Health & Social Care

Careers in health and Social Care can be deeply fulfilling, offering opportunities to make a real difference to the lives and welfare of other people.
 
Students studying a Health & Social Care course at Bolton College follow a comprehensive curriculum, including units such as:

• Communication and information sharing
• Partnership working
• Health, wellbeing and lifestyle
• Growth, development and healthy living
• Safeguarding and protecting individuals
• Supporting children and young people
• Patient centred health care
• Personal and professional development in the work environment 

Practical, work-related learning underpins all our Health & Social Care training. Links forged in the local community enable us to provide a broad range of work placements that offer students stimulating opportunities to gain real life experience working with people with complex needs and from different ethnic backgrounds.
Completing a Health & Social Care training course could lead to a career in:

• Healthcare
• Nursing
• Social work
• Teaching
• Youth work
• Working in a nursing home/residential care home.

We offer courses at all levels from Entry Level, through to Level 1 Foundation Diploma and Level 2 Higher Diploma courses, to the Level 3 Extended Diploma. So, whatever your past achievements, we'll be able to find the right level of course for you. Our success rates are outstanding and we have a variety of support services to ensure you progress in your learning.
 
All our Health & Social Care training is taught at our Deane Road Campus in the centre of Bolton. The campus is conveniently located for students travelling from Manchester and throughout Lancashire.