Venues

Langside Campus

Content

Helping people with additional support needs with their day-to-day learning can be a rewarding career. This course gives you the skills to work with children, young people or adults in a nursery, school, college or specialist educational setting. You’ll do a practical placement as well as learn theoretical principles, such as learning approaches and effects on development, as you work towards a Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) accreditation.

During the HNC Additional Support Needs: Supporting the Individual course you will learn:

Principles of practice, Theoretical approaches to learning, The effects on human development, Graded unit, Learning approaches, Practical placement with children or adults who have additional support needs.

Within the practical placement, you will have the opportunity to apply your learning within an educational setting supporting individuals with additional support needs. This will enable you to develop an understanding of your professional role in relation to supporting children, young people or adults with additional support needs, educational practice, national guidelines and social policy, such as Curriculum for Excellence; Health and Social Care Standards, My Support My Life; Codes of Practice, etc.

Entry Requirements

2 Highers preferably including English, or Foundation Apprenticeship Social Services (Children and Young People) or Social Services and Healthcare, or relevant national qualifications at SCQF Level 6. Entry subject to interview.

Progression Routes

HND Additional Support Needs: Managing and Supporting the Services