UK courses by subject
Health and social care
16 regulated courses in health and social care, from 12 awarding bodies.
Care work, and the judgement it takes to do it well when the right answer depends entirely on the person in front of you.
Before the list
The course is the same wherever you take it. The teaching is not.
These run from Entry Level to Level 7, and most of them sit at Level 5. That tells you nothing about where YOU should start. Every health and social care course below is a regulated award, and the award is identical whoever you earn it with. What changes here is that you do it with a tutor that adapts to you, one to one, on the work you already have in front of you.
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It starts where you actually are
Not at the entry requirement. The first session works out what you can already do, which on a subject you have worked in for years is usually further along than the syllabus assumes, and it begins from there.
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It gives you as much as you can hold
How much anyone can take in at once is smaller than it feels, and it is not the same on a tired Thursday as on a clear Sunday. The size of a session moves with that instead of running to a fixed lesson length.
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It keeps it just hard enough
Easy is not the same as effective. Work that is slightly too hard is what makes it stick, so the difficulty is tuned to keep you there rather than dropped to keep you comfortable.
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It brings it back before you lose it
Forgetting a little and then pulling it back is what fixes something. What you covered in week two returns in week five, at the point it is starting to fade, without you having to plan any of it.
See the research See the teaching itself What Zavmo adds to a course
Who awards health and social care
The same subject, from every body on the register that offers it. Zavmo tutors any of them; the body you pick is the one whose award you end up holding.
- Highfield Qualifications Their site (opens in a new tab)
- Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd
- Innovate Awarding
- AABPS
- Ascentis Their site (opens in a new tab)
- Chartered Management Institute Their site (opens in a new tab)
- City and Guilds of London Institute Their site (opens in a new tab)
- Focus Awards Limited
- NCFE Their site (opens in a new tab)
- ProQual Awarding Body Their site (opens in a new tab)
- Qualifications Scotland
- Training Qualifications UK Ltd Their site (opens in a new tab)
Every health and social care course we hold
- Level 5 · AABPS AABPS Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (England) (QCF) View
- Entry Level · Ascentis Ascentis (AptEd) Entry level Diploma in Work Preparation for Health and Social Care (Entry 3) (QCF) View
- Level 5 · City and Guilds of London Institute City & Guilds Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (England) View
- Level 7 · Chartered Management Institute CMI Level 7 Diploma in Commissioning, Procurement and Contracting for Care Services (QCF) View
- Level 5 · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd FAQ Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF) View
- Level 5 · Future (Awards and Qualifications) Ltd FAQ Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (England) View
- Level 5 · Focus Awards Limited Focus Awards Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (England) (RQF) View
- Level 5 · Highfield Qualifications HABC Level 5 Diploma In Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (England) (QCF) View
- Level 5 · Highfield Qualifications Highfield Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (England) (RQF) View
- Level 5 · Highfield Qualifications Highfield Level 5 Diploma in Leading and Managing an Adult Care Service (RQF) View
- Level 5 · Innovate Awarding IAO Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care View
- Level 5 · Innovate Awarding IAO Level 5 Diploma In Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (England) View
- Level 5 · NCFE NCFE CACHE Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care Services (Northern Ireland) View
- Level 3 · ProQual Awarding Body ProQual Level 3 Certificate in Engaging with Offending Behaviour in a Criminal Justice or Social Care Setting (QCF) View
- Level 5 · Qualifications Scotland SQA Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (England) (QCF) View
- Level 5 · Training Qualifications UK Ltd TQUK Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF) View