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Understanding Dignity and Safeguarding in Adult Health and Social Care

Course Code: CUDAS
  • Level: 2
  • Qualification: Certificate
  • Course type: Part-time
  • Duration: Distance learning (you will have 12 weeks to complete the course from the date of enrolment)
  • Time of day: Flexible
  • When you'll study: Distance learning (learn at a time and pace to suit you from the comfort of your own home or workplace)
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What's it all about?

This qualification aims to give you knowledge and understanding of the key principles of dignity, duty of care and safeguarding as applied to adult health and social care.

You will investigate the principles and how they are applied in everyday work contexts. You’ll also have an opportunity to examine the dilemmas that can arise and the consequences when these principles aren’t upheld.

Course information

To be awarded the Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Dignity and Safeguarding in Adult Health and Social Care, you are required to successfully complete four mandatory units:

  • unit 01 – understand safeguarding in adult health and social care
  • unit 02 – principles of dignity in adult health and social care practice
  • unit 03 – understand duty of care in adult health and social care
  • unit 04 – understand dilemmas and public concerns in adult health and social care.

Please note that this course is only available to those 19 years old or over.

There are no other specific entry requirements for this course.

To achieve the Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Dignity and Safeguarding in Adult Health and Social Care, you must successfully demonstrate your achievement of all learning outcomes and assessment criteria of the units as detailed in the qualification specification. Grades are not awarded. The course is internally assessed.

You may progress onto a range of other health and social care distance learning courses at the College.

Please note fees are quoted for one year only.

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