Extension of NCFE Level 3 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care (600/0689/4)

Wednesday 24 September 2014

We’d like to inform you that the NCFE Level 3 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care (600/0689/4) has been extended until 31 December 2016.

There are no changes to the title, content or structure of the qualification, so please continue to use the existing qualification specification (Issue 1 February 2011) with your learners. The qualification specification is available to download by clicking on the qualification link above and selecting the ‘Support Material’ tab.

Please note that the regulation and certification end dates for this qualification have changed to the following dates:

  • the regulation end date for the qualification is now 31 December 2019, so this is the final date we can receive and process your learner registrations
  • the new certification end date is 31 December 2019 so this is the final date we can produce full and partial certificates for your learners. We cannot accept or process any claims after this date. If you have any questions about this please contact your Centre Support Assistant here at NCFE.

Stand-alone unit programmes

There are also four stand-alone unit programmes which are part of this qualification that will also be extended until 31 December 2016:

  • Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in Health and Social Care (A/601/8574/UNIT)
  • Principles for Implementing Duty of Care in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings

For further information on stand-alone unit programmes please visit our Units web page.

If you have any questions please email Verity Workman, [email protected].