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ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care

ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care

Start your health and social care career with an Ofqual-regulated, A Level-equivalent qualification. Study online, with no exams.

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Overview of ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care

If you are looking to build a career in the Health and Social Care sector in the future, this course will provide you with a strong foundation. The ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care is a 60-credit qualification that is equivalent to an A Level or Access to Higher Education (HE) qualification.

This internationally recognised qualification helps learners develop the essential knowledge and practical understanding needed for the Health and Social Care sector. Even if you do not have traditional entry qualifications, this diploma can still provide a strong pathway to further study in Health and Social Care and support your progression into higher education.

The ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care has been designed to provide learners with a strong foundation in the key principles and practices of the Health and Social Care sector.

Throughout the course, you will explore a wide range of essential topics, including:

The structure and purpose of Health and Social Care services
Professional values and ethical practice
Human growth and development
Research and academic skills
Teamwork and effective communication
Personal and professional development

Each unit is structured in a clear and learner-friendly way, allowing you to build your knowledge step by step. The course combines both theoretical understanding and practical approaches, helping you develop the skills needed to analyse problems, make informed decisions, and apply your learning in Health and Social Care settings.

This qualification provides a strong starting point for anyone planning to start a career in Health and Social Care, as well as for those already working in support-based roles who want to enhance their knowledge and progress further.

As an ATHE qualification regulated by Ofqual (UK), this diploma is widely recognised and can support progression to further study, higher education, and employment opportunities within the Health and Social Care sector.

If you are looking for a flexible, recognised, and career-focused qualification, this course will help you gain the knowledge, confidence, and skills needed to take the next step in your educational or professional journey.

Disclaimer

The Institute of Mental Health (IOMH) offers this qualification as a reseller in partnership with One Education, which is the main approved centre responsible for delivering and awarding this course.

Guided Learning Hours (GLH)

Qualification Structure for ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care

Total Qualification Time (TQT)

This qualification is part of ATHE’s International Access Programme (IAP), a suite of Level 3 qualifications. Each qualification within the programme carries 60 credits, and learners may choose to study one or more qualifications from the suite.

Accreditation

The ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care is an Ofqual-regulated qualification, ensuring it meets recognised UK quality standards and supports progression to further study and employment.

Certification

Upon successful completion of the course, learners will be awarded the ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care certificate.

Although the qualification is awarded by ATHE, One Education is the approved centre responsible for learner registration, certification, and issuing the final certificate. As IOMH delivers this course in partnership with One Education, all certificates will be processed and sent to learners through the approved centre.

Method of Assessment

This qualification is assignment-based, meaning there are no formal examinations.

All assessments are managed through the approved centre, One Education, including:

Based on the quality of the submitted assignments, learners will receive one of the following grades for each unit:

Who Is This Course for?

This qualification is suitable for:

Learners who want to begin a career in Health and Social Care
School leavers and adult learners seeking a recognised Level 3 qualification
Support workers and care staff who want to enhance their knowledge and skills
Learners planning to progress to higher-level study in Health and Social Care

It is suitable for learners in England and Northern Ireland who wish to build a strong foundation in the sector.

Entry Requirements

This qualification is designed for learners who are typically 16 years of age or above.

Applicants should meet one of the following academic and English language requirements:

Academic Qualification

English Language Proficiency

Course Progression

After completing this qualification, learners may progress to:

Career Path

The ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care can support progression into a wide range of roles across care homes, community services, supported living, residential care, and healthcare settings.

Typical salaries in the UK vary depending on the employer, location, shift patterns, and level of experience. Entry-level roles often start at around £20,000 to £24,000 per year, while more experienced and specialist positions can rise to £25,000 to £32,000+. Senior, supervisory, and management roles may earn £35,000 to £45,000+ or more in some settings.

Possible job titles include:

Healthcare Assistant – typically £20,000 to £24,000
Care Assistant – typically £20,000 to £23,500
Support Worker – typically £20,000 to £25,000
Residential Support Worker – typically £21,000 to £25,500
Domiciliary Care Worker / Home Care Worker – typically £20,000 to £24,500
Community Support Worker – typically £21,000 to £26,000
Mental Health Support Worker – typically £22,000 to £27,000
Learning Disabilities Support Worker – typically £21,000 to £26,500
Rehabilitation Support Worker – typically £22,000 to £27,500
Nursing Assistant / Nursing Support Worker – typically £21,000 to £26,000
Activities Coordinator – typically £21,000 to £26,000
Day Centre Support Worker – typically £20,000 to £25,000
Personal Assistant in Care Settings – typically £20,000 to £24,000
Family Support Worker – typically £22,000 to £28,000
Health and Social Care Assistant – typically £20,000 to £24,500
Senior Care Assistant – typically £24,000 to £29,000
Senior Support Worker – typically £24,000 to £30,000

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Course Curriculum

Induction form
	Induction Form	00:05:00
Registration Entry Form
	Registration Entry Form	00:00:00
Unit 1 - Structure and Overview of the Health and Social Care Sector
Self Assessment
	SAU_1_K_618_4167_3_50_12	00:10:00
Learners Manual
	Unit Info	00:10:00
	Suggested Resources	00:10:00
	LO1 Understand the structure of health and social care provision	00:30:00
	LO2 Understand health and social care provision for different ages and stages of life	00:40:00
	LO3 Understand the different areas of specialism within health and social care	00:20:00
	LO4 Understand issues in health and social care	00:20:00
	Indicative Content	00:30:00
Support Materials
	A quick guide to govt healthy eating update	00:20:00
	Current issues in the provision of health and social care	00:20:00
	Equality and Diversity	00:20:00
	Health and Care Structures	00:20:00
	Health and social care needs during a lifetime	00:20:00
	Health issues in UK	00:20:00
	Measuring Health Inequalities	00:20:00
	Roles	00:20:00
	Services	00:20:00
	UK Health Sector	00:20:00
Assignment
	Assignment: Unit 1 – Structure and Overview of the Health and Social Care Sector (K_618_4167)	00:20:00
Unit 2: Principles, Values and Regulation in the Health and Social Care Sector
Self Assessment
	SAU_2_M_618_4168_3_60_10	00:00:00
Learners Manual
	Unit Info	00:45:00
	Suggested Resources	00:45:00
	LO1 Understand current policy on health and social care	00:40:00
	LO2 Understand legislation and guidance which impact on the provision and practice of health and social care	00:35:00
	LO3 Understand the principles and values that underpin the provision of care	00:32:00
	Indicative Content	00:20:00
Support Materials
	Consequences of Health & Safety Non-compliance	00:00:00
	Conventions, Legislation and Regulations	00:00:00
	Dignity and Human Rights	00:00:00
	Health and Social Care Funding	00:00:00
	Health and Social Care Sector and Economy	00:00:00
	Healthcare Record Keeping Standards and Guidance	00:00:00
	Immigration policy for health and social care	00:00:00
	Impacts of Policy	00:00:00
	Introducing-the-6cs	00:00:00
	Policies on Health and Social Care	00:00:00
	Principles of Health and Social Care	00:00:00
	Promoting the Principles	00:00:00
	Staff Regulation	00:00:00
Assignment
	Assignment: Unit 2 – Principles, Values and Regulation in the Health and Social Care Sector (M_618_4168)	00:00:00
Unit 3 - Human Growth and Development
Self Assessment
	SAU_3_T_618_4169_3_28_5	00:00:00
Learners Manual
	Unit Info	00:00:00
	Suggested Resources	00:00:00
	Lo1 Know Stages of Growth and Development Throughout the Human Lifespan	00:00:00
	Lo2 Understand Potential Effects of Life Factors and Events on Growth and Development	00:00:00
	Lo3 Understand Physical and Psychological Changes of Ageing	00:00:00
	Lo4 Understand the Effect of Transitions and Significant Life Events	00:00:00
	Indicative Content	00:00:00
Support Materials
	Addressing Transition Phenomena in Healthcare Settings	00:00:00
	Changes from Birth to Old Age	00:00:00
	Changes That Occur in the Course of an Individual’s Life as a Result of Significant Life Events or Transitions	00:00:00
	Factors Effecting Growth and Development	00:00:00
	How the Challenges of Aging Can Affect Self-Esteem	00:00:00
	Introducing-the-6cs	00:00:00
	Illness, Focus, Achievements	00:00:00
	Norms and Milestones	00:00:00
	Physical and Psychological Changes Linked to Ageing	00:00:00
	Potential Effects of Life Factors and Events on the Growth and Development of Individual	00:00:00
	Safeguarding	00:00:00
	Supporting Core Practice in Health and Social Care	00:00:00
	The 6Cs	00:00:00
	The Human Life Cycle	00:00:00
	Transitions and Significant Life Eevents Across the Life Stages	00:00:00
	Transitions Why It’s So Important for Social Workers to Be on Time	00:00:00
Assignment
	Assignment: Unit 3 – Human Growth and Development (T_618_4169)	00:00:00
Unit 4 - Working in Health and Social Care
Self Assessment
	SAU_4_J_615_2004_3_90_15	00:00:00
Learners Manual
	Unit Info	00:00:00
	Suggested Resources	00:00:00
	Lo1 Understand Person Centred Working	00:00:00
	Lo2 Understand the Use of Effective Communication in Health and Social Care Provision	00:00:00
	Lo3 Know How to Reduce the Spread of Infection	00:00:00
	Lo4 Understand Working Relationships in Health and Social Care	00:00:00
	Lo5 Understand the Principles of Care Planning	00:00:00
	Lo6 understand the Safe Administration of Medication	00:00:00
	Indicative Content	00:00:00
Support Materials
	Actions and Support	00:00:00
	Administration of Medicines	00:00:00
	Adverse Reaction of Drugs	00:00:00
	An Introduction to Communication	00:00:00
	Advocacy in Social Care	00:00:00
	Barriers to Communication	00:00:00
	Care Plan	00:00:00
	Causes and Spread of Infection	00:00:00
	Clinical-Waste-Disposal-Procedure	00:00:00
	Communication and Language Needs and Preferences	00:00:00
	Confidentiality	00:00:00
	Decision Making in Personalised Care	00:00:00
	Diseases and Infections	00:00:00
	Electronic Storage Systems	00:00:00
	Explain Why It Is Important to Have Secure Systems for Recording and Storing Information in a Care Setting	00:00:00
	Good Practices for Infection Prevention and Control	00:00:00
	Handling Information	00:00:00
	Individual Care Planning	00:00:00
	Infection Control and Prevention Standard Precautions	00:00:00
	Infection Control and Prevention	00:00:00
	Infection Prevention and Control Assurance – SOP 4 – Reporting incidents of infection to PHE or the Local Authority	00:00:00
	Infection Prevention and Control Assurance – SOP 7 – Decontamination	00:00:00
	Infection	00:00:00
	Introducing-the-6cs	00:00:00
	Key Factors for Infection Occurence	00:00:00
	Laws, Regulations, and Infection Prevention	00:00:00
	Localised vs Systemic Infections	00:00:00
	Maintaining Records	00:00:00
	Manage Common Drug Side Effects	00:00:00
	Medication Risk Assesmsent Guidance	00:00:00
	Manual Storage System	00:00:00
	Meantal Health and Capacity	00:00:00
	Monitor the Condition of Individuals	00:00:00
	Medications	00:00:00
	Monitoring of Medication	00:00:00
	Necessity of Communication in Health and Social Care	00:00:00
	OTC Drugs	00:00:00
	Partnership Working in Health and Social Care	00:00:00
	Person Centred Approach Stated in the Adult Care Act 2014	00:00:00
	Person Centred Approach	00:00:00
	Person-centred Care	00:00:00
	Person-Centred Values	00:00:00
	Rights Of Medication Administration	00:00:00
	Positive Risk Taking	00:00:00
	Policies, Procedures, and Legislation	00:00:00
	Priciples Related to Specific Situations	00:00:00
	Promoting Rights	00:00:00
	Reduce the Abuse	00:00:00
	Roles	00:00:00
	Safe Medication	00:00:00
	Safeguarding	00:00:00
	Secure Handling of Information in Care Settings	00:00:00
	Services	00:00:00
	Side Effects of Medicine	00:00:00
	Spread of Infection	00:00:00
	Storage, Distribution and Disposal	00:00:00
	Strategies for Overcoming Communication Barriers	00:00:00
	Support and Response	00:00:00
	Types of Communication	00:00:00
	Understand Person-centred Working	00:00:00
	Understand Relationships	00:00:00
	Understanding Person Centred Working	00:00:00
	What is the Person Centred Approach	00:00:00
	Working Relationships in Health and Social Care	00:00:00
Assignment
	Assignment: Unit 4 – Working in Health and Social Care (K_618_4170)	00:00:00
Unit 5 - Research in Health and Social Care
Self Assessment
	SAU_5_M_618_4171_3_55_10	00:00:00
Learners Manual
	Unit Info	00:00:00
	Suggested Resources	00:00:00
	Lo1 Understand the Role of Research and Different Approaches in Health and Social Care Practice	00:00:00
	Lo2 Know How to Identify and Justify a Topic for Research Within Services for Health and Social Care	00:00:00
	Lo3 Be Able to Complete a Research Project in Health and Social Care	00:00:00
	Indicative Content	00:00:00
Support Materials
	Research and Evidence-Based Practice	00:00:00
	Complete a Research Project	00:00:00
	Identify and Justify a Topic for Research	00:00:00
	Research	00:00:00
Assignment
	Assignment: Research in Health and Social Care	00:00:00
Unit 6: Personal and Professional Development in the Health and Social Care Sector
Self Assessment
	SAU_6_T_618_4172_3_30_8	00:00:00
Learners Manual
	Unit Info	00:00:00
	Suggested Resources	00:00:00
	Lo1 Understand Career and Progression Opportunities in the Health and Social Care Sector	00:00:00
	Lo2 Understand Professional Development in Health and Social Care	00:00:00
	Lo3 Understand How Reflective Practice Supports Personal and Professional Development	00:00:00
	Lo4 Understand How to Plan Own Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care	00:00:00
	Indicative Content	00:00:00
Support Materials
	1.1 – Working in Social Care	00:00:00
	1.2 – Career Progression Options in Health and Social Care	00:00:00
	1.3 – Personal Skills What Do Health Care Professionals Need	00:00:00
	Role of Health and Social Care Workers in Detail	00:00:00
	Trainning	00:00:00
	What Is Health and Social Care	00:00:00
	2.1 – Standards and Professional Development	00:00:00
	2.2 – Continuing Professional Development Within Health and Social Care	00:00:00
	2.3 – the Importance of Continuing Professional Development	00:00:00
	Explain What Is Meant by Reflective Practice	00:00:00
	What is Reflective Practice	00:00:00
	Research and Evidence-Based Practice	00:00:00
	Explain Theoretical Models of Reflective Practice	00:00:00
	Reflective Model According to Kolb+graham Gibbs – Reflective Cycle	00:00:00
	Describe How Own Values	00:00:00
	The Reflective Journal Thought Process	00:00:00
	Reflect on Own Learning	00:00:00
	Developing a Personal Development Plan (Pdp)	00:00:00
	Personal Development Plan	00:00:00
	Personal Development	00:00:00
	SMART Goals	00:00:00
Assignment
	Assignment: Personal and Professional Development in the Health and Social Care Sector	00:00:00
Assignment Submission Guideline
	Assignment Submission Guideline	00:00:00
Submit Your Assignment - ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care
	Submit Your Assignment – ATHE Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care	00:00:00