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Welcome to Health and Social Care at The Sheffield College. Available to study at both our City and Hillsborough Campuses, this sector provides successful careers for many. Studying Health and Social Care provides a vast amount of career options from nursing to physiotherapy, and is an incredibly rewarding sector to be in. We offer qualifications from T Levels to University Level Qualifications, and here are just a few reasons why you should study here at The Sheffield College if you want to go into Health and Social Care.

1. Health Suite and Department Facilities

Our state-of-the-art Health Suite at City Campus and hospital bed setup at Hillsborough Campus are both incredible facilities for anyone wanting to develop in healthcare. They provide hands-on opportunities for students to experience working within a hospital ward scenario. There are beds, training dummies, and all the appropriate equipment for students to learn the ropes of their profession.

2. Placement Opportunities

With employer partners such as Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Kickback Recovery, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Recovery, our students have some excellent placement opportunities. We’ve had students take on placements in Phlebotomy, Neurology, Spinal Wards, and Outpatients, just to name a few.

3. Enrichment

Our Health and Social Care students have just come back from an incredible trip to Bali with The Turing Scheme. Here they visited a care home, maternity ward, and had team building experiences that have given their skills and confidence a real boost. As well as amazing overseas opportunities, our Health and Social Care students have also competed in WorldSkills competitions, with winners being given the chance to join the WorldSkills International Training and Development Programme.

4. Tutors

Our tutors have real life experience of working in healthcare. This experience means they are fully equipped for teaching our students all the skills they need to know, as well as for answering all their industry-related questions. They all know how to put the six Cs of Care into practice and consistently support our students in developing their own skills in these areas; Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, Commitment.

5. College Support

Being a student at The Sheffield College gives you full access to our support systems. This means you’ll get all the advice you need to thrive coming to college, from travel, to childcare, to finance. You’ll also get to talk with our Careers Team so that they can steer you in the right direction towards your career goals, following a progression path that gets you all the skills you need to thrive in your chosen healthcare department.

What our tutors are looking for in their applicants:

We welcome applications from everyone, at all study levels, and if you’re ready to apply, being able to show the below traits will set you ahead of the game and stand you in good stead for succeeding in your qualification.

• Enthusiastic team player - working in healthcare means being able to operate in a team environment
• A desire to help others – it goes without saying that a healthcare professional will want to enhance the lives of others
• Keen to develop their skills in the Health Suite – our state-of-the-art Health Suite will give you the skills you need to thrive in a healthcare profession
• Developing skills in the 6 Cs of care: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment – these skills are essential to any healthcare professional and being able to demonstrate them will show dedication and enthusiasm for your field.

Come along to our Open Day at Hillsborough Campus on Thursday 5th March if you’re keen to find out even more about studying Health and Social Care at The Sheffield College.