Start your rewarding career in Health and Social Care with an apprenticeship at Sandwell College. Whether working with adults, children, or vulnerable individuals, our apprenticeships offer opportunities across various sectors, from NHS roles to homecare.
With placements ranging from Adult Care Worker to Healthcare Support Worker, you’ll gain essential skills and knowledge to support people in need. You’ll also receive practical training in real-world settings, supported by experienced professionals.
By completing our apprenticeship, you’ll earn a nationally recognised qualification and valuable industry experience. Progress your career in health and social care, working in areas like care homes, hospitals, or community-based organisations.
View our vacancies and take the first step towards a fulfilling career dedicated to making a difference.
Sandwell College offers a range of school leaver courses in Health & Social Care, including Level 2 Diploma in Care, Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health & Social Care and T Levels and specialist healthcare pathways. Courses are designed to prepare students for university, apprenticeships, and careers in healthcare and care settings.
Depending on the course, you may study human growth and development, communication and person-centred care, safeguarding and wellbeing, mental health and psychology, anatomy and physiology. You’ll develop both practical skills and theoretical knowledge needed for healthcare careers.
Health & Social Care qualifications can lead to careers such as nurse (with further study), healthcare assistant, social worker, midwife, occupational therapist and support worker. Many students also progress into university or apprenticeships.
Yes, Level 3 qualifications carry UCAS points and can lead to university degrees such as Nursing, Midwifery, Social Work, Paramedic Science and Occupational Therapy. Always check specific university entry requirements.
Many courses include work placements, practical activities and industry-focused learning. This helps students develop confidence and understand real healthcare environments.
Health & Social Care courses are a mix of both. You’ll combine classroom learning, practical activities and assessments and real-life healthcare scenarios. This helps prepare students for both work and further study.
Yes, Health & Social Care is a popular route into nursing. A typical pathway would be: Health & Social Care course to university nursing degree to registered nurse. Many students use these qualifications to progress into healthcare professions.
You’ll develop communication and teamwork, caring and professional behaviours, problem-solving and empathy, understanding of health and wellbeing. These are highly valued skills across the healthcare sector.
Students benefit from specialist healthcare training environments, modern classrooms and practical learning spaces and simulated healthcare settings at the Midland Metropolitan Learning Campus at Sandwell College. Facilities are designed to reflect real healthcare and care environments.
No, many courses are suitable for beginners. You don’t usually need healthcare qualifications or work experience in care settings. An interest in helping people and working in healthcare is most important.
Requirements vary depending on the level studied.
Typically, Level 2 requires GCSE grades around 3-4 and Level 3 requires five GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English and Maths. Tutors can help advise on the best pathway for you.
Students benefit from practical, industry-focused learning, experienced tutors with healthcare knowledge, strong progression routes into university and careers and supportive learning environments. Courses are designed to help students build confidence, skills, and real-world healthcare knowledge.
Begin your career journey at Sandwell College. We can help you take the next step after you leave school with over 100 courses to choose from! Our courses will give you the skills and experience you need to succeed in your chosen career.
We can offer first class guidance and support to help you on your journey.
Our Open Days are a great opportunity for you to find out more about our inspirational facilities and talk to our knowledgeable tutors about the courses you like best.
Choose any subject from our A-Z list of School Leaver Courses below and get your career off to an amazing start!
We want to ensure the right level and type of support is in place for every one of our learners to be successful and treated as an individual. We believe that each student should be individually supported to grow and develop personally and professionally.
When you join us you’ll have access to a network of mentors and online 24/7 confidential counselling services for your emotional wellbeing, as well as a dedicated safeguarding team of staff, student-to-student safeguarding champions and your own personal tutor.
Sandwell College is the largest provider of 16-19 study programmes in the West Midlands, preparing learners for higher education, apprenticeships, and successful careers.