Course Overview
Health and Social Care is the study of health and well-being. Students learn about the key stages of physical and emotional development and begin to understand the profound influence relationships and life events can have on an individual’s health. Students also examine the factors that influence a person’s self-concept and how people react to change in their lives.
Many students with qualifications in Health and Social Care go on to have interesting and successful careers in childcare, nursing, midwifery, social work, teaching, paramedics, counselling and health-visiting.
Outline of course content
- Understanding Health and Well Being
- Factors that positively influence health and well being
- Risks to health and well being
- Fitness testing
- Development of health plans
Health, Social Care and Early Years Provision
- Care needs of major client groups
- Types of care services
- Ways of obtaining care services and barriers to access
- Main jobs in the health, social care and early years sectors
- The value bases of care work
Assessment opportunities
This is a single award GCSE:
Unit A911 - Health Social Care and Early Years = 60%
Unit A912 - Understanding Personal Development and Relationships - Examination = 40%
FAQs
What are the aims of the course and what topics will I study?
Health, Social and Early Years Provision: To understand about the work of health, social care and early years service providers. To learn who needs to use care services and why.
Promoting Health and Well-being: To understand health and well-being and what factors contribute to and damage health and well-being: To learn how to measure physical health and how to motivate individuals to improve their health.
Understand Personal Development and Relationships: During infancy (0-3), childhood (4-10), adolescence (11-18), adulthood (19-65), later adulthood (65+).
To understand what factors affect human growth and development and what effect do relationships have on an individual’s personal development. To learn about a person’s self-concept and how life events affect an individual’s personal development.
Understand the Importance of safeguarding and Protecting Individuals.
What skills will I develop?
Organising your own time, improve communication and presentation skills, acquire research techniques and the skill of independent working.
What examination will I take?
OCR GCSE Health & Social Care.
What is involved with the examination?
Two written papers – one hour each: 40%
What coursework will I have to complete?
- Two portfolios: 30% each
- Health, social care and early years
- Promoting health and well-being
What independent study will I have to undertake?
A large section of this coursework requires ongoing individual study.
What career opportunities could the course help to give me?
A grounding for further study in this subject or for related courses, which could include GNVQs, VCEs, GCEs, NVQs or Modern Apprenticeships. Examples of appropriate employment to which candidates might progress include: nursery nurse, care assistant, pre-school/nursery school assistant, childminder. This course could contribute towards meeting the entry requirements for training for professions such as nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, pharmacy.
What are the special features of the course?
The course allows students to experience vocationally related learning which also aids coursework. Outside speakers involved in caring professions will be invited to talk to students. Students will be given the opportunity of taking home overnight a ‘Real Care Baby’ to get a snapshot of the responsibilities and hard work of parenthood.
Health & Social Care Staff
Miss P. Harris
Subject Leader
Teacher of Food, Textiles, Child Development and Health and Social Care
Mrs L. Chan
Teacher of Food, Textiles, Child Development and Health and Social Care
Resources
'GCSE Health and Social Care for OCR'
E. Haworth, C. Forshaw, N. Moonie ISBN 0-435-47137-6
'GCSE Health and Social Care'
A. Fisher, S. Seamons, I. Wallace and D. Webb ISBN 1-84303-364-x
Further Information
A large section of this coursework requires ongoing individual study.
This course provides a grounding for further study in this subject area or related courses, which could include GNVQs, VCEs, BCEs, NVQs or Modern Apprenticeships. Examples of appropriate employment to which candidates might progress include: nursery nurse, care assistant, pre-school/nursery school assistant, childminder. This course could contribute towards meeting the entry requirements for training for professions such as nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, pharmacy.
Pupils will have the opportunity to take home (overnight or over the week) a 'Real Care Baby' to get a snapshot of the responsibilities and of the hard work involved in parenthood.
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