GCSE Health & Social Care

This is an exciting, up to date and currently relevant new course, launching in September 2019. The focus is very much on equipping the next generation of the caring professions to support individuals in actively participating in and understanding their own health choices.

GCSE Health and Social Care, and Childcare will equip you with knowledge, understanding and skills related to the development and care of individuals through life from conception and infancy to later adulthood.

Unit 1: Human growth, development and well-being

Written Examination: 1 hour 30 minutes

40% of single award qualification

You will investigate:

• Human development across the life cycle and the ways in which this may be affected.

• Physical, Social, Emotional and Intellectual Health.

• The importance of active participation on development and well-being – how individuals can take control of their care and health and well-being.

• Early intervention and prevention to promote and support growth, development and well-being for a range of conditions and circumstances.

Unit 2: Promoting and maintaining health and well-being

Non-exam assessment: approximately 25 hours

60% of single award qualification

You will investigate:

•  Health and social care, and childcare provision in Wales to promote and support health and well-being.

•  Public Health and health promotion across the life cycle.

• Factors affecting health and well-being across the cycle.

You will have opportunities to investigate care issues and topics of your own choice in the coursework.

By Studying Health and Social Care, and Childcare you will be able to:

• Develop and apply knowledge, understanding and skills to contemporary issues in a range of health and social care, and childcare contexts.

• Actively engage in the study of health and social care, and childcare to develop as effective and independent learners, and as critical and reflective thinkers with enquiring minds.

• Appreciate a range of perspectives on the impacts of health and social care, and childcare services on wider society.

•  Consider how health and social care, and childcare practice should be ethical and support a sustainable health and care system.

• Develop and apply skills relevant to health and social care, and childcare including using and interpreting data.

• Develop an awareness of career pathways available within the health and social care, and childcare sector.