Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Children and Young People)

It is suitable for:

• learners currently employed within settings such as domiciliary or residential child care, residential family centres or foster care or community based healthcare settings
• learners who have successfully completed one of the following qualifications:
• Level 2 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare Support.
• Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core
• Level 2 Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults)
• Level 2 Health and Social Care: Principles and Contexts
• Level 2 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Core
• Level 2 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice
• Level 2 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice and Theory
• GCSE Health and Social Care, and Childcare
• Level 3 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice.

It is highly recommended that learners have completed the core qualification prior to, or alongside the Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Children and Young People) as this will be a requirement for practice set by Social Care Wales. It is also a feature of the Level 3 Apprenticeship in Health and Social Care (Wales).

The mandatory content of the qualification is aligned to the key themes of the All Wales Induction Framework for Health and Social Care and includes:

• principles and practice (children and young people)
• health and well-being (children and young people)
• professional practice
• safeguarding
• health and safety
• a range of practice areas such as working with families and carers or children who are looked after

This qualification contains a single mandatory and a range of optional units that reflect the knowledge and skills needed when working with children and young people with complex needs and their families.

To achieve the Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Children and Young People) qualification learners must achieve a minimum of 50 credits in total:

• 18 credits must be achieved from the mandatory unit
• A minimum of 32 credits will be selected from the suite of optional units which include units that are about direct care and support and healthcare

The learner must successfully complete:

• a portfolio of evidence that includes direct observation of practice
• externally set, internally assessed tasks

Successful completion of this qualification enables learners to work in healthcare and social care as a qualified Level 3 worker with children and young people.

It will enable learners to apply for registration with Social Care Wales as a social care worker in residential child care or domiciliary care providing that they meet any additional registration requirements. For further information please visit: https://socialcare.wales/registration

The qualification provides the appropriate knowledge and competence to practice and prepares learners to progress to:

• Level 4 Professional Practice Health & Social Care
• Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care
• Certificates in Higher Education.

Other qualifications that may be of interest are:

• Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults)
• Advanced GCE and Advanced Subsidiary GCE in Health and Social Care, and Childcare
• Level 3 Certificate and Diploma in Health and Social Care: Principles and Contexts
• Level 3 Children’s Care, Play, Learning and Development: Practice and Theory