Health & Social Care

Staff Gavin McIlveen HOD Aine McMullan

Health & Social Care (GCSE Double Award)

We teach the CCEA syllabus and cover three units:

The Course involves:

• Investigating who needs and who provides care services.

• Understanding what is meant by health and well-being, what contributes to it as well as the risk factors.

• Finding out the ways that people grow and develop throughout their lives.

• Investigating who needs to use care services and why they need them, discovering the types of care services provided.

• Enquiring how people gain access to care services.

• Investigating what care work involves, the skills needed and the values promoted.

Students are assessed through portfolio work and examination:

Unit 1: Organisation of Health & Social Care – portfolio (33%)

Unit 2: Promoting Health & Well-Being – portfolio (33%)

Unit 3: Understanding Personal Development & Relationships – written examination (33%)