Carmel R.C. College

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Carmel R.C. College

• Health and Social Care
• Childrens Care, Learning and Development

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Courses available
BTEC National Award Childrens Care, Learning and
Development 1 A level 6 units
GCE Applied Health Social Care AS 3
units AS 6 units
GCE Applied Health Social Care A2 6 units
GCE Applied Health Social Care A2 12 units
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GCE Applied

• Health and Social Care

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What does the course offer?
The Course Would you like to learn something
about the vocational area of Health and Social
Care? Learning will take the form of discussion,
group work, assignments, individual research
outside the classroom and formal examinations.
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What may it lead to?

• Direct Employment in Health and Social care
• Physiotherapy
• Radiology
• Social Work
• Police Force

• Further Education
• Teaching
• Psychology
• Nursing/ Midwifery

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The Staff
The course is delivered by two members of staff
to cater for the variety of the subject content
in the course. Each teacher offers a different
area of expertise.
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Course content

• Promoting quality care
• Communication in care settings
• Promoting good health
• Working in early years care and education
• Health as a lifestyle choice
• Complimentary therapies

• Care practice and provision
• Understanding human behaviour
• Anatomy and physiology in practice
• Child Development
• Research methods in health and social care
• Crime and its impact on individuals and society

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Promoting quality care
This is a compulsory unit of the course.

• Understand the possible effects of attitudes and
  prejudices on service users
• Health and Well being
• Self-esteem
• Unfair treatment direct and indirect
  discrimination

• Sex Discrimination Act
• Race Relations Act
• Disability Discrimination Act

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Discriminatory Practices
Look at the pictures and identify which form of
prejudice that might arise
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Complimentary Therapies
Acupuncture
Yoga
Reflexology
Osteopathy
Homeopathy
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Complimentary Therapies
You will produce a guide into the use of two
complimentary therapies
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Assessment

• 4 units are externally examined
• 8 units are portfolio work

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BTEC National Award Childrens Care, Learning and
Development
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BTEC National Award Early Years

• Unit 5 Safeguarding Children
• Unit 38 Reflecting on Practice in the Childrens
  Care, Learning and Development Sector
• Requires 60 hours of Work Experience to be
  completed

• Unit Positive Relationships for Childrens Care,
  Learning and Development
• Unit 2 Positive Environments for Childrens Care,
  Learning and Development
• Unit 3 Promoting Childrens Development

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Assessment Evidence
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Work Experience
National Award

• 60 hours compulsory work experience

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What skills do you need?

• To work hard
• To take part in discussions and express views and
  opinions
• To enjoy project work

• To be well organised and able to work to strict
  deadlines
• To make contact with a variety of health and
  social care organisations