GCE A Level Health And Social Care

Programme Features:

The GCE in Health and Social Care allows students to build skills as well as technical knowledge. It provides a broad base of understanding, whilst allowing students to also focus on the following specialist areas:

Rights, responsibilities and values Communication in care settings Health and wellbeing Service provision and practitioner roles Understanding human behaviour Service providers, being public, private, community and charity

Programme Content:

Promoting Quality Care and Communication: The unit introduces candidates to factors affecting the quality of life. The care principles, skills and techniques required by both formal and informal carers to treat individuals well within a range of care settings. (AS Level)

Promoting Good Health: This unit will enable candidates to gain knowledge and understanding of the factors that influence an individual’s health and well-being, and how recent government initiatives promote good health. (AS Level)

Provision of Health, Social Care and Children's Services: In this unit, candidates will need to study the main health, social care and children’s services to meet individual needs. (A2 Level)

Working in Health and Social Care: In this unit, candidates will need to reflect on their own suitability for employment in different job roles in the Health and Social Care sector. (A2 Level)