Health and Social Care (Key Stage 4)
Year 10
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| Supporting individuals through life events (mandatory) Coursework In this unit you will learn about life stages and the factors that affect them. Students will understand expected and unexpected life events and the impact they will have on physical, social/emotional and socio-economic aspects in an individual’s life. Students will research the service providers and practitioners that can support individuals, recommend support and justify how this will meet the needs of a specific individual. Students will be learning about: 1.1 Life stages and development: How the growth and development of an individual is affected by: * Physical factors * Social factors * Emotional factors * Economic factors * Cultural factors * Environmental factors 2.1 Life events and their impacts on individuals: * Expected and unexpected life events: * Physical events * Relationship changes * Life circumstances Impacts that life events have on individuals: * Physical * Intellectual * Emotional * Social * Financial Identifying individual’s needs based on the impacts of life events. 3.1 Sources of support that meet individual needs: * Sources of support * Formal * Informal * Charities The roles of practitioners in providing support. The roles of informal care givers in providing support. How practitioners meet individual needs: * Enable/promote independence * Medical/mental health support * Care support * Respite care * Financial support * Advice and guidance Research and recommend personalised support based on individual needs: * Match support provision to specific individual needs * Offer coordinated care and treatment * Justify choices made * Apply person-centred values | Principals of care in health and social care settings (mandatory) Exam. Whether you want a career in a health or social care setting, understanding rights, the person-centred values and how they can be applied is vital. Communicating effectively with service users you are caring for and creating a care environment that is safe and hygienic for service users and service providers is also essential for the health and wellbeing of individuals requiring care. In this unit students will learn about the importance of the rights of service users, person-centred values and how to apply them. They will also learn about the importance of effective communication skills when providing care and support for service users in health and social care settings and the procedures and measures used to protect individuals such as safeguarding, hygiene and security. Topic Area 1: The rights of service users in health and social care settings. Students will be learning about: 1.1 The types of care settings 1.2 The rights of service users 1.3 The benefits of service users’ health and wellbeing when their rights are maintained | Principals of care in health and social care settings (mandatory) Exam Topic Area 2: Person-centred values Students will be learning about: 2.1 Person-centred values and how they are applied by service providers 2.2 Benefits of applying the person-centred values 2.3 Effects on service users’ health and well-being person-centred values are not applied |
Year 11
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| Health promotion campaigns (optional) Coursework The UK has faced many public health challenges in modern times. Public health campaigns are used in a variety of ways to engage the public and to encourage physical, intellectual, emotional and social health and wellbeing, as it is vital to society that people remain healthy. In this unit students will have the opportunity to explore the various public health challenges the country faces, the approaches used to encourage health and wellbeing and the importance of this to society. Students will understand the factors affecting a healthy lifestyle so that campaigns can be designed to target different groups of people. Students will also learn how to plan and deliver their own small-scale health promotion campaign and how to evaluate their planning and delivery. | Principals of care in health and social care settings (mandatory) Exam Topic Area 3: Effective communication in health and social care settings Students will be learning: 3.1 The importance of verbal communication skills in health and social care setting. 3.2 The importance of non-verbal communication skills in health and social care settings 3.3 The importance of active listening in health and social care settings 3.4 The importance of special methods of communication in health and social acre settings 3.5 The importance of effective communication in health and social care settings | Principals of care in health and social care settings (mandatory) Exam Topic Area 4: Protecting service users and service providers in health and social care settings. Students will be learning about: 4.1 Safeguarding 4.2 Infection prevention 4.3 Safety procedures and measures 4.4 How security measures protect service users and staff |
Exam Board
Supporting individuals through life events (mandatory) coursework.
Health promotion campaigns (optional) coursework. Principals of care in health and social care settings (mandatory) exam.
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