The Health and Social Care qualification is for learners who want to gain sector-specific knowledge through vocational contexts. The qualification will broaden your experience and understanding of the sociological perspectives of Health and Social Care. You will learn the theoretical basis for providing good quality care, examining how practitioners use legislation, policies and communication to implement professional practice.

Pupils on this course must have a commitment to continued assessment via coursework. They must learn the content and put this into their coursework units and be able to meet regular deadlines.

The course covers:

• The life stages and key characteristics in the physical, intellectual, emotional and social (PIES) development classifications and the different factors that can affect an individual’s growth and development
• Different life events and how individuals can adapt or be supported through changes caused by life events
• Health and social care conditions, how they can be managed by the individual and the different health and social care services that are available
• The barriers and obstacles an individual may encounter and how these can be overcome
• The skills, attributes and values required to give care and how these benefit the individual
• How factors can affect an individual’s current health and wellbeing
• How physiological indicators and an individual’s lifestyle choices determine physical health
• The use of the person-centred approach
• Recommendations and actions to improving health and wellbeing and the barriers or obstacles individuals may face when following recommendations and the support available to overcome.