Principles of Personal development in adult social care settings

Welcome to Barnet Southgate College

We are pleased that you have decided to join our CACHE Certificate in Level 2 in Health & Social Care course and we would like to wish you every success on the course. This booklet contains detailed information about your course and we suggest you have it with you at all times.

We hope that you will enjoy your course and that you will gain the knowledge, skills and self confidence to achieve your full potential.

Good luck with your studies.

Introduction

This handbook contains specific course information relating to the CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Preparing to work in Adult Social Care (QCF)

What is involved in this course?

YOUR COURSE

• Your course is a vocational ESOL course and this means that you will study

ESOL and Health and Social Care. Both are equally important!

• You will have ESOL lessons for 5 1/2 hours per week and you will study 5 hours of Health and Social Care. You will have ½ tutorial with your personal tutor

• You will also have IT Functional Skills for 1 hour and 30 minutes a week and

Maths Functional Skills for 1 1/2 hour a week.