NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care

The Level 3 NVQ includes a wider variety of tasks than Level 2, and learners are expected to have greater responsibility and work with a degree of autonomy.This NVQ is designed for those people who are involved in delivering physical, emotional or enabling care to clients who have a high degree of dependency, whether in health or social care, or in the public, private or voluntary sectors. It is applicable wherever care is delivered including hospitals, accident and emergency departments, the client’s own home, clinics, residential homes, nursing homes, day centres and group homesThis NVQ is also designed for individuals who work with multidisciplinary teams and who may be providing support to other staff from a range of different disciplinary backgrounds. It is particularly relevant to roles such as: •care assistants – community care worker•community support worker – day care assistant•day care officer – family aide•health care assistants – healthcare support workers•home care assistant – home care organiser•nursing assistant – rehabilitation worker•residential worker – sensory impairment worker•social care officer – team support workers The focus of this NVQ is carrying out tasks for people that may be temporarily or permanently unable to do for themselves. It reflects medium to high levels of dependence and a number of specialist interventions, including undertaking clinical activities, enabling clients to manage their financial affairs, obtaining and testing blood samples, supporting individuals as they die and representing an individual’s interests when they are unable to do so. Candidates must complete four mandatory units and then choose 4 optional units from a set of 116.

The most commonly selected units are outlined below:

Mandatory Units

Unit
1Promote effective communication for and about individuals

Unit 2
Promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security in the working environment

Unit 3
Reflect on and develop your practice

Unit 5
Promote choice, well-being and the protection of all individuals

Optional Units

Unit 28
Contribute to planning, monitoring and reviewing the delivery of service for individuals

Unit 29
Support individuals to develop and maintain social networks and relationships

Unit 30
Support the social, emotional and identity needs of individuals

Unit 3
1Contribute to the protection of individuals from harm and abuse

Unit 32
Contribute to the prevention an d management of abusive and aggressive behaviour

Unit 33
Provide frameworks to help individuals to manage challenging behaviour Candidates should be aware that they are not restricted to the units above and are free to choose from the catalogue of additional units available from their assessor.

Assessment
Assessment of all NVQs is through submission of a portfolio of evidence and professional discussion, to demonstrate that the requirements are met at the relevant standard