Health and Social Care

Health and Social Care is aimed at students aged 14-16 years and will develop knowledge, understanding and practical skills that would be used in the health and social care sector.

This will enable you to use what you learn in practical, real-life situations, such as:

• Recommending support for individuals.

• Creating and delivering a creative activity.

• Creating and delivering a health promotion campaign.

This will help you to develop independence and confidence in using skills that would be relevant to the health and social care sector.

The qualification will also help you to develop learning and skills that can be used in other life and work situations, such as:

• Communicating effectively with individuals or groups. Communication is at the heart of health and social care and is taught or applied in all units.

• Researching topic areas and recording research sources, then using them to interpret findings and present evidence.

• Planning creative activities or health promotion campaigns, this will involve managing time and identifying aims, purpose, resources, methods.

• Creating, presenting/delivering information to a group or an individual.

This qualification will complement other learning that you’re completing for GCSEs or vocational qualifications at Key Stage 4 and help to prepare you for further study.