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GCSE Health And Social Care
Aims
Health and Social Care encourages students to:
- Develop their interest in health, social care and early years;
- Draw together areas of knowledge, skills and understanding related to the health, social care and early year sectors;
- Develop higher order thinking skills;
- Increase their understanding of the health, social care and early years’ sectors by investigating and evaluating a range of services and organisations;
Unit 1 Personal Development, Health and Well-Being 50% |
Written paper 1 hour 30 minutes. Completed in Summer of Year 11. Topics include:
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Unit 2 Working in the Health, Social Care and Early Years Sectors 50% |
Controlled Assessment. Completed in Year 12. Topics include:
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Welcome to the Health and Social Care Department
Deapartment Staff
Ms J. Beedim (Head of Department Post 16)
Mrs E. Mc Gonnell
Mrs R Montgomery
Ms M Edgar
Ms M Leonard
Applied Health and Social Care
Aims
- To develop an interest in health, early years care.
- To participate in work experience which allows the learner to apply their knowledge when exploring issues associated with the subject.
- Develop advanced study skills that will help them prepare for third level education.
- To develop skills, aptitudes, and values for employment in the health, social care, and early years sectors.
- Develop knowledge and understanding relevant to degrees in nursing, allied health professions, social science, social policy social work and early years.
What do I need to follow this course?
It is important to have a good GCSE profile (5 GCSE grades C or above) the specification builds on some of the knowledge, understanding and skills developed in GCSE Health and social care so a grade C or above in GCSE Health and social care is an advantage but not a requirement.
Outline of course
There are 6 units, studied over 2 years.
AS Unit 1 Promoting Positive Care 25% of As qualification |
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This unit is Portfolio based and internally assessed
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AS Unit 2 Communication in Care Settings 25 % of AS qualification |
This unit is Portfolio based and internally assessed
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AS Unit 3 Health and Well Being 50% As of Qualification |
This unit is a 2 hour Written Paper
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A2 Applied Health & Social Care: Three units studied |
A2 Unit 9 Providing Services |
This unit is a 2 hour Written Paper
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A2 Unit 8 Monitoring Body Systems (25%) |
This unit is portfolio based and internally assessed
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A2 Unit 11 Supporting the Family (25%) |
This unit is portfolio based and internally assessed
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