Health & Social Care (KS4)

Option subject: Health and Social Care

Course Outline:

For the first two weeks of your course we will be helping you to familiarise yourself with what is required to pass the course and what you will be learning.

This course is designed so that you can take charge of your own learning and be independent just as you have to be when you go to university or when working in a job.

The course will contain many practical tasks, designing activities for young children, presentations, reviewing and discussion of documentaries, films and health campaigns etc, but the coursework must be written up and presented on computer so that work can be saved and corrected easily. The programme is completed over two years with the two week period of work experience at the end of Year 10.

In Year 10,   students will study - Component 1 - Human lifespan development (coursework)

and will also start  Component 2 - Health and Social Care Services (coursework)

In Year 11, students will study - Component 3 - Health and Wellbeing (exam)

Assessment methods:

The course consists of 2 units of coursework and 1 externally marked controlled assessment. All units must be passed to gain a PASS grade equivalent to 4 at GCSE. Higher grades of Merit (grade 6 at GCSE) and Distinction (8.5  grade at GCSE) can be gained by completing extension tasks to pass grade tasks within the coursework.

Some examples of coursework

• Communication in Health and Social Care
• Individual Rights in Health and Social Care 5 2
• Individual Needs in Health and Social Care 5 2
• Ensuring Safe Environments in Health and Social Care u
• Vocational Experience in a Health or Social Care Setting 

The BTEC course is a vocational course and requires a two week period of work experience in a care setting. This is arranged by the school in partnership with Inspire, the Education and Business Partnership division of The Hackney Learning Trust.  In addition we have strong links with Homerton Foundation NHS Trust who have been working closely with us on providing focused work experience and interview skills within the hospital

Key attributes required to enjoy and/or succeed on this course

• Students must be interested in health and care, how people think and behave and how individuals develop from babies to adults.
• A good level of written English is required as much of the work will be in the form of presentations, posters, reports etc.
• The course requires creative thinking and problem based learning, good communication and those willing to engage in lively discussions.