Mrs Trace Jones

ASCENTIS LEVEL 2 & 3 DIPLOMA IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (ADULTS) FOR WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND. Level 2 Subject Code: Level 3 Subject Code:

Level 2 & 3 Diploma in

Health and Social Care (Adults) for Wales and Northern Ireland

Qualification Specification

Level 2 Diploma Ofqual Accreditation Number: 600/0697/3
Ofqual Accreditation Start Date: 31.01.11 Ofqual Accreditation End Date: 01.02.11 Ofqual Certification End Date: 28.02.15

Level 3 Diploma Ofqual Accreditation Number: 600/0704/7
Ofqual Accreditation Start Date: 01.02.11 Ofqual Accreditation End Date: 01.02.11 Ofqual Certification End Date: 28.02.15

Accompanying documents: Health and Social Care Optional Units Booklet

Level 2&3 Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults) for Wales and Northern Ireland Page 1 of 134 Version 1 – 4th April 2011

ASCENTIS LEVEL 2 & 3 DIPLOMA IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE (ADULTS) FOR WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND. Level 2 Subject Code: Level 3 Subject Code: ASCENTIS’ MISSION STATEMENT

‘Building Partnerships to Advance and Accredit Lifelong Learning for All.’
About Ascentis Ascentis was originally established in 1975 as OCNW, a co-operative scheme between Universities and Colleges of Further Education. Ascentis was the first ‘Open College’ in the UK and served the needs of its members for over 34 years. Throughout this period, OCNW grew yet maintained its independence in order that it could continue to respond to the requirements of its customers and provide a consistently high standard of service to all centres across the country and in recent years to its increasing cohorts of overseas learners. In 2009 OCNW became Ascentis - a company limited by guarantee and a registered educational charity. Ascentis is distinctive and unusual in that it is both:  a National Awarding Body (NAB) approved by the office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) and  an Access Validating Agency (AVA) for ‘Access to HE Programmes’ licensed by the Quality Assurance...