HND Additional Support Needs: Managing and Supporting the Services

HND - Glasgow Clyde College

Course overview

If you want to work with children or adults with Additional Support Needs, and your goal is to move into managing support services, this intensive specialist qualification will help you build your care, leadership and business skills. You’ll study units in management techniques, monitoring and collaborating with other agencies for the best outcomes. You’ll also do a one-day-per-week extended practical work placement in an Additional Support Needs setting as part of the course.

Course description

During the HND Additional Support Needs - Managing and Supporting the Services, you will study a wide range of units that will prepare you for working in the field of additional support needs whilst building your knowledge to progress on to Higher Education or employment.

Units include:

Effective leadership and management  
Managing quality 
ASN: working in an additional support needs setting 
A graded unit 
Collaborating with other agencies 
Purposes and processes of assessment 
Programme planning 
Business communication 
Promoting inclusion and equality in the workplace 
Working in partnership with people with a learning disability 
Researching post-16 opportunities 
Research skills.

Assessment is continuous.

There is no final examination. 

Entry requirements

You must have a relevant HNC qualification from the list below: 

Additional Information 

All qualifications will normally have been achieved in the previous five years 
You will need a PVG check through Disclosure Scotland in order to go out on placement 
You will need to attend an information session about the course.

Entry requirement equivalency table 