Specification
Specification
(PDF), Last Updated: 21 July 2011
(Version 5) For first teaching from September 2009, for first assessment from Summer 2010, for first award in Summer 2011
Related Circulars
Specification Update (S/IF/78/11)
(PDF), Last Updated: 30 August 2011
Revised GCSE Health and Social Care Double Award Specification (S/IF/85/09)
(PDF), Last Updated: 23 September 2009
In this Double Award course in Health and Social Care, students can be awarded grades A*A*–GG, with A*A* being the highest. For students who fail to attain a grade GG, we report their results as unclassified (UU).
We’ve organised the course into four compulsory units:
- Unit SA1: Working in Health and Social Care;
- Unit SA2: Personal Development;
- Unit DA1: Health and Well-Being; and
- Unit DA2: Promoting Quality Care.
The content of each unit is outlined in more detail below:
Unit SA1: Working in Health and Social Care
- Main employment sectors in health, social care, early years and children’s services
- Job roles in health, social care, early years and children’s services
- Principles of care/providing quality care
- Meeting client needs
- Accessing care services, and barriers to access
Unit SA2: Personal Development
- Human growth and development
- Factors affecting growth and development
- Relationships
- Self-concept
- Coping with life changes
Unit DA1: Health and Well-Being
- Health and well-being
- Government health improvement targets
- Factors influencing health and well-being
- Measures of physical health
- Health improvement plan
- Evaluation of the health improvement plan
Unit DA2: Promoting Quality Care
- Code of Practice for Social Care Workers
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct
- Values and principles of the early years and children’s services sector
- Policies in care settings.
For more information, see the specification.