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Health and Social Care
If you are interested in, and want ultimately to work with, people this may be the course for you.
Some students already have an interest in working with children or want to care for and help
others.
The GCSE course gives you the background knowledge and develops the skills needed by
anybody considering working with people. It could be just as useful for someone interested in
being a personal trainer or even a teacher.
You will:
learn through investigation
develop knowledge and understanding about health, social care and early years
complete practical work
learn about and understand the world you live in
be able to design a health plan
research ccupations you may want to work in.
What will I learn?
The world of health, social care and early years is rapidly changing – our course is completely up
to date!
The course has the following four units.
Unit 1
This unit helps you understand how people grow and develop, as well as the personal
relationships people have during their lives. You will look at how people grow and develop from
birth, right through to later adulthood. This knowledge will help you understand others and
maybe help you understand yourself.
Unit 2
This unit is based on an investigation into the needs of one person and how health, social
care and early years organisations meet those needs. You will select the person you study and
conduct all the research yourself.
Unit 3
This unit focuses on what it means to be healthy, the factors that affect health and wellbeing,
and how health is measured. You will design a health plan for an individual.
Unit 4
This unit combines all the things you have studied in the previous units. The aim is for you
to develop an in-depth understanding of the core principles needed to work with other
practitioners and service users.
What can I do after I’ve completed the course?
This course is ideal preparation for progression to more detailed study of health, social care and
early years.
This could be an A Level course, a BTEC National qualification or a 14-19 Diploma.
Some students may complete the course and progress to working or training in a specialised
area within the health, social care and early years field.
 
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