Intent
About 3 million people in the UK work in health and social care. In healthcare, this includes jobs such as doctors, pharmacists, nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants and administrators, while social care roles include care assistants, social workers, occupational therapists and counsellors. Demand for both health and social care is likely to continue to rise, so it is sure to continue to play a key role in UK society, and the demand for people to fill these vital jobs will increase. Our intent is to teach students how people grow and develop over the course of their lives, from infancy to old age, and all the factors that may affect this, such as major life changing events like marriage or parenthood. They will learn how people adapt to these changes as well as the types of support available to help them. We will teach about the different health and social care services, and about ‘care values’ and their importance in making sure that the people who use these services get the care they need. Our students will be able to demonstrate these care values practically and have the opportunity to review their own performance in demonstrating ‘care values’. Students will be confident in interpreting data about someone’s state of health in order to design a plan that will allow them to improve their health and wellbeing.
Learning Journey
Names of staff, roles & contact details
Mrs E Kasmir
Subject Leader for Business and Computing
edr@baines.lancs.sch.uk
Mrs J MacFarlane
Associate Assistant Headteacher
jma@baines.lancs.sch.uk
From September 2022 students will follow the new specification below
| HT1 | HT2 | HT3 | HT4 | HT5 | HT6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 10 | Component 1 Learning aim A Understand human growth and development across life stages and the factors that affect it | Component 1 Learning aim A Understand human growth and development across life stages and the factors that affect it | Component 1 Learning aim B Understand how individuals deal with life events | Component 2 Learning aim A Understand the different types of health and social care services and barriers to accessing them | Component 2 Learning aim A Understand the different types of health and social care services and barriers to accessing them | Component 2 Learning aim B Understand the skills, attributes and values required to give care. |
| Year 11 | Component 2 Learning aim B Understand the skills, attributes and values required to give care. | Component 3 Factors that affect health and wellbeing | Component 3 Lifestyle indicators | Component 3 Person-centred approach to improving health and wellbeing | Revision |
How and when is my child assessed?
- Component 1 – Human Lifespan Development
- Assessed internally – 2 pieces of coursework completed in Year 10
- Component 2 – Health and Social Care Services and Values
- Assessed internally – 2 pieces of coursework in Year 11
- Component 3 – Health and Wellbeing
- Externally assessed – Exam in February Year 11 with resit opportunity in May Year 11
| Name of course(s) offered | Exam Board | Link to Spec | Nature of assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTEC Tech Award Health & Social Care | Pearson | https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/btec-tech-awards/health-and-social-care.html | Explore: Human Lifespan Development - internally assessed assignments 30% of total course |
| Develop: Health and Social Care Services and Values - internally assessed assignments 30% of total course | |||
| Apply: Health and Wellbeing - Externally assessed task 40% of total course |
Teaching Strategies
We use case studies as a basis for our learning in Health and Social Care, to apply our knowledge to real life case studies and situations. We explore people at all life stages and use resources such as Department for Education, to be able to see Health and Social Care practically applied.
As this is a vocational subject, homework is set as required. In the run up to exams this is linked to revision of key concepts and sample questions. Outside of exam preparation time, homework is generally research based.
We use Google Classrooms within the department and students will use this both within lessons and from home.
On Tuesdays after school the department run a catch-up revision session for students to attend.
Resources
We strongly recommend the purchase of the following books to aid continuous learning and revision.
Last updated September 2022