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This course introduces you to a variety of

Health and Social Care settings.

We encourage a work placement in Year 12 to

experience how different settings work and to

support the units we study.

We also make use of guest speakers and have

attended local health provider conferences.

This subject can take you onto university or

into further training for a range of careers in

the Health and Social Care setting.

Examples of careers our students have gone

on to include: primary school teacher,

midwife, paediatric nurse, physiotherapist,

early years carer, social worker, occupational

therapist.

For further information please contact

Mrs M A Pratt

marjp1@tuptonhall.derbyshire.sch.uk

Faculty of Design & Technology

Tupton Hall School

A LEVEL HEALTH &

SOCIAL CARE (Applied)

TUPTON HALL SIXTH FORM

Why study Health & Social Care?

Entry Requirements:

Five grade A* - C passes at GCSE.

KS4 experience in Health and Social Care is

desirable although not essential.

AS Level

A Level

AS Level Health & Social Care

Assessment A Level

Health & Social Care

Unit 1: Promoting quality care

This unit looks at attitudes and prejudices within a

care setting; how users gain access to services and

how their rights and responsibilities are

respected. Values of care and safe working

practices are ongoing themes throughout the work.

Unit 2: Communication in care settings

All 4 types of communication are researched and the

factors that support and inhibit communication

addressed within a variety of settings.

Communication skills and theories relating to

communication form an independent research task

leading to the planning and execution of an

interaction with a users or practitioners.

Unit 3: Promoting good health

This unit looks at the principles of health, well being,

health promotion, preventative measures and job

roles. A health promotion campaign will be planned,

executed and evaluated within school.

Unit 4: Care practice and provision

This unit looks at the planning and provision of

services and how national policy and legislation

can affect care practice and provision locally.

Quality assurance is investigated and how it is

promoted by services. Assessment work involves

conducting a survey relating to quality assurance

and how services and practitioners meet individual

needs and work within partnerships.

Unit 5: Social Trends

This unit investigates the social trends and

patterns family life. It investigates the reasons for

any changes in the structure of and roles within

the family and uses data to explore and draw

conclusions about these trends.

Unit 6: Research methods in health and social

care

This unit will look and the purpose, methods of

research, ethical issues, sources of error and bias

in research. Research will be planned, executed,

results presented and analysed. An evaluation of

the findings will take place.

1) Promoting quality care

Examined unit.

2) Communication in

care settings

Portfolio submission.

3) Promoting good health

Portfolio submission.

All units carry equal

weighting.

4) Care practice and provision

Portfolio submission.

5) Social Trends

Examined unit.

6) Research methods in health and social care

Portfolio submission.

All units carry equal

weighting.