Health and Social Care
What does the qualification cover?
The Award gives learners the opportunity to develop Health and Social Care specific knowledge and skills in a practical learning environment. The course is excellent for any students interested in medicine or social care as a career.
The main focus is on three areas during KS4, which cover:
- skills and processes, such as interpreting data to assess an individual’s health, and designing a plan to improve their health and well being.
- attitudes, namely the care values that are vitally important in the sector, and the opportunity to practise applying them.
- knowledge of the effective use of skills, processes and attitudes, including human growth and development, health and social care services, and factors affecting people’s health and well being.
This qualification builds on and uses the knowledge and skills you are learning in your GCSE’s, such as English. It will complement GCSE Biology or GCSE Psychology by allowing you to apply your knowledge and skills practically in a vocational context.
What can the qualification lead to?
The study of the Tech aware can aid progression to:
- A Levels as preparation for entry into higher education in a range of subjects
- study of a vocational qualification at Level 3, such as a BTEC National in Health and Social Care, which prepares learners to enter employment or apprenticeships, or to move on togeher education.
- study at Level 2 post-16 in a range of technical routes designed to lead to work, to progression to employment, apprenticeships or to further study at Level 3.
- study of health and social care post-16 through a technical certificate.
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Course Content
The course is split over two years starting in Year 10 and completed in Year 11.
Year 10:
- Component 1: Human Growth and Development
- Component 2: Health and Social Care Services Learning Aims A
Year 11:
- Component 2: Health and Social Care Services Learning Aims B
- Component 3: Health and Wellbeing (externally assessed)
Pupils take an externally assessed exam based on all three components and have two attempts to take the exam. They are continually assessed through internal assessments as well as via coursework. This enables pupils to be well prepared for their summative examination.
