Entry 3 Award in Health and Care
- Start date(s): January 2026
- Centre(s): Gorton Hub
- Course duration: 18 weeks
Registrations for this course will open in November. If you have any questions about the course, please contact maes.info@manchester.gov.uk for more information.
Course details
The Entry 3 Award in Health and Care has been designed to give you an introduction to the skills and knowledge required in health and care with the aim of supporting progression to employment, an apprenticeship or to further study at a higher level.
On this course, you will study the following two mandatory units:
Communication in Health and Social Care (Adults and Children and Young People), Early Years: This unit is an introduction to understanding of health and social issues in the community and will provide you with an understanding of roles available within this sector.
Planning a Healthy Diet: In this unit, you’ll be introduced to what consists of a healthy diet. It will cover cultural dietary requirements and the requirements of specialised dietary needs.
This course is delivered face-to-face in a classroom at our adult learning centres.
You will access materials and complete assignments via Google Classroom.
For this course, you will be required to create a portfolio of evidence meeting the assessment criteria for the qualification.
There are no specific qualification entry requirements for this course, however, we do ask that you have a good level of written English.
Career and progression routes
After completing this course, you could be ready to join higher level courses in the health and social care subject area, for example the Level 1 Certificate in Introduction to Health, Social Care and Children’s and Young People’s settings.
You may also wish to increase your knowledge of other subjects, such as English to progress on to higher courses with MAES.