Health and Social Care

Health and Social Care

Staff

Ms C Daly (Head of Department)

Miss C McCallion

Mrs L McReynolds

Health and Social Care is an engaging and relevant and subject. By choosing this subject, students are provided with the opportunity to study topics including communication, quality care, health and wellbeing, physiology, statutory and non-statutory services and family issues.

The health, social care and early years’ are major employment sectors in Northern Ireland and so our Health and Social Care Department provides opportunities for students to study the subject at different levels.

Key Stage 4

At Key Stage 4, students can opt to study the CCEA GCSE Health and Social Care.

CCEA GCSE Health and Social Care
The CCEA GCSE Health and Social Care specification provides opportunities for students to develop a broad knowledge and understanding of what is required for working in the health, social care and early years sectors.

In particular, they learn about:

• human development through the main life stages and age ranges;
• factors affecting health and development, including behavioural, environmental, physical and socio-economic factors;
• how relationships influence social and emotional development;
• how a range of factors influence self-concept;
• major life changes and sources of support;
• how health and social care services meet a range of service users’ needs;
• barriers to health and social care services and how they can be overcome;
• job roles of a range of practitioners and how they apply the values of care in their day-to-day work; and
• the importance of safeguarding in health, social care and early years settings.

Key Stage 5

At Key Stage 5, students can study CCEA A-Level Health and Social Care.

In this subject students will gain a broad understanding of health, social care and early years, as well as developing skills, knowledge and understanding linked to the sector.

The CCEA GCE Health and Social Care specification appeals to students with an interest in health, well-being and caring for others. It gives students the opportunity to study a diverse range of subjects, including communication, physiology, social policy and psychology, and develop skills including research, investigation, and analysis.

Students will have an opportunity to apply learning in a practical and realistic way and follow a programme of study that enables progression. The course is assessed through both external examinations and on-going coursework tasks, approaches which suit a variety of different learning styles, as well as reflecting the types of assessment students will experience in third-level education.

For the full GCE single award qualification students complete the following six units: three at AS level and three at A2.

• Unit AS 1: Promoting Quality Care
• Unit AS 2: Communication in Health, Social Care and Early Years Settings
• Unit AS 3: Health and Well-Being
• Unit A2 3: Providing Services
• Unit A2 4: Public Health and Health Promotion
• Unit A2 5: Supporting the Family

For more information on the subject or any general equiries please click the button to contact the Head of Department, Miss Daly.