HND in Health and Social Care Practice (Social and Community Work)
Awarding Body: Pearson Education Ltd.
Ofqual Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF): Level 5
Fees: £6185/Year
Academic Year: 2025/26, 2026/27, 2027/28
- 2 Years / Onsite
- Intakes: September, January, May
Overview
The purpose of these qualifications is to develop students as independent-thinking professionals who can meet the demands of employers and adapt to a constantly changing world. The qualifications aim to widen access to higher education and improve the career prospects of those who take them.
The objectives of the Pearson BTEC Higher Nationals in Health and Social Care Practice are as follows:
- To develop the skills, knowledge and understanding that students need to achieve
- High performance in the health, social care and community environments
- To develop students with enquiring minds, who have the abilities and confidence
- To work across different health, social care and community functions and to lead, manage, respond to change, and tackle a range of complex health, social care and community situations
- To provide the core skills required for a range of careers in health, social care and community work, including supportive and assistive roles
- To offer a balance between employability skills and the knowledge essential for students with entrepreneurial, employment or academic ambitions
- To develop students’ understanding of the major impact that technologies have
- Environment in the health, social care and community environments
- To provide insight into the health, social care and community opportunities and challenges presented globally
- To equip students with knowledge and understanding of culturally diverse organisations, cross-cultural issues, diversity and values, and to enable flexible study to meet local and specialist needs.
We meet these objectives by:
- Providing a thorough grounding in healthcare principles and a degree of specialism at Level 4 that leads the student to a range of specialist progression pathways at Level 5 relating to individual professions within the healthcare sector
- Equipping individuals with sector-relevant acumen, understanding and healthcare practice skills for success in a range of the healthcare, health promotion, navigation and non-clinical supervisory or lower management roles in healthcare
- Enabling progression to a university degree by supporting the development of appropriate academic study skills.
Your Future
The Level 4 Higher National Certificate provides a solid grounding in health, social care and community practice, which students can build on if they decide to continue their studies. The Level 5 Higher National Diploma enables students to specialise, or to continue to specialise by committing to specific career paths and progression routes to degree-level study. Once students have achieved the Level 5 Higher National Diploma, they can develop their careers in the health, social care and community practice sectors by:
- Entering employment
- Continuing existing employment
- Becoming a member of an appropriate professional body or membership organisation
- Linking with the appropriate accredited certificates (if available)
- Committing to continuing professional development (CPD)
Progressing to university.
Professional Recognition
Pearson’s qualifications are nationally and internationally recognised by employers and professional organisations. The recognition of the Higher National Diploma (HND) is a way for students to prepare for jobs and careers in their chosen field through membership of relevant professional bodies. Pearson students and graduates may be offered exemptions by professional bodies from parts of their own qualifications in relation to membership.
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Upton Park Campus
Barclay Hall
156B Green Street
E7 8JQ
United Kingdom
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