Higher National Certificate (HNC) in Health and Social Care

This is an Edexcel award that runs full-time over one year. You will be required to complete a minimum of 200 hours of work experience within a health and/or social care setting of your choice, either as an employee or in a voluntary capacity. This placement experience is a mandatory requirement of passing the Level 4 course and allows you to apply the theories and concepts of learning within the classroom to the practices and realities of a workplace. During the year you will study eight modules which include Communicating in Health and Social Care Organisations, Principles of Health and Social Care Practice, Health and Safety, Personal and Professional Development, Social Policy, Safeguarding and Physiological Principles.