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Understanding the Safe Handling of Medication in Health and Social Care Certificate level 2
Understanding the Safe Handling of Medication in Health and Social Care Certificate level 2
2026/27
Course Overview
Course
P00070
Start Date
Various
Study Hours
Part Time
Duration
6 weeks
Start time
00:00 am
End time
00:00 am
Campus
DISTANCE
Level
Level 2
This is great qualification for anyone working in a health care setting. The course looks at how to order, store, administer and dispose of medication safely and inline with legislation. The course will also benefit home careers who support relatives to manage or administer their own medication.
Whether working online or with paper materials you are supplied with all the information required to complete the course. The assessments are made up of questions asking you to describe, explain, identify or list information.
To be able to pass this qualification answers must be in your own words, using sentences and paragraphs.
The qualification takes on average 8 weeks to complete. During this time you will complete the following 4 units:
- Understand medication and prescriptions
- Supply, storage and disposal of medication
- Understand the requirements for the safe administration of medication
- Record keeping and audit process for medication
After enrolment you are given 3 weeks for each submission, but if you require longer please contact the Distance Learning Team and they will happily agree an extension with you.
If you have chosen to complete the course online you will receive a welcome email from Equal, our online learning platform. On there you will see a guidance video explaining how the platform works and you will find your initial submission dates there too.
If you have chosen to receive a paper pack these will be sent out to you once you have completed the online enrolment. Your pack will contain a guidance sheet and your submission dates along with information on how to submit your work.
This is a distance learning course, meaning all work is completed from home. You do not attend any classes. However, this doesn't mean you can't access support. We have a team of dedicated tutors available to provide any support you might need along the way.
You must be over 19.
During the application process, you are asked the following: Please describe why you have chosen this course and what you hope to gain from completing it. Please include anything you already know regarding the subject. This helps us check this is the right course at the right level for you. We also need to confirm that you haven't completed the qualification, or similar, before. This is for funding purposes.
We ask for a description, for this you must write in full sentences, we would expect around 2 paragraphs.
If you do not meet the required standard, we will give you a second opportunity to answer the question. If the required standard is still not met, we will sign post you to our careers team for advice and guidance.
If you are not a British Citizen, you may have to complete a Right to Study Assessment, or provide a Share Code, to ensure you qualify for government funding. We cannot fund you if you live in a Devolved Area.
We are unable to grant extensions on Unit 1, please only apply to do this course if you are ready to start it now and have time available.
- Annual Tuition fee: £0
The level 2 distance learning courses are funded which is great news. If you are not a British Citizen you may need to complete a fee assessment to check funding eligibility.
Please note that, upon successful completion of your course, you will receive an e-certificate by email. Printed certificates are not provided as standard.
Awarding organisations have moved away from issuing physical certificates to support environmental sustainability, reduce their carbon footprint, and make it easier to obtain a replacement certificate if required.
If you would like a printed certificate, this can be requested at a cost of £46, payable by the learner.
We have a huge choice of distance learning courses available at both level 2 and 3. At the end of your course your tutor may suggest a suitable option for you or you can contact the distance learning team to advise you on the courses available.
We also have a careers team available via phone email or in person who can help to plan a career pathway for you.
Course Overview
Course
P00070
Start Date
Various
Study Hours
Part Time
Duration
6 weeks
Start time
00:00 am
End time
00:00 am
Campus
DISTANCE
Level
Level 2