Welcome to Health and Social Care. Students who complete this course find the work covered very relevant and useful to further their career and everyday life. 

 It is equivalent to a two G.C.S.E’s and usually suits students who are looking into a career where they want to work with people and everyday is different.  Examples might be Nurses, Teachers, Nursery Nurses, and Paramedics, Doctors, Physiologists, Carers for the Elderly, Social Workers and many others. 

The course is broken down into 3 units and it is studied over 2 years.

Unit1. Work Experience.  Your Work Experience will be based in a ‘Caring Profession’ of you choice.  It may be in a nursery, playgroup, school or residential home for the elderly or disabled.

Unit 2.  You look at someone lifestyle you know and try to improve their way of life.  Information gathered will be used to complete a Health Plan for this person.

Unit 3. This is an exam based on Personal Development.