Access to Care SCQF Level 5

What is special about this course?

This course offers a broad general introduction to the Care Sector and will give you a flavour of various care settings including health, social care and childcare. It’s an ideal starting point for anyone who returning to study after a break in education and would allow prospective SWAP Access to Nursing students to brush up on some Study/Core Skills.

This course is a fast-track course which will prepare you to begin a career in Care. It is 2.5 days and could be worked around part time work.
 

Entry requirements

There are no formal entry requirements for this course 

• Social Services in Scotland: An Introduction

An introduction to how Social Services are organised, provided and delivered in Scotland.  This unit will contain case studies and how individuals’ needs are met.  

• Improving Health & Wellbeing

The purpose of this unit is to allow students to be able to undertake a planned activity to improve their own health or the health of someone else.

• Care: Values & Principles

This unit will look at the variety of care services and how they meet the needs of individuals. 

• Human Development

This unit looks at how people develop from a new born baby to old age pensioners.  It covers conditions associated with children through adults to the elderly.  It links this to what care services are required.

• HIV Hep B & Hep C Infections

An in depth look at a range of infectious diseases, how they are treated.  The unit will also focus on prevention of diseases.

• Intro to Basic First Aid

An introduction to first-aid covering assessing minor injuries and minor medical conditions, how to deal with them, demonstrating how to get help.

• Numeracy Level 4 

This unit will show you how to use numerical skills in everyday settings that involve graphical information, calculations, and solving problems.

• Communication Level 5

This unit explains how to use reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in situations in your personal life, at work, and in education.

• Information and Communication Technology Level 4

This unit is about using straightforward information and communication technology (ICT) effectively to access, process, and present information in familiar, everyday settings.

Fees

Scottish resident full-time students will automatically have their course fees paid for this course.   

If you have recently moved to, or do not normally live in Scotland, you may need to pay £5,970 in course fees, these can be paid in instalments. Families of Armed Services personnel are subject to different fees regulations and may also have to pay course fees. If you think this may apply to you, please contact us and we can advise you. 

This course is not available to students who require a Tier 4 Home Office visa to study in Scotland (international or EU). 

Part-time FE students who are on low incomes or in receipt of certain benefits may also have their course fees paid for them. Please refer to page 2 of our Fees and Funding Guide to see if you are eligible.  

Funding

Bursary for Living Costs 

If you are 18 years of age or over on the start date of your course, and will be studying full-time you may be eligible for bursary funding, depending on your household income. Our bursary fund is finite and is allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis so it’s important to make your application for bursary as soon as the application process opens in July. You will need to have accepted our offer before you apply. 

If you are under 18 you may be eligible for EMA. EMA is paid at a rate of £30 per week dependent on your total household income.  

Please see page 2 of our Fees and Funding Guide for full details of Bursary and EMA.  

You may also be eligible for assistance with travel and childcare, and we have discretionary funds for those students in need. You can find all the information you need in our funding pages.