Health and Social Care

Barnet and Southgate College has established an excellent reputation for its health and social care courses. This area of work is a rewarding career offering a wide variety of working environments

There is a huge variety of work within the health and social care sector, from nursing to childcare, and from social work to pharmacy. With ninety-five billion pounds spent each year on NHS England alone, good managers are as vital as good clinicians. The sector is increasingly in the spotlight, there is growing recognition of the central role it plays.

Health and Social Care Courses (Click Below)

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Level 2 NCFE CACHE Diploma in Care (Mature students) Colindale Campus

OUR DEPARTMENT

At Barnet and Southgate College, we offer a range of full and part time courses to enable you to take your career further, whether you are just leaving school or returning to education

We have excellent links with NHS trusts and other healthcare employers to help you get the best experience possible before finishing your course.

In order to help your career progression, most of our courses involve a considerable degree of work experience, which the College can assist you in finding. The exact amount of work experience required for each course will vary, but you can discuss this with tutors at your interview.

Courses for 16-18 year olds

The full-time courses on this page are mainly for students aged 16-18. BTEC courses are designed as a more vocational pathway to higher education or employment, and the starting level depends on students' achieved grades. We recommend you apply for the course that fits your predicted or achieved grades (entry requirements are listed on the course pages under the tab : WHAT QUALIFICATIONS OR EXPERIENCE DO I NEED?). Apply now to study next September - a tutor will make sure you are on the right course and level at your interview.

Barnet and Southgate College guarantees to place every student on a suitable course. If you don’t meet the entry criteria for one course, we will find you another suitable study programme to help you progress and achieve your ambitions.

Courses for Adults

Part-time courses listed on this page are mainly for adult learners (with exception to the Access to Higher Education courses), and are designed to fit in with your commitments and schedules. Courses start at various times throughout the year, and we recommend you choose and apply for your part-time course as soon as possible and begin your journey with Barnet and Southgate College. We will ensure that you are put onto the perfect course for your aspirations and learning level.

THE SECTOR

Health and social care employs around four million people across the UK – two thirds in health and the other third in social care. In London, there is one health worker for every thirty-four residents and one health establishment for every 1,000 people. Education employs around 2.7 million people. There is also a strong local labour market with 20,000 people employed in the sector in Barnet, Enfield and Haringey.

Health and social care workers are much in demand, as an example, in one month there were 248 jobs listed at Jobcentre Plus in health and social work in Barnet, Enfield and Haringey and 83 in education. In London as a whole, there were 2,334 vacancies for health and social care and a further 1,380 for education roles. There are many types of jobs within these vacancies. For example, 45 vacancies for education assistants, 10 for ambulance staff and 360 for care assistants and home carers. Enfield was looking for 11 social workers and two social work managers.

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Mayor's School Academy - Health And Social Care

We're pleased to be awarded a Mayor's Skills Academies Quality Mark for Health and Social Care. It's great to be working with The Mayor of London on his mission to help Londoners into good work, through providing high-quality skills provision in priority sectors.