WELCOME TO HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE
Health and Social Care is taught at Key Stage 4 and Post 16.
Key Stage 4
BTEC Health & Social Care level 2 = 4 GCSEs
Post 16
BTEC Care level 3 (12 units)
BTEC Early Years level 3 (6units)
The course prepares students for careers in a growing care industry. Over the past few years our students have gone on to work as field social workers, gone to university to study for nursing, radiography, criminology and social science degrees, taken work with benefit agencies, as classroom assistants and nursing home care assistants.
The various units of work are taught by experienced experts in science, nursing, ethical and moral issues and life skills.
All Post 16 students do a First Aid course as part of one of their units of work.
All Post 16 students in Health and Social Care do two weeks work placement in each year of the course. There are also other links with outside agencies, care homes, day centres, health promotion units to assist with specific units of work.
Department Staff
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mrs B Tickner | Head of Department / Head of Year 12 |
| Mrs G McVeigh | Teacher of KS4/Post 16 / School Nurse |
| Miss F Daffurn | Teacher of KS4 / Post 16 / Assistant Principal |
| Miss J Eddon | Teaches Units dealing with Ethical/Moral issues |
| Mrs. D. Broadbent | AS/A2 Sociology / Teacher of Health & Social Care |
| Mrs Cripps | Teaches both KS4 and Post 16 |
Syllabus
Courses offered in this subject are designed to provide a broad education as a basis for either further or higher education (eg diplomas or degrees in nursing, criminology, medical secretary, probation / social work) or for moving into employment, mainly in the wide ranging care field.
This is achieved by ensuring that students develop general skills to enable them to take responsibility for their own learning.
The courses are vocational by nature involving students carrying out their own investigations and enquiries in order to present findings in various ways including written assignments, talks and presentations. This helps in deciding on future career paths.
All BTEC units are coursework based, no tests. The units of work studied range from subjects such as equal opportunities and discrimination to Child Development.
The course is enhanced by work placements at appropriate times and in a wide variety of settings.
Examination Results
Year |
KS4 |
AVCE 12 Unit |
Post 16 GNVQ |
|---|---|---|---|
2004 |
100% |
100% |
100% |
2003 |
100% |
100% |
100% |
Post 16 Health & Social Care
Full Award/12 Unit Award
As the name implies you will study twelve units of work over two years, which relate to services in the health and social care sector.
Six units are compulsory:
- Equal Opportunities and Clients’ rights;
- Communicating in Health and Social Care;
- Physical aspects of Health;
- Factors affecting Human Growth and Development;
- Health, Social Care and Early Years Service
- Research Perspectives in Health and Social Care.
The further six units are chosen from a list of optional units and will cover:-
- Child Development;
- Current Practice in Early Learning;
- Educating for Health and Social well-being;
- Promoting Independence and Autonomy;
- Influences on Health and Disease;
- Working in Care Organisations.
Previous students who completed this course have gone into nursing via university; diagnostic radiography degree; degrees in Social Practice; field care working; criminology degree course; nursing care assistants; work in the voluntary sector; social benefits administration; residential care work; lecturing in social sciences.