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ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care

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Build a strong foundation for your future in care with the ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care. This recognised qualification helps learners develop the essential knowledge needed to understand the health and social care sector and prepare for further study or entry-level roles.

The course covers important areas such as the structure of health and social care, professional values, human growth and development, research skills, teamwork, and personal development. Each unit is designed in a clear and manageable way so that learners can build their knowledge step by step.

This diploma is suitable for those who want to begin a career in health and social care, as well as for learners already working in support-based roles who want to improve their understanding and progress further. As an ATHE qualification regulated by Ofqual, it is a respected award that can support progression in both education and employment.

If you are looking for a flexible and recognised route into health and social care, this course can help you gain the knowledge, confidence, and qualification needed to move forward.

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  • Fully online, interactive course with audio voiceover
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Sneak Peek

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Guided Learning Hours (GLH)

Guided Learning Hours refer to the time spent in direct learning activities where a learner receives support, teaching, supervision, or guidance from a tutor, trainer, lecturer, or other appropriate provider.

Total Guided Learning Hours: 360

Qualification Structure for ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care

The ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care is a 60-credit qualification.

Total Qualification Time (TQT)

Total Qualification Time is the total amount of time a learner is expected to spend completing the qualification. This includes guided learning, private study, research, preparation, and assessment.

Total Qualification Time: 600 hours

Accreditation

ATHE | Awards for Training and Higher Education

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ATHE is a recognised awarding organisation regulated by Ofqual. It offers high-quality qualifications across a range of subject areas and is known for maintaining strong academic and professional standards. ATHE qualifications are designed to support learners in gaining relevant knowledge and progressing with confidence.

Certification

After successfully completing the course, learners will receive the ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care certificate.

The qualification certificate is awarded by ATHE. As One Education is the approved centre for this qualification, the certificate will be issued through One Education and sent to the learner by them.

This means the qualification itself is from ATHE, while One Education, as the approved centre, manages the certification process and provides the certificate to the learner after successful completion.

Method of Assessment

This qualification is assessed through written assignments. There are no exams for this course.

All assessments for this qualification will be conducted through the main approved centre, One Education. This includes all assessment decisions and Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) processes to ensure that the required standards are met. In addition, learner registration with ATHE will also be completed by One Education as the approved centre.

Based on the quality of the work submitted, learners may achieve a Pass, Merit, Distinction, or Fail for individual units, according to the awarding body requirements.

Who Is This Course For?

This qualification is ideal for:

  • learners who want to start a career in health and social care
  • school leavers and adult learners looking for a recognised Level 3 qualification
  • support workers or care staff who want to improve their knowledge
  • anyone planning to move on to higher-level study in this field

It is suitable for learners in England and Northern Ireland who want to build a solid understanding of health and social care.

Entry Requirements

To join this course, learners should meet the following requirements:

  • be aged 16 or above
  • hold a Level 2 qualification or an equivalent qualification
  • have a good standard of English to understand the materials and complete assignments
  • for non-native English speakers, CEFR Level B1 or an equivalent English level is recommended

Course Progression

After completing this qualification, learners may progress to:

  • ATHE Level 4 or Level 5 qualifications in Health and Social Care
  • a university degree programme in a related subject

Career Path

This qualification can support progression towards roles such as:

  • Healthcare Assistant
  • Care Assistant
  • Support Worker
  • Social Care Worker

Course Curriculum

The detailed curriculum outline of our ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care is as follows:

  • SAU_1_K_618_4167_3_50_12
  • Unit Info
  • LO1 Understand the structure of health and social care provision
  • LO2 Understand health and social care provision for different ages and stages of life
  • LO3 Understand the different areas of specialism within health and social care
  • LO4 Understand issues in health and social care
  • Indicative Content
  • A quick guide to govt healthy eating update
  • Current issues in the provision of health and social care
  • Equality and Diversity
  • Health and Care Structures
  • Health and social care needs during a lifetime
  • Health issues in UK
  • Measuring Health Inequalities
  • Roles
  • Services
  • UK Health Sector
  • SAU_2_M_618_4168_3_60_10
  • Unit Info
  • LO1 Understand current policy on health and social care
  • LO2 Understand legislation and guidance which impact on the provision and practice of health and social care
  • LO3 Understand the principles and values that underpin the provision of care
  • Indicative Content
  • Consequences of Health & Safety Non-compliance
  • Conventions, Legislation and Regulations
  • Dignity and Human Rights
  • Health and Social Care Funding
  • Health and Social Care Sector and Economy
  • Healthcare Record Keeping Standards and Guidance
  • Immigration policy for health and social care
  • Impacts of Policy
  • Introducing-the-6cs
  • Policies on Health and Social Care
  • Principles of Health and Social Care
  • Promoting the Principles
  • Staff Regulation
  • SAU_3_T_618_4169_3_28_5
  • Unit Info
  • Lo1 Know Stages of Growth and Development Throughout the Human Lifespan
  • Lo2 Understand Potential Effects of Life Factors and Events on Growth and Development
  • Lo3 Understand Physical and Psychological Changes of Ageing
  • Lo4 Understand the Effect of Transitions and Significant Life Events
  • Indicative Content
  • Addressing Transition Phenomena in Healthcare Settings
  • Changes from Birth to Old Age
  • Changes That Occur in the Course of an Individual’s Life as a Result of Significant Life Events or Transitions
  • Factors Effecting Growth and Development
  • How the Challenges of Aging Can Affect Self-Esteem
  • Introducing-the-6cs
  • Illness, Focus, Achievements
  • Norms and Milestones
  • Physical and Psychological Changes Linked to Ageing
  • Potential Effects of Life Factors and Events on the Growth and Development of Individual
  • Safeguarding
  • Supporting Core Practice in Health and Social Care
  • The 6Cs
  • The Human Life Cycle
  • Transitions and Significant Life Eevents Across the Life Stages
  • Transitions Why It’s So Important for Social Workers to Be on Time
  • SAU_4_J_615_2004_3_90_15
  • Unit Info
  • Lo1 Understand Person Centred Working
  • Lo2 Understand the Use of Effective Communication in Health and Social Care Provision
  • Lo3 Know How to Reduce the Spread of Infection
  • Lo4 Understand Working Relationships in Health and Social Care
  • Lo5 Understand the Principles of Care Planning
  • Lo6 understand the Safe Administration of Medication
  • Indicative Content
  • Actions and Support
  • Administration of Medicines
  • Adverse Reaction of Drugs
  • An Introduction to Communication
  • Advocacy in Social Care
  • Barriers to Communication
  • Care Plan
  • Causes and Spread of Infection
  • Clinical-Waste-Disposal-Procedure
  • Communication and Language Needs and Preferences
  • Confidentiality
  • Decision Making in Personalised Care
  • Diseases and Infections
  • Electronic Storage Systems
  • Explain Why It Is Important to Have Secure Systems for Recording and Storing Information in a Care Setting
  • Good Practices for Infection Prevention and Control
  • Handling Information
  • Individual Care Planning
  • Infection Control and Prevention Standard Precautions
  • Infection Control and Prevention
  • Infection Prevention and Control Assurance – SOP 4 – Reporting incidents of infection to PHE or the Local Authority
  • Infection Prevention and Control Assurance – SOP 7 – Decontamination
  • Infection
  • Introducing-the-6cs
  • Key Factors for Infection Occurence
  • Laws, Regulations, and Infection Prevention
  • Localised vs Systemic Infections
  • Maintaining Records
  • Manage Common Drug Side Effects
  • Medication Risk Assesmsent Guidance
  • Manual Storage System
  • Meantal Health and Capacity
  • Monitor the Condition of Individuals
  • Medications
  • Monitoring of Medication
  • Necessity of Communication in Health and Social Care
  • OTC Drugs
  • Partnership Working in Health and Social Care
  • Person Centred Approach Stated in the Adult Care Act 2014
  • Person Centred Approach
  • Person-centred Care
  • Person-Centred Values
  • Rights Of Medication Administration
  • Positive Risk Taking
  • Policies, Procedures, and Legislation
  • Priciples Related to Specific Situations
  • Promoting Rights
  • Reduce the Abuse
  • Roles
  • Safe Medication
  • Safeguarding
  • Secure Handling of Information in Care Settings
  • Services
  • Side Effects of Medicine
  • Spread of Infection
  • Storage, Distribution and Disposal
  • Strategies for Overcoming Communication Barriers
  • Support and Response
  • Types of Communication
  • Understand Person-centred Working
  • Understand Relationships
  • Understanding Person Centred Working
  • What is the Person Centred Approach
  • Working Relationships in Health and Social Care
  • SAU_5_M_618_4171_3_55_10
  • Unit Info
  • Lo1 Understand the Role of Research and Different Approaches in Health and Social Care Practice
  • Lo2 Know How to Identify and Justify a Topic for Research Within Services for Health and Social Care
  • Lo3 Be Able to Complete a Research Project in Health and Social Care
  • Indicative Content
  • Research and Evidence-Based Practice
  • Complete a Research Project
  • Identify and Justify a Topic for Research
  • Research
  • SAU_6_T_618_4172_3_30_8
  • Unit Info
  • Suggested Resources
  • Lo1 Understand Career and Progression Opportunities in the Health and Social Care Sector
  • Lo2 Understand Professional Development in Health and Social Care
  • Lo3 Understand How Reflective Practice Supports Personal and Professional Development
  • Lo4 Understand How to Plan Own Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care
  • Indicative Content
  • 1.1 – Working in Social Care
  • 1.2 – Career Progression Options in Health and Social Care
  • 1.3 – Personal Skills What Do Health Care Professionals Need
  • Role of Health and Social Care Workers in Detail
  • Trainning
  • What Is Health and Social Care
  • 2.1 – Standards and Professional Development
  • 2.2 – Continuing Professional Development Within Health and Social Care
  • 2.3 – the Importance of Continuing Professional Development
  • Explain What Is Meant by Reflective Practice
  • What is Reflective Practice
  • Research and
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Explain Theoretical Models of Reflective Practice
  • Reflective Model According to Kolb+graham Gibbs – Reflective Cycle
  • Describe How Own Values
  • The Reflective Journal Thought Process
  • Reflect on Own Learning
  • Developing a Personal Development Plan (Pdp)
  • Personal Development Plan
  • Personal Development
  • SMART Goals

Course Curriculum

Unit 1 - Structure and Overview of the Health and Social Care Sector
Self Assessment
SAU_1_K_618_4167_3_50_12 00:00:00
Learners Manual
Unit Info 00:00:00
LO1 Understand the structure of health and social care provision 00:00:00
LO2 Understand health and social care provision for different ages and stages of life 00:00:00
LO3 Understand the different areas of specialism within health and social care 00:00:00
LO4 Understand issues in health and social care 00:00:00
Indicative Content 00:00:00
Support Materials
A quick guide to govt healthy eating update 00:00:00
Current issues in the provision of health and social care 00:00:00
Equality and Diversity 00:00:00
Health and Care Structures 00:00:00
Health and social care needs during a lifetime 00:00:00
Health issues in UK 00:00:00
Measuring Health Inequalities 00:00:00
Roles 00:00:00
Services 00:00:00
UK Health Sector 00:00:00
Unit 2: Principles, Values and Regulation in the Health and Social Care Sector
Self Assessment
SAU_2_M_618_4168_3_60_10 00:00:00
Learners Manual
Unit Info 00:00:00
LO1 Understand current policy on health and social care 00:00:00
LO2 Understand legislation and guidance which impact on the provision and practice of health and social care 00:00:00
LO3 Understand the principles and values that underpin the provision of care 00:00:00
Indicative Content 00:00:00
Support Materials
Consequences of Health & Safety Non-compliance 00:00:00
Conventions, Legislation and Regulations 00:00:00
Dignity and Human Rights 00:00:00
Health and Social Care Funding 00:00:00
Health and Social Care Sector and Economy 00:00:00
Healthcare Record Keeping Standards and Guidance 00:00:00
Immigration policy for health and social care 00:00:00
Impacts of Policy 00:00:00
Introducing-the-6cs 00:00:00
Policies on Health and Social Care 00:00:00
Principles of Health and Social Care 00:00:00
Promoting the Principles 00:00:00
Staff Regulation 00:00:00
Unit 3 - Human Growth and Development
Self Assessment
SAU_3_T_618_4169_3_28_5 00:00:00
Learners Manual
Unit Info 00:00:00
Lo1 Know Stages of Growth and Development Throughout the Human Lifespan 00:00:00
Lo2 Understand Potential Effects of Life Factors and Events on Growth and Development 00:00:00
Lo3 Understand Physical and Psychological Changes of Ageing 00:00:00
Lo4 Understand the Effect of Transitions and Significant Life Events 00:00:00
Indicative Content 00:00:00
Support Materials
Addressing Transition Phenomena in Healthcare Settings 00:00:00
Changes from Birth to Old Age 00:00:00
Changes That Occur in the Course of an Individual’s Life as a Result of Significant Life Events or Transitions 00:00:00
Factors Effecting Growth and Development 00:00:00
How the Challenges of Aging Can Affect Self-Esteem 00:00:00
Introducing-the-6cs 00:00:00
Illness, Focus, Achievements 00:00:00
Norms and Milestones 00:00:00
Physical and Psychological Changes Linked to Ageing 00:00:00
Potential Effects of Life Factors and Events on the Growth and Development of Individual 00:00:00
Safeguarding 00:00:00
Supporting Core Practice in Health and Social Care 00:00:00
The 6Cs 00:00:00
The Human Life Cycle 00:00:00
Transitions and Significant Life Eevents Across the Life Stages 00:00:00
Transitions Why It’s So Important for Social Workers to Be on Time 00:00:00
Unit 4 - Working in Health and Social Care
Self Assessment
SAU_4_J_615_2004_3_90_15 00:00:00
Learners Manual
Unit Info 00:00:00
Lo1 Understand Person Centred Working 00:00:00
Lo2 Understand the Use of Effective Communication in Health and Social Care Provision 00:00:00
Lo3 Know How to Reduce the Spread of Infection 00:00:00
Lo4 Understand Working Relationships in Health and Social Care 00:00:00
Lo5 Understand the Principles of Care Planning 00:00:00
Lo6 understand the Safe Administration of Medication 00:00:00
Indicative Content 00:00:00
Support Materials
Actions and Support 00:00:00
Administration of Medicines 00:00:00
Adverse Reaction of Drugs 00:00:00
An Introduction to Communication 00:00:00
Advocacy in Social Care 00:00:00
Barriers to Communication 00:00:00
Care Plan 00:00:00
Causes and Spread of Infection 00:00:00
Clinical-Waste-Disposal-Procedure 00:00:00
Communication and Language Needs and Preferences 00:00:00
Confidentiality 00:00:00
Decision Making in Personalised Care 00:00:00
Diseases and Infections 00:00:00
Electronic Storage Systems 00:00:00
Explain Why It Is Important to Have Secure Systems for Recording and Storing Information in a Care Setting 00:00:00
Good Practices for Infection Prevention and Control 00:00:00
Handling Information 00:00:00
Individual Care Planning 00:00:00
Infection Control and Prevention Standard Precautions 00:00:00
Infection Control and Prevention 00:00:00
Infection Prevention and Control Assurance – SOP 4 – Reporting incidents of infection to PHE or the Local Authority 00:00:00
Infection Prevention and Control Assurance – SOP 7 – Decontamination 00:00:00
Infection 00:00:00
Introducing-the-6cs 00:00:00
Key Factors for Infection Occurence 00:00:00
Laws, Regulations, and Infection Prevention 00:00:00
Localised vs Systemic Infections 00:00:00
Maintaining Records 00:00:00
Manage Common Drug Side Effects 00:00:00
Medication Risk Assesmsent Guidance 00:00:00
Manual Storage System 00:00:00
Meantal Health and Capacity 00:00:00
Monitor the Condition of Individuals 00:00:00
Medications 00:00:00
Monitoring of Medication 00:00:00
Necessity of Communication in Health and Social Care 00:00:00
OTC Drugs 00:00:00
Partnership Working in Health and Social Care 00:00:00
Person Centred Approach Stated in the Adult Care Act 2014 00:00:00
Person Centred Approach 00:00:00
Person-centred Care 00:00:00
Person-Centred Values 00:00:00
Rights Of Medication Administration 00:00:00
Positive Risk Taking 00:00:00
Policies, Procedures, and Legislation 00:00:00
Priciples Related to Specific Situations 00:00:00
Promoting Rights 00:00:00
Reduce the Abuse 00:00:00
Roles 00:00:00
Safe Medication 00:00:00
Safeguarding 00:00:00
Secure Handling of Information in Care Settings 00:00:00
Services 00:00:00
Side Effects of Medicine 00:00:00
Spread of Infection 00:00:00
Storage, Distribution and Disposal 00:00:00
Strategies for Overcoming Communication Barriers 00:00:00
Support and Response 00:00:00
Types of Communication 00:00:00
Understand Person-centred Working 00:00:00
Understand Relationships 00:00:00
Understanding Person Centred Working 00:00:00
What is the Person Centred Approach 00:00:00
Working Relationships in Health and Social Care 00:00:00
Unit 5 - Research in Health and Social Care
Self Assessment
SAU_5_M_618_4171_3_55_10 00:00:00
Learners Manual
Unit Info 00:00:00
Lo1 Understand the Role of Research and Different Approaches in Health and Social Care Practice 00:00:00
Lo2 Know How to Identify and Justify a Topic for Research Within Services for Health and Social Care 00:00:00
Lo3 Be Able to Complete a Research Project in Health and Social Care 00:00:00
Indicative Content 00:00:00
Support Materials
Research and Evidence-Based Practice 00:00:00
Complete a Research Project 00:00:00
Identify and Justify a Topic for Research 00:00:00
Research 00:00:00
Unit 6: Personal and Professional Development in the Health and Social Care Sector
Self Assessment
SAU_6_T_618_4172_3_30_8 00:00:00
Learners Manual
Unit Info 00:00:00
Suggested Resources 00:00:00
Lo1 Understand Career and Progression Opportunities in the Health and Social Care Sector 00:00:00
Lo2 Understand Professional Development in Health and Social Care 00:00:00
Lo3 Understand How Reflective Practice Supports Personal and Professional Development 00:00:00
Lo4 Understand How to Plan Own Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care 00:00:00
Indicative Content 00:00:00
Support Materials
1.1 – Working in Social Care 00:00:00
1.2 – Career Progression Options in Health and Social Care 00:00:00
1.3 – Personal Skills What Do Health Care Professionals Need 00:00:00
Role of Health and Social Care Workers in Detail 00:00:00
Trainning 00:00:00
What Is Health and Social Care 00:00:00
2.1 – Standards and Professional Development 00:00:00
2.2 – Continuing Professional Development Within Health and Social Care 00:00:00
2.3 – the Importance of Continuing Professional Development 00:00:00
Explain What Is Meant by Reflective Practice 00:00:00
What is Reflective Practice 00:00:00
Research and Evidence-Based Practice 00:00:00
Explain Theoretical Models of Reflective Practice 00:00:00
Reflective Model According to Kolb+graham Gibbs – Reflective Cycle 00:00:00
Describe How Own Values 00:00:00
The Reflective Journal Thought Process 00:00:00
Reflect on Own Learning 00:00:00
Developing a Personal Development Plan (Pdp) 00:00:00
Personal Development Plan 00:00:00
Personal Development 00:00:00
SMART Goals 00:00:00
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