HND Healthcare Professions’ Support (HTQ) Full Time

Innovation and Improvement through Participatory Action Research – In this 30-credit unit, students explore Participatory Action Research (PAR) as a method for identifying, planning, implementing, and evaluating improvements in health and social care settings. You will learn how to engage stakeholders in co-producing change. The emphasis is on practical, collaborative change that enhances quality of care and outcomes. 

Reflective Approaches in Implementing Person-Centred Practice – This unit focuses on developing your reflective practice skills to support person-centred care. You will examine person-centredness, relevant law, policies, and ethical frameworks in order to reflect critically on your own practice. 

Planning Care in Practice – This unit focuses on planning, developing, and implementing care in real-world settings. Understanding assessments tools and processes, setting goals with individuals, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams and monitoring outcomes to ensure delivery of safe, person-centred, evidence-informed practice in a variety of care environments. 

Meeting the Needs of Individuals with Long- term Health Conditions – Long-Term health conditions often require ongoing, complex care and support. This unit explores how to care for people with health conditions such as dementia, cancer, MS, ongoing mental health illness and co-morbidities. Key topics include holistic assessment, personalisation of care, and emotional and psychological support for clients, carers and their families. 

Team and Individual Leadership: Mentoring and Coaching Others – In this unit you will study leadership theories, management of teams, supporting the development of others, and how to provide effective feedback. This unit also covers the challenges and ethical considerations of leadership, coaching and mentoring. 

End of Life Care Planning and Support – This unit focuses on how to plan, adapt, deliver and support compassionate care for those approaching the end of life, and their families. Legal, ethical, social and cultural dimensions are explored in relation to communication, pain management, emotional support and bereavement. 

Holistic Approaches to Health Promotion – This unit emphasis promoting health across a whole population, not just treating and managing disease. Students will explore holistic health promotional stategies, behaviour change theories, prevention, and public health principles. This unit will consider health inequalities and the social determinants of health and the impact on population health. 

Written Assignments/ Reports 

Simulated OSCE 

Portfolio 

Presentations 

Creation of simulated training packages 

Simulated Scenario based assessments 

Graduates often progress into roles such as senior support roles, senior healthcare assistants and assistant practitioner roles. 

Many also choose to progress onto studying Top-up BSc (hons) Health and Social Care or professional courses in Nursing, Mental Health Nursing or other Allied Health Professional courses. 
 

HNC Healthcare Professions support for England or related subject 

GCSE Maths and English grade 4/C or level 2 equivalent 

Successful Interview 

Desirable – Healthcare/ Health and social care work experience