Health and Social Care

Percentage of total GCSE marks:

 

Unit 1 – Coursework 33%

Unit 2 – Coursework 33%

Unit 3 – Written examination 34%

 

Summary of what the coursework involves:

 

Year 10 – Unit 2 – Promoting Health and Well being

 

Each student is required to produce a health plan for improving or maintaining the physical health and well being of an individual.  The student may base the plan on him or herself.  The plan must include:

 

·         Factors affecting the health and well being of the individual risks to the individuals.

·         Records of the use of two measures of health for the chosen individual.

·         Changes the plan may have on the individual.

·         This consists of a portfolio containing a health plan for improving and maintaining the physical health and well being of an individual.

 

Year 11 – Unit 1 – Health Social Care and Early Years

 

This consists of a portfolio of work on how the needs of two individuals from two different client groups may be met by service providers in their local area.  The portfolio must include:

 

·         The organisation of the services and the roles of people who work in them to meet the needs of the two chosen individuals.

·         How the care value base underpins work in supporting the two individuals.

·         Relevant codes of practice or charters.

·         Ways in which different communication skills are used to support the two individual clients.

 

When coursework is due to be handed in:

 

Coursework Year 10 – Unit 2 – This unit must be handed in at the end of April in Year 10.

Coursework Year 11 – Unit 1 – This unit must be handed in at the end of April in Year 11.

 

(Examination Year 10 – Unit 3 – The final examination will be taken in May/June Year 10).

 

Some tips for producing good coursework:

 

Ø   Choose people for case studies who will be interesting and have problems, as this makes it easier to write about them and suggest improvements to their health and well being.

Ø   Research should include information from the internet, text books, leaflets, interviews and questionnaires.  A wide range of sources is essential to achieve a high grade.

Ø   Students must keep to the deadlines set by the teacher.

Ø   All lessons must be attended.

Ø   Students should be prepared to spend one lunchtime each week in an ICT room to word process the coursework and be given help by a teacher.

 

How students should go about asking for further assistance if they feel help is needed:

 

Talk to your teacher.