Health and Social Care
Health and Social Care is a new subject that has recently been introduced to our KS5 options. It is delivered as a Cambridge Technical Level 3 Extended Certificate which is an A level equivalent but has a modular format, enabling students to tackle the content in manageable sections which are then assessed and logged. Students also have the opportunity to retake or resubmit units if they wish to improve their attainment.
Level 3 CTEC Health & Social Care (Year 12 & 13)
The Level 3 Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care provides students with the skills, knowledge and understanding to progress into Higher Education on a health and social care-related programme such as Health and Social Care, Nursing, Social Work or Early Childhood Studies. The units will give students an understanding of health and social care within the wider contexts of different environments and settings where care takes place, the importance of effective communication in health and social care, the importance of legislation in health and social care and how to deliver a person-centred approach in the care you give. Students also develop skills such as communication skills as well as transferable skills such as research, planning and organisation.
At the start of Year 12 students focus on Unit 2, where they look at equality, diversity and rights in health and social care. They sit an external exam for this Unit in January. In the Spring term they move to Unit 1, looking at building positive relationships in health and social care. This in an internally assessed Unit. In the Summer Term of Year 12, students study Health, safety and security in health and social care which is externally examined.
In Year 13 they move on to Anatomy and physiology for health and social care in Unit 4 and Infection Control in Unit 5. Our students also completed Unit 10 which looks at Nutrition for Health.
The Cambridge Technical Level 3 extended certificate is a modular course equivalent to an A Level - it is made up of 4 mandatory and 2 optional units. 3 units are assessed through external examinations and 3 are internally assessed. The order of delivery has been selected primarily so that learning is achieved in a logical manner and that prior learning will aid in subsequent units. The order has also been selected in the manner that provides the best possible outcome for the students i.e. examined units being delivered early enough that students are able to take advantage of the option to retake them in a subsequent exam season if they feel they can improve their result. Unit 4 is a larger module and therefore is scheduled in order to use the time after exams have finished in the summer of Year 12. Unit 10 is a smaller module so is taught alongside Unit 5 over the last two terms when students may be under the most pressure from their other subjects.
