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Types of apprenticeships With more than 350 different NHS careers, there are hundreds of different jobs which can be done through an apprenticeship.

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Coming to Cheshire College is an experience that will stay with you forever. It's not just about lessons, it's about forming new friendships, trying new experiences, gaining in confidence and acquiring new skills.

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Its just the beginning - Cheshire College South & West

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Your future starts here, and we can't wait to welcome you to Cheshire College South & West. With state-of-the-art facilities and amazing student support, we know you've made the right choice.

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Further education courses - Newcastle Under Lyme

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Further education courses - Newcastle Under Lyme

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NSCG, part of Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group, we are Staffordshire’s leading General Further Education College, with pass rates and student achievement rates amongst the best in the country.

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With over 350 different careers in the NHS, there's a role for everyone. Explore the range of opportunities available.

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Social care is about providing physical, emotional and social support to help people live their lives. For various reasons and at different stages in their lives, some people need support to develop and maintain their independence, dignity and control.

Social care provides a whole range of services to support adults and older people.

If you work in social care, you could help people in their own homes, in residential homes or in a number of other places such as day centres or supported housing.

Working in social care

Working in social care means supporting people with their non-clinical needs, although there is an important crossover between working in health and working in social care.

The social care sector employs 1.48 million people and will have half a million extra jobs available by 2030.

1.54 million people currently work in the social care sector. Because of the increasing number of disabled younger adults living longer and the growing number of older people needing care, adult social care is growing and the sector needs another half a million jobs, and people to do them, by 2035.

You could help people in their own homes, in residential homes or in a number of other places such as day centres or supported housing.

Health and social care working together

Many staff now work in roles that cover both health and social care, and the values and qualities needed are very similar.

The Government has set out the need for the health and social care sectors to develop new integrated care models to promote health and wellbeing and provide care. In the future, this could mean your career crossing both sectors in new and exciting roles.

Several methods are in place across the country to develop and promote these new ways of working, such as:

providing key skills training for health staff so they can assess mental health wellbeing

training for physiotherapists so they can undertake dementia assessments

enhancing the competencies of care home staff so they can support clinical and non-clinical professionals

ways of encouraging closer working and learning between primary and community-based nursing teams

See the Health Education England website for more information.

A range of options

There are many different types of social care career options to choose from. For example, you could:

The opportunities available

Visit the Think Care Careers website for details of the roles and progression available in social care, which include:

care worker

personal assistant

social worker

community support and outreach worker

supervisors and managers

occupational therapist

activities coordinator

technician

administration

support staff such as cleaning staff, chef and driver

You can also see how to develop in these roles, from entry level to senior manager.

Click on the Health Careers links below to see some of the health roles that work closely with or are also employed in social care settings:

If you work in a health or social care role, you're making a positive difference to someone's life. You'll need good communication and listening skills, and feel passionate about supporting other people to live a more independent and fulfilling life.

You can gain an enormous sense of personal achievement from simply knowing that your job is helping people. It's about making a positive difference to people's lives by contributing to their health, happiness and wellbeing.

These are just some of the qualities you need to be a great care worker:

treat people with respect and dignity

be a good listener and communicator

be reliable

be able to follow instructions and procedures

have an understanding of other people's feelings

Visit the Skills for Care websitefor more information about the values that employers are looking for. And have a look at the Health Careers Recruiting for values page to see how the above qualities compare to those needed to work in health.

Find out more

Visit the Think Care Careers website for more information about working in social care. The site will show you the types of role you can choose from, the skills and qualifications you'll need, and the different pathways and progression routes available.

Have a look at the explore roles section of this website to see which health roles cross over with social care.

Take the A question of care challenge to see what a career in care is like and if you've got what it takes.

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Working in social care Working in social care means supporting people with their non-clinical needs, although there is an important crossover between working in health and working in social care. 1.54 million people currently work in the social care sector.

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The Tech Award gives learners the opportunity to develop applied knowledge in the following areas: ● the life stages and key characteristics in the physical, intellectual, emotional and social (PIES) development classifications and the different factors that can affect an individual’s growth and development ● different life events and how individuals can adapt or be supported through changes caused by life events ● health and social care conditions, how they can be managed by the individual and the different health and social care services that are available ● the barriers and obstacles an individual may encounter and how these can be overcome ● the skills, attributes and values required to give care and how these benefit the individual ● how factors can affect an individual’s current health and wellbeing ● how physiological indicators and an individual’s lifestyle choices determine physical health ● the use of the person-centred approach ● recommendations and actions to improving health and wellbeing and the barriers or obstacles individuals may face when following recommendations and the support available to overcome.

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Health and social care is one of the fastest growing sectors in the UK with demand for both health and social care employees continuously rising. In 2019/20, the adult social care sector contributed approximately £41.2 billion a year to the UK economy. Social care employees, such as care assistants and social workers work with individuals to support them to be as independent as possible in their own homes, in care homes or nursing homes. Healthcare employees, such as doctors, pharmacists, nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants and physiotherapists, work with individuals to enhance their quality of life by improving their health. Approximately 3 million people are currently employed in the sector. In 2019, it was estimated that by 2035 approximately 2.17 million health and social care job vacancies will need to be filled. Study of this sector at Key Stage 4 will complement GCSE study through providing an opportunity for practical application alongside conceptual study. There are also strong opportunities for post-16 progression in this important sector.

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BTEC Tech Award Level 1/2 Health and Social Care September 2022 course. 

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BTEC Tech Award Level 1/2 Health and Social Care September 2022 course. 

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As this is a new course there is only a sample paper (click on image above) plus one paper taken in January 2024 (of which the mark scheme will be available after the January results are published). Additional papers will be added once available.

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Component 3 Sample paper 2 and mark scheme

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January 2024 Component 3 question paper