Health & Social Care
Welcome to Health and Social Care!
Health and Social care is a Level 2 qualification. It is an exciting, hands on, vocational course that allows you to get your teeth into everything to do with real life situations. Since I started to teach the course my main goal was to make each experience a student has as close to real life as possible, which we have achieved.
We have regular visitors come into school to tell you about their roles and jobs, including people from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Lily, Dementia UK, UEA, etc. We also take students to various locations on visits such as to local care homes, primary schools, nurseries and the hospital. As well as these real life experiences in different locations and situations, we offer other qualifications as part of the course (such as the First Aid Qualification; online First Aid refresher; Health and Safety courses, such as Food Hygiene, etc.) which can also all be used as part of other aspects of the students' co-curricular activities, such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award (DofE).
EVERYTHING that is taught in Health and Social Care is important to everyday life, both in the work place and outside, making this course ideal for anyone!
Health and Social Care is a course that you can select as an option subject, at the end of Year 9, to study at GCSE level. It is specifically designed for those who wish to pursue a career in health, social and early years sectors, for example nursing, caring or working with nursery age children.
Staff teaching the course: Ms A Moat (a.moat@smithdonhigh.org.uk)
BDVA9701 (3).MOVYear 9 Options
This video tells you all about the course!
Specification
Specification (J835).pdfThis Specification will be taught. Please click here for more details.
Aims
Health and Social Care will equip learners with sound specialist knowledge and skills for everyday use. The course will also challenge all learners by: introducing them to demanding material and skills; encouraging independence and creativity; providing tasks that engage with the most taxing aspects of the National Curriculum (including Values of Care and the current legislation requirements, as well as the importance of softer skills, such as communication skills to ensure an individual's right to independence and dignity).
The Health and Social Care Qualification will provide learners with essential knowledge, transferable skills and tools to improve their learning in other subjects with the aim of enhancing their employability when they leave education, contributing to both their personal development and future economic well-being.