- Location
- Cardonald Campus
- SCQF Level
- 6
- Start Date
- 25 Aug 2025
- Qualification Type
- NQ
- Course Type
- Short Full-Time
- Duration
- 18 weeks (August - January)
Applications open 15th January 2025
Advanced Social Care (Level 6) is aimed at giving you the skills and experience you’ll need for a career in social care as a support worker or project worker, or to progress to further study on HNC Social Services. It covers many aspects of the caring role with a range of service users. You’ll be introduced to subjects like counselling and human development, as well as learning about health, safety and child protection. The course will give you a great insight into what goes into a role in social care - helping you on your way to employment or further study at HNC level.
What will I learn?
During the Advanced Social Care (Level 6) course, your caring and professional care skills will be developed by studying subjects such as psychology, mental health, sociology, protection and safeguarding, behaviour and disability.
You'll be supported in your studies by a dedicated guidance tutor.
Entry requirements (minimum)
- Three National 5 Qualifications, one of which must be English (although History or Modern Studies will also be accepted; OR
- Access to Social Care (Level 5), or equivalent social care qualification
- You should be aged 16 or over by the end of September
- We welcome your application if you don't have formal qualifications, but have relevant life and/or work experience.
Please note: PVG Disclosure is essential as work experience opportunities are part of the course. Glasgow Clyde College will pay for this.
Entry requirement equivalency table
If you do not meet the entry criteria for your chosen course, you may be offered an alternative course in the same subject area.
Employer and industry links
The social care department has excellent links with care providers and organisations who provide us with valuable insight into current care practices and you’ll get the chance to visit relevant sites as well as hear from expert care practitioners.
Jobs and further study
If you successfully complete this course you can progress to Level 6 social care courses starting in January.
You may also be able to progress to HNC Social Services starting in August, which runs at all three campuses.
If you're interested in pursuing a career in counselling, you may also apply to HNC Counselling, which runs at our Anniesland campus in August.
Take a look at the course progression map for social care and counselling courses.
No matter whether you become a care assistant, a counsellor or a social care service manager, a job in social care or counselling means you’ll get a real sense of achievement from your work, and you’ll go home every day knowing you made a difference.
The social care sector in Scotland makes up 7.1% of all employment, roughly 1 in 13 jobs, and has been steadily growing since 2008. (Source: Scottish Social Services Council)
Making an application
For courses starting in August, you can make up to two applications.
Applications are made to a course and a first choice of campus. If the course is oversubscribed at your first choice you will be automatically considered for alternative sites and may be made an offer without a further application.
I've applied — what happens next?
When you apply
You will receive an automated email confirming that we have received your application (remember to check your SPAM folder).
Your application will be reviewed by the admissions team and you will either be:
- Made a direct offer (unconditional or conditional)
- Invited to book an interview session
- Advised that your application is unsuccessful – you have not met the entry requirements for this course and are advised to contact the College Student Advice Centres to discuss alternative options which may be available to you.
- We aim not to reject an application and if you don’t meet the entry requirements you may be referred to a different course or level.
If you are invited to interview, you will be informed of the outcome of your interview by email within 14 working days. The outcome will be one of the following:
- Unconditional offer of a place – you have met all the entry requirements and your place is guaranteed. You will be required to accept this offer to secure your place.
- Conditional offer of a place – your place is secured pending you meeting the entry requirements. This may mean achieving school or college qualifications which you may not be able to provide to us yet. You will be required to accept this offer to secure your conditional place. Once your conditions are met this will change to an unconditional offer of a place which you must accept before you can enrol on the course.
- Waiting list – you have met all entry requirements, and have been interviewed however, the course is now full so you have been placed on a waiting list. If any spaces become available you may be contacted, usually around the course start date. We would advise that you also consider other application options.
- Reserve list – following your interview, you have unfortunately not been successful in this round of recruitment. We have placed your name on a Reserve list and your application may be reconsidered at a later date. This could happen any time up to the start date of the course but it is very possible that you will not be offered a place. We would advise that you also consider other application options.
- Unsuccessful – your interview has been unsuccessful. You may be offered a place on a course at a different level, or advised to contact the College Student Advice Centres to discuss alternative options which may be available to you.
Once an offer is received, you must reply within 14 working days or risk losing your place, as the system will automatically decline your offer after 14 days.
Once you have accepted your offer, you will be sent out instructions about student funding, joining instructions and induction date. This will normally be sent out in June / July.