Health and Social Care
Welcome
If you've thought about working in health and social care sector such as nursing, midwifery, counselling or teaching, these courses are the right choice for you.
You'll learn everything from nutrition and complementary therapies to how to deal with challenging behaviour and health education.
We also offer an apprenticeship where you'll get real hands-on experience in real working environments and is a great way of getting in to employment.
Our courses
Studying health and social care courses can lead to interesting, exciting and rewarding career opportunities. It's a continually developing sector which means there's a wide range of job opportunities.
All of our courses are taught by qualified teachers with lots of experience so you can be sure you'll be learning what you need to get the job you want.
Where you'll study
You'll be based at the fantastic Devonshire Campus in Buxton which has some great facilities:
- Modern computer suite
- Extensive library collection
- Bistro and social area
- Student shop
- the Dome Fine Dining Restaurant and training kitchens
- On site spa, hairdressing and beauty therapy training salons.
The best for you
- You can study part or full time and go on work placements. This means that you'll gain valuable work experience, developing the knowledge and confidence you need whilst putting the theory you've learned from the classroom into practice.
- You'll have the opportunity to take specialist units and go into the areas that interest you, in more depth.
- During the course there'll be lots of fun and interactive group sessions and team building exercises.
Your future is important to us
You'll gain a nationally recognisable qualification and you can go on and study at degree level at university if you want to.
What our students think
- 96% of our students think that our tutors are good at explaining things.
- 95% of our students say that our tutors provide good guidance and support.
Taken from the Further Education mid-course questionnaire comparison report 2006-2010.
