Within these pages you will find lots of information about the subject and how the department operates.
If you have any queries regarding Health and Social Care please do not hesitate to get in touch with me.
Mrs S Hoskins
Health and Social Care
Please read our Curriculum Statement.
What is Health and Social Care?
As a subject, Health and Social Care (H&SC) combines elements of sociology, biology, nutrition, law, and ethics. Pupils of Health and Social Care will have a work placement alongside their academic studies; such a placement may take place in a nursery, residential home, hospital, or other caring establishment. Others may take a health and social care course as a route to further qualifications hoping that it will lead to employment within the sector.
Depending on their qualification, pupils may start off as care assistants and develop care to become doctors, nurses, social workers, physiotherapists, counsellors, psychotherapists, or a range of other related occupations.
H&SC is studied in Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5.
Why choose a Level 2 BTEC Technical Award in Health and Social Care?
How does the course work?
The course is made up of three components: two internally assessed and one that’s externally assessed. Our three-block structure, explore, develop and apply, has been developed to allow pupils to build on and embed their knowledge. This allows them to grow in confidence and then put into practice what they have learned. Our assessment structure is also designed so that pupils can build on what they learn, and develop their assignment skills, as they move through the course.
Component 1 Human Lifespan Development
During Component 1, you will:
Component 2 Health and Social Care Services and Values
During Component 2, you will:
Component 3 Health and Wellbeing
To achieve this aim, you will: