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Health and Social Care

Our Professional Skills Qualifications are designed to introduce you to the Health and Social Care sector

Providing the skills, knowledge and expertise needed to help you thrive in your chosen specialism, as well as supporting your overall Health and Wellbeing.

From expert tutors and state of the art facilities, our programmes are designed to enrich your learning experience and give you an advantage in your chosen career.

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Health and Social Care

Introduction to Food Safety

This session is designed to prepare learners for the accredited L2 Food Safety in Catering Award. Learners will utilise Moodle to access online course materials. The course will highlight the requirements of organisations to maintain safe food production and provision. Topics will include an introduction to cross-contamination, cooking, chilling and cleaning practices. Upon completion, learners ...

THU 27/02/2025
09:30 to 12:30
1 weeks

FREE to Lancashire Residents

10 Places Remaining

Level 1 An Introduction to Working in Counselling

This programme is for learners who want to develop the skills needed to recognise and prevent radicalisation and extremism. Learners will learn about the principles of safeguarding and about the importance of the prevent duty and British values in society. Understanding safeguarding and prevention at level 2 can benefit the wider safeguarding practices within the workplace. These may be learners...

Waterside Centre Accrington

WED 23/04/2025
09:30 to 12:30
11 weeks

20 Places Remaining

Level 1 An Introduction to Working in Health and Social Care

This qualification aims to develop learner’s knowledge and skills in the area of children and young people’s mental health. Learners will develop their understanding of the factors that can affect mental health and a range of conditions experienced by children and young people. These may be learners who wish to access this training with a view to progressing to further qualifications or emplo...

Waterside Centre Accrington

FRI 10/01/2025
09:30 to 12:30
12 weeks

This course is now full

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Waterside Centre Accrington

THU 24/04/2025
09:30 to 12:30
11 weeks

20+ Places Remaining

Level 2 Counselling Pathway (daytime and evening classes available)

This qualification will introduce learners to using counselling skills and personal development. The course is useful for anyone who would like to develop their use of counselling skills for use in either work or a personal capacity. This qualification does not qualify learners to practise as a counsellor.

Accrington & Rossendale College

FRI 17/01/2025
09:30 to 16:00
11 weeks

10 Places Remaining

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Waterside Centre Accrington

FRI 25/04/2025
09:30 to 16:00
11 weeks

18 Places Remaining

Level 2 Mental Health Pathway (CYP) - Children and Young People

The awarding body for this qualification is Cache and it will be accredited through Lancashire Adult Learning. This qualification is designed for a wide range of learners who wish to understand the approaches to care and support of those with mental health problems. This qualification aims to raise awareness of: · The role of the mental health worker · The process and approaches involved in t...

Waterside Centre Accrington

WED 08/01/2025
09:30 to 12:30
16 weeks

11 Places Remaining

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Level 2 Mental Health Pathway - Mental Health Awareness

Waterside Centre Accrington

TUE 14/01/2025
13:00 to 16:00
16 weeks

10 Places Remaining

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Level 2 SEN Pathway - Certificate in Understanding Autism

Waterside Centre Accrington

TUE 14/01/2025
09:30 to 12:30
16 weeks

11 Places Remaining

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Level 2 Substance Misuse Pathway

This level 2 qualification has been designed to give learners an understanding of how to recognise and respond to substance misuse, solvents and volatile substance misuse, and options and interventions for those affected by substance misuse.

Waterside Centre Accrington

THU 30/01/2025
09:30 to 12:30
16 weeks

This course is now full

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Level 3 Certificate in Understanding Autism

Lancashire Adult Learning

15/09/2025
to
28 weeks

20+ Places Remaining

Level 3 Diploma in Counselling Skills (daytime and evening classes available)

This Diploma aims to provide learners with in-depth knowledge of the use of counselling skills in everyday life and work and the approaches that underpin the use of these skills. This qualification does not qualify learners to practise as a counsellor. Learners on this course come with three different main aims. • To progress onto a first degree or other higher education course within the fie...

Accrington & Rossendale College

15/09/2025
to
30 weeks

20+ Places Remaining

Accrington & Rossendale College

15/09/2025
to
30 weeks

20+ Places Remaining