Health and Social Care A Level

Health and Social Care A Level

Open Plan A Levels
 
Do you need an A Level within 12 months to get into University?
 
We now offer a range of A Levels where we guarantee to prioritise the marking of your coursework so you are fully ready to take your exams in January and June of each year.
 
You will have to find a testing centre in your area to check on the cut off dates for coursework.

What is Health and Social Care?

The GCE Health and Social Care forms part of the vocationally-focused GCEs. This more broad-based qualification provides a more vocational perspective in the areas of Health, Social Care and Early Years Care and Education. The course also offers students, the choice to obtain a qualification that meets both their individual aptitudes and interests.

Prior study at GCSE in Health and Social Care will be useful to students but not essential. This course prepares students to enter a variety of HND or degree level courses in Health and Social Care and related subjects. It also provides a progression route for further training whilst in employment.
 
The aims of these specifications are to encourage students to:

• Develop and sustain an interest in health, early-years care and education, social care and issues affecting the care sector.
• Acquire knowledge and understanding of health, early-years care and education and issues affecting the health and social sector.
• Develop skills that will enable them to make an effective contribution to the care sector including skills of research, evaluation and problem-solving in a work related context:
• Apply knowledge, understanding and skills.
• Prepare for further study and training.

 
Course Content
 
An outline of what is offered in our A Level Health and Social Care course:

In this course you will study six units:
 
F910 - Promoting Quality Care: 100% examination from the course material and some additional Internet research.
 
F911 - Communication in Care Settings: Portfolio. 80% of the portfolio is based upon research from the course book and some additional research from the Internet. 20% of the marks come from an interaction with a person or a small group of people who use health care services as well as a Self-assessment of the candidates own performance during that interaction.
 
F912 - Promoting Good Health: Portfolio. 60% of the portfolio is based upon the course material with some additional Internet research. 40% of the marks come from planning and implementing a small scale health promotion campaign and the candidate assessing their own performance.
 
F919 - Care Practise and Provision: Portfolio. 100% of the portfolio is based upon research from the course material and some additional research on the Internet.
 
F920 - Understanding Human Behaviour and Development: 100% Examination from the course material and some additional Internet research.
 
F923 - Mental Health Issues: Portfolio. 100% of the portfolio is based upon research from the course material and some additional research on the Internet.
 
OCR Course Codes:
 
H103 - AS Health & Social Care
 
H503 - A2 Health & Social Care
 
For further details visit

http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/type/gce/hpsc/hsc/

Recommended Reading:

Health and Social Care: AS Student Book - OCR (Applied AS Health & Social Care) (Paperback)

by Angela Fisher
 
Publisher: Folens Publishers (1 Jun 2006)

ISBN-10: 1843038404

ISBN-13: 978-1843038405

Health and Social Care: A2 Student Book - OCR (Applied A2 Health and Social Care) (Paperback)

By Angela Fisher
 
Publisher: Folens Publishers (1 Mar 2007)

ISBN-10: 1850082480

ISBN-13: 978-1850082484

 
Examination Centres

We provide expertise support and advice for students in their studies through their comprehensive course packs and tutoring system.

However, we do stress that it is the student’s responsibility to find a centre to register and take their exams with. We are aware that sometimes this is difficult or even impossible to arrange.

 
The contract for sitting exams is between you and the centre and we will provide you with comprehensive instructions on when and how to deal with the examination centre.