025
09:30 to 12:30
11 weeks

13 Places Remaining

Level 2 Counselling Pathway (daytime and evening classes available)

This qualification will introduce learners to using counselling skills and personal development. The course is useful for anyone who would like to develop their use of counselling skills for use in either work or a personal capacity. This qualification does not qualify learners to practise as a counsellor.

Accrington & Rossendale College

17/01/2025
09:30 to 16:00
11 weeks

19 Places Remaining

Level 2 Mental Health Pathway (CYP) - Children and Young People

The awarding body for this qualification is Cache and it will be accredited through Lancashire Adult Learning. This qualification is designed for a wide range of learners who wish to understand the approaches to care and support of those with mental health problems. This qualification aims to raise awareness of: · The role of the mental health worker · The process and approaches involved in t...

Waterside Centre Accrington

08/01/2025
09:30 to 12:30
16 weeks

16 Places Remaining

Level 2 Mental Health Pathway - Mental Health Awareness

Waterside Centre Accrington

14/01/2025
13:00 to 16:00
16 weeks

13 Places Remaining

Level 2 SEN Pathway - Certificate in Understanding Autism

Waterside Centre Accrington

14/01/2025
09:30 to 12:30
16 weeks

19 Places Remaining

Level 2 Social Care Pathway - Healthcare Professions

This course aims to give learners working in or intending to work in Social Care services an understanding of healthcare practice, duty of care and person-centred approaches, to support their role in the workplace. The following key units have been selected and combined to form a full Level 2 Certificate: Health Care Practice Investigating a Career Introduction to duty of Care in Health, S...

Waterside Centre Accrington

16/01/2025
13:00 to 16:00
15 weeks

19 Places Remaining

Level 2 Substance Misuse Pathway

This level 2 qualification has been designed to give learners an understanding of how to recognise and respond to substance misuse, solvents and volatile substance misuse, and options and interventions for those affected by substance misuse.

Waterside Centre Accrington

30/01/2025
09:30 to 12:30
16 weeks

16 Places Remaining