Whether you’re looking after children, the elderly or people with specific social needs, working in the caring professions can be a very rewarding and challenging career choice. The courses in this faculty are designed to give you all the skills and qualifications you need to get started and progress in this field. Futures College is able to deliver Care training courses throughout the care industry that can be individually tailored to your requirements in house or at a local venue.

With our NVQ in Health and Social Care, you get the chance to prove how good you are at your job. There's plenty of help if you need to improve on anything, and there are no exams to sit. Then once you're qualified, people will recognize your abilities straight away. And that can only help increase your opportunities - at work and in life in general. With increasing legislation, monitoring and assessment of the caring professions, having the right skills and qualifications is becoming essential. Hence, our courses are designed to help you develop the knowledge and skills required – and to give you nationally-recognized qualifications to prove it.

COURSE STRUCTURE

• Basic Food Hygiene

• Mental Capacity Act 2007

• Mental Health Award

• Moving and Handling people

• Protection of Vulnerable Adults

• Fire Safety for Domiciliary Care

• Risk Assessment

• First Aid for Carers

• Food Hygiene Awareness

• Health and Safety

• Infection Control

• No specific requirements. 

At the end of each course there is a written exam.

This Course equips the individual to work confidently as care assistant in care Homes such as Nursing Homes, Residential Homes, Hospitals as well as domiciliary care settings. After this Level a candidate may wish to progress onto Level 2 in Care.