ICTQual Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in Health and Social Care

This ICTQual AB Level 2 Award provides focused health and safety knowledge for learners working in or preparing for health and social care environments.

• ICTQual AB awarded Level 2 qualification

• Designed for health and social care environments

• Focus on care-setting hazards and risk control

• Covers infection prevention and safe working practice

• Includes emergency preparedness and incident reporting

• Assessment through approved training centres

The ICTQual Level 2 Award in Health and Safety in Health and Social Care is designed for individuals working within healthcare and social care settings who need essential knowledge of safe practice, risk awareness, and compliance.

• Builds essential health and safety awareness for care settings

• Supports safer practice for service users, staff, and visitors

• Promotes compliance with workplace and care-sector safety procedures

• Develops practical understanding of hazards and controls

• Strengthens awareness of infection prevention and emergency response

• Provides a pathway to higher-level health, safety, or care qualifications

Learners will develop essential knowledge of health and safety duties, risk control, emergency preparedness, welfare standards, and safety culture in care-related working environments.

• Understand the importance of health and safety in care environments

• Identify legal duties and responsibilities of employers and employees

• Recognise hazards and risks affecting service users, staff, and visitors

• Apply basic risk assessment and risk control techniques

• Understand fire safety, manual handling, infection prevention, and emergency procedures

• Recognise the importance of incident reporting and a positive safety culture

This course is intended for learners working in or preparing to work in health and social care environments where safe practice and risk awareness are essential.

• Care assistants and support workers

• Healthcare assistants and clinical support staff

• Residential care and nursing home workers

• Domiciliary care and community care workers

• New entrants to health and social care roles

• Staff requiring formal health and safety awareness training in care settings

Learners should have the basic literacy, numeracy, and English communication skills needed to understand course materials, complete assessments, and apply safety procedures in care environments.

• Learners should normally be at least 16 years old at registration

• No prior health and safety qualification is required

Assessment is conducted through an approved training centre and is designed to confirm learners’ understanding of course content and their ability to apply health and safety principles in practical care-related situations.

• Multiple-choice knowledge assessment

• Practical or scenario-based assessment activities

• Tutor observation or centre-based assessment where required

• Minimum pass requirements set by the approved training centre and awarding body guidance

Successful learners can progress to higher-level health and safety, health and social care, and specialist care-related qualifications, or use the award to support safer practice in current employment.

• ICTQual AB Level 3 Award in Health and Safety

• Level 3 qualifications in Health and Social Care

• Specialist training in fire safety, manual handling, first aid, COSHH, or risk assessment

• Entry or development roles in care, healthcare support, and workplace safety