Health & Social Care - Level 3

Course summary

Health & Social Care (often abbreviated to HSC or H&SC) is a course that relates to services that are available from health and social care providers. This is a generic term used to refer to the whole of the healthcare provision infrastructure, public and private sector. WHAT WILL I STUDY? This course covers combined elements of psychology, sociology, biology, nutrition, law, and ethics. Typically, students of Health and Social Care will have a work placement alongside their academic studies, such as placements in a special educational needs setting, residential home, hospital or other care establishments.