This is to develop students as professional, self-reflecting individuals able to meet the demands of employers in the health care sector and adapt to a constantly changing world. The qualifications aim to widen access to higher education and enhance the career prospects of those who undertake them.

*Recognised by the University of Wolverhampton to meet entry requirements towards a potential 2nd Year start on an Adult Nursing degree

What Can I Do with This? 
Lots of things! Not only does it open up more career opportunities for you and spruce up your CV massively, you are also able to progress onto a Nursing Course at university!

Potential Career Opportunities

• Senior Care Assistant (up to £22k annual salary)
• Senior Support Worker
• Integrated Support Worker (up to £25k annual salary)
• Care Navigator/Co-Ordinator (up to £25k annual salary)

The key purpose of Pearson BTEC Higher Nationals in Healthcare Practice is to progress and develop students as professional, qualified people who are able to meet the demands of employers in the healthcare sector and familiarise to a continuously varying practices in healthcare sector. This qualification aims to broaden access to higher education and improve career prospects of those individuals who undertake them.

Tuition Fee loan and Maintenance Loan for living costs are available for this course.

What’s a Tuition Fee loan?

A Tuition Fee Loan helps you to pay for your course. New full-time students can apply for a Tuition Fee Loan of up to £9,000 to cover the cost of tuition fees. The amount you can get doesn’t depend on your household income.

The maximum Tuition Fee Loan available to new students starting courses with private universities and colleges is £7,000. However, you’ll be able to apply for the same Maintenance Loan as other full-time students.

What’s a Maintenance Loan?

A Maintenance Loan helps towards your living costs, such as food, rent and books.

The amount you can borrow depends on your household income, your course and where you live and study.

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Per Academic Season

The loan is paid directly into your bank account at the start of each term. You have to pay the loan back.

	2022 to 2023  academic year	2023 to 2024 academic year
Living at home (with parents)	Up to £8.171	Up to £8,400
Living away from home, outside London	Up to £9,706	Up to £9,978
Living away from home, in London	Up to £12,667	Up to £13,022
You spend a year of a UK course studying abroad	Up to £11,116	Up to £11,427

If you’re 60 or over on the first day of the first academic year of your course you can apply for up to £4,106 in 2022/2023 academic year or £4,221 in 2023/2024 academic year.

Repayments:

Repayments are based on your future income, not what you borrow. You won’t repay your loan until you’ve left university and your income is over £27,295 a year.

If you’re employed, repayments will be deducted from your income (the same as it is with tax and national insurance contributions).

You’ll repay 9% of your income over £27,295 a year. So, if you earn £28,800 a year this means you’ll repay 9% of £1,505 - £11 each month. If you’re self-employed, separate arrangements are in place with HMRC to make your repayments.

If you stop working or your income drops below £27,295 your repayments will stop and only start again when your income is over £27,295 a year. After 30 years, any outstanding balance will be written off, unless you have defaulted on your loan.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TUITION FEE AND MAINTENANCE LOAN CAN BE FOUND HERE: CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW

https://www.gov.uk/student-finance/new-fulltime-students

If you have any queries about the course call us 01214557964 for more details. Or email us on admin@city-college.co.uk

Standard entry requirements

To meet the entry criteria for admission to level 4 HNC Courses:

A candidate must have either:

1. A level 3 qualification in Health and Social care or related subject.
2. OR
3. A level 1 or 2 qualification Health and Social care qualification  or 2 years of work experience
4. AND
5. GCSE Maths and English Grade A-C or Functional Skills Level 1 in English and Maths
6. Demonstrate a Commitment to Study and a reasonable expectation of success on the course.
7. Students enrolling for this course must be employed, unemployed students enrolling for this course must have at least 2 years of work experience in health and social care sector (adult care settings only) and willing to find 240 hours of voluntary work experience in Health and social care sector while on the course.

Please note: Few learning outcomes of this course involves observation at work by our assessor as its a new RQF qualification. Students should discuss with their respective employers  about the observation element of the course and at some point our assessor will visit them at work to collect evidence only related to the course.

International qualifications at the appropriate level will also be accepted.

Where applicants do not have a formal qualification to demonstrate capability in English, they will be required to undertake the Colleges written English Language test before an offer of a place on a Course is made. Judgement of their capability in spoken English will be assessed by the Senior Administrator at the interview. Suitable alternative arrangements to written tests will be made where a student declares a disability, specific learning difficulty or long-term health condition on their application form, e.g. oral questioning, amanuensis etc.

We welcome applications from students 19+ who do not match the standard entry requirements but who can demonstrate; willingness and commitment to studying this subject at University level, and who can evidence academic, professional or vocational experience in a related field.