--- title: "Health and Social Care: Level 2 PRACTICE award (Adults)" url: "https://en.cymrucaretraining.com/courses/health-and-social-care-level-2-practice-award-adults" school: "Cymru Care Training Limited" --- # Health and Social Care: Level 2 PRACTICE award (Adults) ![Image of Health and Social Care: Level 2 PRACTICE award (Adults)](https://files.schudio.com/cymru-care-training-limited/images/courses/HSC_Level_2_Practice.png) This qualification is practice-based and assesses learners’ knowledge and competence to practice. It develops the learner’s ability to practically support health and care needs of adults in a range of settings and will enable them to develop and demonstrate their knowledge, understanding, behaviours, skills and practice within a health and social care setting. In particular, learners will be able to demonstrate that they: - understand, and apply in practice, the principles and values which underpin health and social care - understand, and apply in practice, person-centred approaches - make a positive contribution to the health and social care sector though their own practice - reflect on practice to continuously improve - understand job roles and ways of working within the health and social care sector - use literacy, numeracy and digital competency skills as appropriate within their role. All units for the Level 2 Practice award can be studied bilingually, or through the medium of Welsh. Find out more [here](https://cymru-care-training-limited.schudio.com/welsh-language). ## Specific requirements It is suitable for: - learners from 16 years of age who working in a support role with adults in the Healthcare and Social Care Sectors - learners who have completed the Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core qualification - learners already employed in the Healthcare and Social Care Sectors - learners returning to the work place after a career break looking to refresh their knowledge and skills - Learners who have completed the Level 2 Health and Social Care: Principles and Contexts (Adults) qualification. It is strongly encouraged that learners have completed the core qualification prior to, or alongside the Level 2 Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults) as this will be a requirement for practice set by Social Care Wales. It is also a feature of the Foundation Apprenticeship in Health and Social Care. ## What will I study? The mandatory content of the qualification is aligned to the key themes of the All Wales Induction Framework for Health and Social Care and includes: - professional practice - health and safety - safeguarding - legislation, national policy and codes of practice - health and well-being (adults) - a range of practice areas such as dementia or learning disability. This qualification contains a single mandatory and a range of optional units that are linked to specific types of support or health and social care settings. All underpinning knowledge units required for the Level 2 Practice award can be studied through the medium of Welsh. To achieve the Level 2 Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults) qualification learners must achieve a minimum of 35 credits in total: - 14 credits must be achieved from the mandatory unit - a minimum of 21 credits will be selected from the suite of optional units which include units that are about direct support and healthcare. The learner must successfully complete: - a portfolio of evidence that includes direct observation of practice - externally set, internally assessed tasks. ### Where does it lead? Successful completion of the qualification enables learners to work as a qualified health and social care worker in Level 2 roles across the Healthcare and Social Care. It will also enable learners to apply for registration with Social Care Wales as a domiciliary care worker providing that they meet any additional registration requirements. The qualification supports learners to progress to: - Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults) - Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Children and Young People) - Advanced GCE and Advanced Subsidiary GCE in Heath and Social Care, and Childcare - Level 4 Preparing for Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care - Level 4 Professional Practice in Health and Social Care. ### Courses - [Courses we offer](https://en.cymrucaretraining.com/courses) - [Essential Skills Qualifications](https://en.cymrucaretraining.com/essential-skills-qualifications) - [Welsh Language](https://en.cymrucaretraining.com/welsh-language) **Cymru Care Training Limited** Unit 1 Cross Hands Business Centre Heol Parc Mawr Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire, SA14 6RE Tel: 01269 833503 Email: Company Number: 2784901 © Copyright 2019–2026 Cymru Care Training Limited School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://en.cymrucaretraining.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)