Confirm occupational competence and/or ‘licence to practice’
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Gateway Qualifications offers a range of innovative, flexible and dynamic vocational qualifications that are valued and meaningful and which will develop the skills necessary to gain employment or to progress through further study.
Learners must achieve a minimum of 65 credits with at least 37 credits at level 3 or above. This includes all units from the mandatory group totalling 45 credits. The remaining credits must be taken from the optional group with only a maximum of 16 credits taken at level 2.
Optional units selected must be appropriate to the apprentice role.
Learners must achieve 45 credits from the mandatory group.
Learners must achieve at least 20 credits from the optional group.
See assessment principles.
See assessment principles.
The qualification forms part of the mandatory requirements of the Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship Standard. The Standard was facilitated by Skills for Health and in partnership with Health Education England, unions and professional bodies.
The Standard sets out the requirements for 6 occupational areas and each specifies the qualification and endpoint assessment requirements.
This qualification meets the on programme requirements for:
Option 1 – Senior HCSW (Adult Nursing Support)
Option 4 – Senior HCSW (Mental Health Support)
Option 6 – Senior HCSW (Allied Health Profession - Therapy Support).
It may be delivered as part of an apprenticeship or as a standalone qualification.
Senior Healthcare Support Workers help registered practitioners deliver healthcare services to people. An experienced support worker, will carry out a range of clinical and non-clinical healthcare or therapeutic tasks, under the direct or indirect supervision of the registered healthcare practitioner. They provide high quality, compassionate healthcare, following standards, policies or protocols and always act within the limits of their competence. They may work in a range of services eg hospital, community, health or day case unit, someone’s home, nursing or care home, assessment centre, hospice, school, prison, GP surgery, charity or voluntary organisation; working in partnership with individuals, families, carers and other service providers.
This qualification replaces the current qualification for the Health and Social Care SASE framework and any new apprentices will require this qualification as part of the Senior Healthcare Support Worker standards for the new trailblazer apprenticeship.
This qualification is a mandatory part of training programme for apprentices prior to completing end point assessment. The optional units can support end point assessment for the following options: adult nursing support, mental health support, allied health profession – therapy support.
After a period of working and gaining experience, learners may be able to work towards an Assistant Practitioner or Nursing Associate post or, providing they meet the entry requirements, apply to university to become a registered healthcare practitioner.
The qualification enables the learner to achieve the core NOS identified in the Skills for Health specification for a senior healthcare support worker: Communication, Person development, Values and behaviours, Health and wellbeing, Responsibilities, Safeguarding.
After a period of working and gaining experience, you may be able to work towards an Assistant Practitioner or Nursing Associate post or, providing you meet the entry requirements, apply to university to become a registered healthcare practitioner.
There are now two main sources for funding information, a straightforward ESFA Qualification Search and the more detailed Find a Learning Aim website.
The new Find a learning aim (FALA) service provides a search tool that you can use to check the funding status of any qualification, framework, unit, standard or T Level:
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The Education and Skills Funding Agency search provides funding information on qualifications. It does not provide funding information for units, non-regulated activity and work placements, for this information please use Find a learning aim (FALA).
View this qualification on the ESFA Qualification Funding Search
If you’re not sure how to use the new find a learning aim website, we’ve created a handy walkthrough to help you:
How to Use: Find a learning Aim
This qualification is included in the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) National Skills Fund level 3 offer for adults.
Qualifications included in the National Skills Fund – level 3 adult offer will be fully funded from April 2021 for any adult aged 24 and over who wants to achieve their first full level 3 qualification.
A funding uplift is provided for the level 3 adult offer based on guided learning hours which is based on the following:
We have done our best to collate and summarise the key information, and wherever possible we alert our providers to changes in funding policy.
This funding information is provided in good faith and it is always advisable to check directly with the funding agencies before committing to delivery.