AS and A2 HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

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AS and A2 HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

• at High Storrs Sixth Form

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Available at HSS
Single award 1 A level (5 lessons per week)
Double award 2 A levels (10 lessons per week)
Exam board OCR
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AS Single award units

• Unit 1 Promoting quality care (exam, 33 of AS
  single, 16.67 of AS double)
• Attitudes and prejudice
• Rights and responsibilities of people who use
  services and providers
• Facilitation of access to services
• Values of care
• How organisations promote quality care

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AS Single award units

• Unit 2 Communication in care settings
  (coursework, 33 of AS single, 16.67 of AS
  double)
• Types of communication
• Factors that support and inhibit communication
• Communication skills
• Theories relating to communication
• Interaction with the person who uses
  services/practitioner

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AS Single award units

• Unit 3 Promoting good health (coursework, 33
  of AS single, 16.67 of AS double)
• Principles of health and well-being
• Preventative measure and job roles
• Planning a health promotion campaign
• Carry out a health promotion campaign

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AS Double award units

• Unit 4 Health and safety in care settings
  (exam, 16.67 of AS)
• The influence of current legislation on safe
  practice in care settings
• Safety and security
• Safe moving and handling techniques
• Contribution to infection control

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AS Double award units

• Unit 6 Working in early-years care and
  education (coursework, 16.67 of AS)
• Care and education provision for early years in
  the local area
• Job roles and responsibilities available within
  early-years care and education
• Values and principles of the early-years sectors
• The ways children learn and factors that can
  affect performance
• How to plan and implement activities for children
  in care and education

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AS Double award units

• Unit 7 Health as a lifestyle choice
  (coursework, 16.67 of AS)
• Positive effects of exercise
• Nutritional value of food and dietary function of
  nutrients
• Exploring dietary health
• Designing an exercise programme
• How diet and exercise affect health

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Assessment
Work experience or voluntary work beneficial to
course

• Exams
• Structured content
• Preparation
• Mini assessments
• Coursework
• Not controlled assessment
• Computer based
• On going work and marking
• Chunked work
• BIG pieces of work!

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A2 Single award units

• Unit 10 Care practice and provision
  (coursework, 33 of A2 single, 16.67 of A2
  double)
• Planning and provision of services
• Effects of national policy and legislation on
  care practice and provision
• How quality assurance is promoted by services
• Conducting a survey relating to quality assurance
  
• How services and practitioners meet individual
  needs
• Ways in which practitioners within services work
  in partnerships

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A2 Single award units

• Unit 11 Understanding human behaviour and
  development (exam, 33 of A2 single, 16.67 of A2
  double)
• Factors influencing human development
• Theories of human development
• The application of theories to aid the
  understanding of human behaviour

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A2 Single award units

• Unit 13 Child development (coursework, 33 of A2
  single, 16.67 of A2 double)
• Development and monitoring
• Factors that influence development and norms of
  development
• The role of play in development
• How to plan and make a learning aid/activity for
  a child (0-8)

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A2 Double award units

• Unit 14 Mental-health issues (coursework,
  16.67 of A2 double)
• The concept of mental health
• Types of mental illness
• Causes of mental illness
• Effects of mental illness
• Preventative and coping strategies
• Support for people with mental-health needs

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A2 Double award units

• Unit 15 Social trends (exam, 16.67 of A2
  double)
• Social trends and patterns of family life
• Reasons for change in the structure of the family
  and roles of individuals
• Using data to explore and draw conclusions about
  the trends and patterns of family life

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A2 Double award units

• Unit 16 Research methods of health and social
  care (coursework, 16.67 of A2 double)
• Purposes and methods of research
• Ethical issues, sources of error and bias in
  research
• Planning, presenting and analysing findings from
  research
• Evaluating findings from research

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Further study opportunities

• Nursing
• Child development
• Social work
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Physiotherapy
• Nutrition

• Teaching
• Midwifery
• Youth work
• Many more
• A level course
• Grades A- E
• UCAS points

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Previous students say

• Choosing Health and Social Care lead me to my
  chosen career and gave me the best start possible
  for moving onto university!

• develop independent research skills
• work independently on topics of my own interest

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