Scarborough UTC set to launch new health courses
‘Health Pathway’ gives young people valuable skills and career options
New health courses which offer entry level access to a career in healthcare have launched at Scarborough UTC.
The courses, which launched in an online presentation last week, cover subjects such as nursing, midwifery, healthcare science, occupational therapy, speech and language, adult social care and childcare.
Scarborough UTC’s new health courses will help to meet a vital sector skills shortage in the NHS and healthcare industry.
The college’s new ‘Health Pathway’ will give young people valuable skills, in conjunction with CU Scarborough and York Teaching Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust.
The pathway opens the door to greater knowledge about careers in health and social care and is a starting point for wide-ranging career opportunities including health and social care, medicine and as a starting point for paramedics, optometrists, physiotherapists, dental hygienists, radiographers, pharmacists and operating department practitioners who want to progress to apprentice, diploma or degree levels.
“These new courses are a great fit for our technical excellence in our cyber, engineering and digital media,” said UTC principal Lee Kilgour. “We create highlyemployable students with good communication and interpersonal skills.”
Students can now apply to join in years 10 and 12 in September to study on the new UTC Health pathway.
Enrolment is already open for students aged 14 to 18 from Scarborough, Whitby, Bridlington, Driffield and Ryedale. There are subsidised bus services for students travelling more than three miles away.
The First Award is for 14-16 year-olds and BTEC National
for the UTC Sixth Form. Qualifications in sociology and health and social are part of the curriculum.
The first course starts in September and there will also be a further course running early next year.
The course will be run by experienced professionals from health sector backgrounds.
Helen Hey, the deputy chief nurse for the health trust, said: “We will be working in close partnership with the UTC to provide the best possible experience of working in a hospital.
“It’s really exciting.” Claire Barwick, Head of Curriculum for Health, Education and Nursing at CU Scarborough (CUS), said: “We are very pleased to be working in collaboration with the UTC to develop the new health science pathway.”
The health trust operates hospitals in Scarborough, Whitby, Malton and Bridlington, and the CUS campus is based next door to the UTC.
CUS already provides a degree-level course in Health and Social Care. Both organisations will provide workshops and visits.