Health and Social Care - Access Social Work

Heart of Yorkshire Education Group

Margaret Street, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2DH

Other Regulated/Accredited Qualification

Level 3

Available start dates

Saturday, 01 August 2026

From August 2026

Online

9 Month(s)

Flexible

There is funding available for this course, subject to previous qualifications, if you are not eligible for funding the course can be funded via the Advanced Learner Loan.

Course Summary

Our level 3 courses are designed to give learners the UCAS points needed to progress to university. The courses are fully online courses, where you can access the course materials and assessments 24 hours a day. The course takes 9-12 months to complete.

Upon success completion of this course this will allow students to progress to different university courses including:

Social Work

Health and Wellbeing

Public Health

Course Details

Throughout this course you study 17 units over different subject areas including Sociology, Psychology and Social Policy. Some of the units that you will studying include:

The Roles and Responsibilities of a Social Worker

Cognitive Psychology

Behaviour and the Brain

Social Inequalities

How will it be delivered and assessed?

You will be assessed through a variety of different methods, including written essays, presentations and timed control assessments.

Entry requirements

GCSE maths and English at Grade 4 or Functional Skills Level 2 maths and English.

Your next steps...

Access to HE courses are designed to enable you upon successfully completion to progress to Higher Education.

Additional information

https://www.heartofyorkshire.ac.uk/course-search/heart-of-yorkshire/health-social-care-wellbeing/access-to-he-social-work

To book please visit: https://www.heartofyorkshire.ac.uk/students/information-for-prospective-students/how-to-apply

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