Child Health & Social Care
Our courses are designed to promote learning across a wide range of subjects, allowing students to experience different areas of this varied profession providing access to a number of employment routes.
To enrol on a care course you need to be committed, have a passion for working with people and a positive attitude to helping others. Students from this department have gone on to achieve many higher qualifications; including foundation and honour degrees, as well as gaining jobs with some of the region’s top employers. Do you work well with people? Are you a good listener who enjoys helping others? Are you thinking of a career in childcare, nursing or social work?
Barnfield’s Care Professions Department situated at our New Bedford Road Campus delivers a range of contemporary courses to meet a dynamic community and public health agenda.
There are a range of job opportunities in this sector, including:
Animal Management
Barnfield College offers a number of courses which will help you progress towards your dream career in the animal care sector.
Courses cover land-based industries, the environment, animal husbandry, animal health and welfare, animal behavioural patterns and business management.
If you're looking for a more hands-on role, Barnfield College also offers courses which cover areas such as animal breeds, grooming, animal accommodation, caring for small animals, animal nursing and work-related experience in the animal care sector.
Qualifications in animal care can lead to a range of careers including:
