Principal Learning (learning you have to do):
This covers all you need to know about society, health and development at the level you’re studying. You’ll cover all four sectors: health, adult social care, the children’s workforce and community justice. It will teach you about skills that are important to work successfully in these areas: problem solving, team-working, communication and creative thinking. You could for example, learn about infection prevention control, the role of play in learning, or how to handle ethical dilemmas.
Additional and specialist learning (options you can choose):
You can take specialist courses in society, health and development as part of your Diploma. You can also choose to do a GCSE or A level in subjects like biology or chemistry, which might be useful for a university course. You can also pick subjects to do with a hobby like art, languages or history.
Functional Skills (curriculum subjects):
You’ll still do English, maths and ICT as part of your Diploma course. You’ll need them to get your Diploma qualification, and for whatever you go on to do next.
Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills
These are skills like team-working, creative thinking and self-management. You’ll need them for life, study and work, and they’ll help you to be a success whatever you do in the future.
Work Experience
On your Diploma course you’ll get to do at least 10 days’ work experience. It’s a great way to use the skills you’ve learnt in the classroom, and see what work is really like. You could do anything, from spending time with a childcare agency to a health practitioner - perhaps a physiotherapist or nutritionist. Advanced Diploma students must do 20 days' learning in two different work settings related to the sectors covered by the SHD Diploma, as there are so many different areas to explore.
Student Project
You can do your project about anything you like because you choose the topic, and how you’re going to present your work. You’ll need to show all the things you’ve learnt on your Diploma course, but what you do it on is up to you. It could be a written piece of work, like a report; an investigation or something practical. Like ways to make your local youth club more exciting and easy to get to for young people with different backgrounds and abilities.
For more information please contact course information:
Enfield Centre Course Information
020 8372 7600
courseinformation@enfield.ac.uk
Tottenham Centre Course Information
020 8442 3055
courseinfo@staff.conel.ac.uk