Health and Social Care
Join a health and social care course this September
The health and social care sector plays a vital role in society and demand for healthcare professionals is ever-growing.
Our wide range of health and social care courses will allow you to gain the knowledge and skills needed to embark on a career in this sector.
Why learn health and social care with us:
Improved knowledge and skills: Joining a course in this area can help you to gain a comprehensive understanding of health and social care and how this knowledge can be applied to a variety of healthcare settings.
Gain relationship building skills: The content on health and social care courses helps you to develop key skills such communication, active listening and empathy. These are all essential for building strong relationships with others.
Increased job opportunities: This sector offers lots of rewarding careers such as healthcare assistants, support workers, mental health practitioners or social care professionals. There’s a diverse range of opportunities in health and social care.
This course will give you the knowledge and understanding of what going through a mental disorder is like. With this information, you can express a caring, compassionate nature to someone going through a mental health disorder, which will in return help with the health and healing of that person. I now have the confidence to look for a job to support others going through a mental health disorder. The course has given me confidence to face my fears and turn ‘I can’t do that’ into ‘I can, and I have’.
Health and Social Care courses
Our health and social care courses are designed to develop your skills and knowledge so that you’re able to succeed gaining employment in this varied sector or advance in your current role. Before you start your course our team of tutors will carefully access your current skills to ensure you join a course at the right level for you.
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.
This course will help prepare you for work in roles within Health, Social Care and Children’s and Young People’s Settings by developing your knowledge and understanding of the range of service provision and roles, principles and values.
This course is ideal for you if you would like to gain an awareness of the issues surrounding mental health difficulties, learn how to dispel some of the myths and misconceptions linked to mental health and develop your knowledge of the rights of those with mental health difficulties.
View more details about Level 1 Award in Mental Health Awareness >
On this level 2 course, you will gain knowledge of core subject areas in health and social care.
The Level 3 Certificate in Health and Social Care will provide you with in-depth knowledge of core subject areas in health and social care to support progression into higher education, the workplace or further learning in related subject areas at Level 4 and above.
If you wish to progress onto higher qualifications, you will first need to complete year 2 which is the Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care.
Career and progression
Taking a course in health and social care can help lead to lots of job and progression opportunities including the following:
- Care Support Worker
- Healthcare Assistant in community, primary care and acute health environments
- Community-based Support Worker
- Welfare Rights Assistant
- Equalities Officer
- Social Services
- Higher education
Find a course local to you
MAES has eight education centres spread across Manchester. With majority of our learners living within 10 minutes of our centres, we’re confident we’ll be able to cater to your education needs where you are.
Finance your education
If you claim benefits or have a low income, we may be able to provide financial support to help you complete your course. This support can cover transport, childcare or technology. You can also choose to take out an advanced learner loan to help cover any fees associated with your course.
