OCR Cambridge National Health and Social Care

What is Health & Social Care?

Cambridge National in Health and Social Care introduces you to the specialist knowledge and skills needed to work in various care settings. It’s a vocational qualification, equivalent in value to a GCSE and contains both practical and theoretical elements.

It is all about life. It aims to provide knowledge that underpins effective use of skills, process and attitudes in the health and social care sector such as human growth and development, health and social care services, and factors affecting people’s health and wellbeing. It aims to promote attitudes that are considered most important in health and social care, such as the care values.

The lessons include discussions, video clips and a variety of written and creative tasks on the topics that we are studying. The lessons are divided into the different units mentioned below.

As part of the Cambridge National, you’ll cover:

• principles of care
• helping individuals find the support they need following life events
• planning and delivering creative and therapeutic activities
• health promotion and how to plan your own campaign

Assessments

The course is divided into units.

RO32– Principles of care in health and social care settings.
Assessed through an exam at the end of Year 11.

RO33 – Supporting individuals through life events.
Assessed as a set assessment in Year 10.

RO34 – Creative and therapeutic activities.

RO35 – Health promotion campaigns. The centre chooses which of these (RO34 or RO35) units is taken and it is as a set assessment in year 11.

Why should I choose health and social care?

If you are interested in working in the health and social care sector, then this might be the course for you. This could lead to a very rewarding career in this sector where you can make a difference to the lives of others and to many of the most vulnerable in society.

Building futures through practical skills/Transferrable Skills.

You’ll develop a range of skills which will help you to succeed not only in the workplace but also in other subjects too. These skills include: • effective verbal communication • presentation skills • creative thinking • problem solving • research and planning. No matter what you progress on to – the skills you’ll learn from a Cambridge National will prepare you for the future.

Post 16 Courses and Routes to Employment

Pupils who have studied Health and Social Care go on to study courses at college, sixth forms and universities such as nursing, social work, teaching and health and social care to a higher level.

These skills will help you to progress onto further study in the health and social care sector. This may be Level 3 vocational qualifications in Health and Social Care; A levels in psychology, biology or sociology and the following apprenticeships:

• Adult care worker • Allied Health Profession Support
• Health and Social Care
• Healthcare science assistant
• Maternity and Paediatric Support. It is anticipated that this qualification will also enable you to progress onto a T Level, such as Health and Healthcare Science, when they are available.

Future opportunities and possible careers

By developing applied knowledge and practical skills, this course will help to give you the opportunity to progress on to A Levels, a Cambridge Technical in Health and Social Care, an apprenticeship or university. The careers that start from Health and Social Care are endless – Nurse, Midwife, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Paramedic and more.

Who do I need to see to find out more?

Talk to Mrs Chamberlain or Mrs Sampson

FAQs

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