Around three million people work in health or social care. Health care roles include doctors, pharmacists, nurses, midwives and health care assistants, while social care roles include care assistants, occupational therapists, counsellors and administrative roles. Together they account for nearly one in 10 of all paid jobs in the UK. The demand for both health and social care is likely to rise in the future and therefore the demand for people to fill these vital jobs will increase.
Health and Social Care at Notre Dame is an optional subject in both Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 that aims to give students the opportunity to develop the knowledge, understanding and technical skills that are used within the health, social care and childcare sectors. It aims to equip and prepare students for further learning or a career both in the sectors and more widely.
Key Stage 4
BTEC Health and Social Care Tech Award Level 2
Students will follow the BTEC Tech Award in Health and Social Care. This course is broken down into the following units:
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Component 1 – Human lifespan development(coursework)
Human lifespan development - Studying the growth and development of people through their lifetime and the factors that can affect people's physical, intellectual, emotional and social development (internally assessed through written reports).
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Component 2 – Health and Social care services and values(coursework)
Health and Social care services and values - Learning about the different roles of the primary and secondary health and social care services in diagnosing, treating and supporting people through different health conditions. Understanding and demonstrating the care values that must be shown when working in the healthcare industry with patients (internally assessed through written reports).
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Component 3 – Health and wellbeing (exam)
Health and wellbeing - This is a synoptic unit and includes analysing health data to create health improvement plans to meet the health needs of individuals (externally assessed through an exam).
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Term 1 Topics |
Term 2 Topics |
Term 3 Topics |
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Year 10 |
Component 1 – Human lifespan development |
Component 1 –Human lifespan development |
Component 1 – Human lifespan development Health and wellbeing
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Year 11 |
Component 2 – Health and Social care services and values Coursework writing
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Component 2 -Health and Social care services and values Component 3 – Health and wellbeing
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Component 3- Health and wellbeing |
Additional materials to support study and revision:
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BTEC HSC Student Book |
https://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/fe-vocational/subjects/health-and-social-care-fe-vocational/btec-tech-award-2022-health-and-social-care/btec-tech-award-2022-health-and-social-care-student-book |
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HSC revision guide |
https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/secondary-books/vocational/btec/health-and-social-care/hs2erb1-btec-tech-award-in-health-social |
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Wealth of HSC articles to support wider reading. |
https://www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/hub/duty-of-care-in-health-and-social-care/ |
Key Stage 5
BTEC Health and Social Care Level 3
This is a two year course equivalent to one A Level and leads to a national qualification recognised by employers and Universities.
The aim of this course is to give students a deep understanding of human development, common chronic physiological disorders and the roles of healthcare professionals across a range of services.
BTEC Health and Social Care Level 3 course outline
Students study four units as shown in the table below. The content for each unit is outlined in the table below indicating whether they are mandatory and the method of assessment.
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Unit |
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Mandatory/optional |
Assessment |
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Human lifespan and development |
Mandatory |
1 hour 30 minute external exam |
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2 |
Working in Health and Social Care |
Mandatory |
1 hour 30 minute external exam |
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5 |
Meeting individual care and support needs |
Mandatory |
Coursework. Internally assessed |
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14 |
Physiological disorders and their care |
Optional |
Coursework, internally assessed |
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Term 1 Topics |
Term 2 Topics |
Term 3 Topics |
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Year 12 |
Unit 1 -Human lifespan and development |
Unit 1 - External exam -Human lifespan and development Unit 5-Meeting individual care and support needs |
Unit 5 -Meeting individual care and support needs
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Year 13 |
Unit 2-Working in Health and Social Care |
Unit 2 - External exam -Working in Health and Social Care Unit 14-Physiological disorders and their care |
Unit 14-Physiological disorders and their care |