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Health and Social Care

What is Health & Social Care?
Health and Social Care isn’t just about caring for babies or the elderly and the ill. It will provide students
with essential knowledge, transferable skills and tools to improve their learning in other subjects. At its
core, it aims to enhance employability when they leave education, thus contributing to both their personal
development and future economic well-being.

What topics are covered on the course?

Mandatory Units

Essential Values of Care in all settings: This unit focuses on the rights of individuals and instils the values of
care to be used when working in a health, social care or early year’s environment. Many individuals who
use services often feel vulnerable and are lacking in confidence.

Communicating and working with individuals in health, social care and early years setting: This unit will
provide students with the underpinning knowledge and understanding of how to communicate effectively,
and what personal qualities will contribute to the creation of a caring environment when working with
individuals in health, social care and early years settings.

Two of the following optional units:
(1) Understanding body systems and disorders
(2) Pathways for providing care in health, social care and early year’s settings
(3) Understanding life stages
(4) Planning for employment, in health, social care and young people’s workforce
(5) Creative activities to support individuals in a health, social care or early years setting
(6) Understanding the development and protection of young children in an early years setting
(7) Understanding the nutrients needed for good health
(8) Using basic first aid procedures

How will I be assessed?

Written Examination: The 1 hour written examination can be sat either in January or June and is worth
25% of your final qualification.

Controlled Assessments: This accounts to 75% of your final grade, and is a mixture of short tasks:
Short tasks: You will complete three short tasks each taking 10 hours and are worth 25% each of your final
grade (75% in total). These will require a mixture of planning, practical work, investigation and evaluation
skills.

Qualification Gained: Level 2 Certificate in Health and Social Care (equivalent to GCSE)
Career Links: If you are interested in studying for a career in primary school teaching, nursing, midwifery,

occupational therapy, radiography, physiotherapy, social work, nursery nursing, health
education/promotion, psychology or caring for the elderly or disabled, or any other roles in health, social
care or education, then this is the course for you.

Examination Board: OCR Syllabus Code: J811

Teacher in Charge: Mrs S Palmer

spalmer@hagleyrc.worcs.sch.uk