Skill
Health & Social Care and Child Development focus on the knowledge and skills required to work in these sectors. This involves knowing how people develop physically, intellectually, emotionally and socially throughout their life, as well as the values and principles that underpin professional practice such the 6Cs: care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment. Issues such as safeguarding are considered as are the laws, policies and procedures that are put in place to protect both professionals and the individuals being cared for.
Character
Health & Social Care and Child Development are about developing students who care. They are about building respect and tolerance for uniqueness, and an understanding that some people in society are more vulnerable and require compassion and support. They are also about betterment. How can I be better at providing care? How can care make life better for others?
Experiences
At Sixth Form work experience is an important part of the courses to see the theory in practice, and to further develop important skills like communication. Every child will experience completing a report tailored to an individual child, adolescent or adult. Students will experience conducting primary and secondary research, analysing their findings to draw conclusions and make recommendations.
Criticality
There is a key focus on how knowledge can be applied in real life. Is this the best way to provide care for this person? Is this practical? Is it appropriate for their individual needs? It requires students to think about different people’s life experiences and to be able to empathise –to put themselves in someone else’s shoes.
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| Health and social care services and values | Health and social care services and values
Health & wellbeing examined unit |
Health & wellbeing examined unit
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Understand the different types of health and social care services and barriers to accessing them
Demonstrate care values and review own practice |
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of factors that affect health and wellbeing
Interpret health indicators
Design a person-centred health and wellbeing improvement plan.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how to overcome obstacles relating to health and wellbeing improvement plans
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Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of factors that affect health and wellbeing
Interpret health indicators
Design a person-centred health and wellbeing improvement plan.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how to overcome obstacles relating to health and wellbeing improvement plans
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| Human lifespan development
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Health and social care services and values
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Health and Wellbeing exam unit
Health and social care services and values
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Health and Wellbeing exam unit
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| Year 11 | Human lifespan development
Understand human growth and development across life stages and the factors that affect it
Understand the different types of health and social care services and barriers to accessing them
Demonstrate care values and review own practice.
Investigate how individuals deal with life events
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Demonstrate care values and review own practice.
Investigate how individuals deal with life events
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of factors that affect health and wellbeing
Interpret health indicators
Design a person-centred health and wellbeing improvement plan.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how to overcome obstacles relating to health and wellbeing improvement plans
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Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of factors that affect health and wellbeing
Interpret health indicators
Design a person-centred health and wellbeing improvement plan.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how to overcome obstacles relating to health and wellbeing improvement plans |
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| Year 12 | Yr 12 Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development (exam)
Yr 12 Unit 5 – Meeting Needs (coursework) |
Yr 12 Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development (exam)
Yr 12 Unit 5 – Meeting Needs (coursework)
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Yr 12 Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development (exam)
Yr 12 Unit 5 – Meeting Needs (coursework)
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| Year 12 | Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development
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Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development
Unit 5 – Meeting Needs |
Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development
Unit 5 – Meeting Needs |
| Fundamentals
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Yr 12 Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development (exam)
Yr 12 Unit 5 – Meeting Needs (coursework) |
Yr 12 Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development (exam)
Yr 12 Unit 5 – Meeting Needs (coursework)
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Yr 12 Unit 1 – Human Lifespan Development (exam)
Yr 12 Unit 5 – Meeting Needs (coursework)
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| Unit 2 – Working in HSC (exam)
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Unit 2 – Working in HSC (exam)
Unit 11 – Psychological Perspectives (course work) |
Unit 11 – Psychological Perspectives (course work) | |
| Year 13 |
The roles and responsibilities of people who work in the health and social care sector
The roles of organisations in the health and social care sector
Working with people with specific needs in the health and social care sector
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Yr 13 Unit 2
Working with people with specific needs in the health and social care sector
Yr 13 Unit 11 In this unit you will: A Examine how psychological perspectives contribute to the understanding of human development and behaviour B Examine the contribution of psychological perspectives to the management and treatment of service users’ specific behaviours C Examine how psychological perspectives are applied in health and social care settings |
Yr 13 Unit 11
In this unit you will: A Examine how psychological perspectives contribute to the understanding of human development and behaviour B Examine the contribution of psychological perspectives to the management and treatment of service users’ specific behaviours C Examine how psychological perspectives are applied in health and social care settings
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