Health & Social Care
KS5 Health and Social Care Extended Certificate
This qualification prepares students for a career in the Health and Social Care sector. A combination of centre assessed units with wider project-based assessment opportunities, as well as examined units on: Equality, diversity and rights; Health, safety and security; Anatomy and physiology; Personalisation and person centred approach; Safeguarding and Research methods, has resulted in focused qualifications. These qualifications complement a Key Stage 5 study programme alongside other vocational qualifications or A Levels.
Mandatory Units:
- Unit 1: Building positive relationships in health and social care (internal assessment)
- Unit 2: Equality, diversity and rights in health and social care (external assessment)
- Unit 3: Health, safety and security in health and social care (external assessment)
- Unit 4: Anatomy and physiology for health and social care (external assessment)
Optional Unit (a selection of units will be covered):
- Unit 10: Nutrition (internal assessment)
- Unit 13: Sexual health, reproduction and early development stages (internal assessment)
- Unit 16: Supporting people with dementia (internal assessment)
Internal Assessments:
- Each mandatory until will be internally marked using assessment grading criteria.
- The assignments are marked by the teacher and then externally quality assured by OCR..