What kind of student is this course
suitable for?
You will enjoy this course if you would like to develop:
- a broad understanding of the sector
- skills as well as technical knowledge
- an awareness of particular groups and their needs by
focussing on Health, Early Years (Care and Education),
Care of Older People, or Individuals with Specific
Needs
Qualifications...
 You can study for:
A Single Award AS GCE (3units): Units 1, 2, 3
A Double Award AS GCE (6 units): Units 1 – 6
A Single Award Advanced GCE (6 units): Units 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9
A Double Award Advanced GCE (12 units): all units
Unit 1 - Human Growth and
Development
You will learn...
 Aspects of human growth and development
throughout the different life stages
 Factors that can influence human growth,
development and health experience, including those
that are inherited and those that are acquired during
our lifespan
 What it means to be healthy and how health and wellbeing can be promoted.
Unit 2- Communication and Values
You will learn...
 About different types of communication
 The care value base
 The transmission of values through communication.
Unit 3- Positive Care Environments
You will
 Understand that organisations and society have a
responsibility to protect and safeguard the rights of
those who are vulnerable, and that the only effective
way to do this is through formal policy and legislation.
Unit 4- Social Aspects and Lifestyle
Choices
You will learn...
 The different lifestyle choices people make, and the life
course events they experience, that affect their health
and well-being
 The different social factors which can affect health and
well-being
 How effective care practice is achieved through highquality care professional and service user relationships
Unit 5- Activities for Health and
Well
You will learn...
 About the types and benefits of activities for service
users
 Skills and understanding in the planning of activities
 How to implement and evaluate activities
Unit 6- Public Health
You will...
 Become aware of the impact that social and economic
factors and lifestyle choices have on the health status
of populations and communities in the UK. You will
also understand how public health problems arise and
should know about the methods used to monitor,
prevent and combat major public health issues.
Unit 7- Meeting Individual Needs
The unit will...
 Allow you to demonstrate your understanding of how
services are used fro every individual need, and how
care is personalised to ensure it meets the needs of
each client.
 This is the synoptic unit for GCE Health and Social
Care. It draws on prior learning from Unit 1: Human
Growth and Development, Unit 2: Communication and
Values and Unit 3: Positive Care Environments.
Unit 8- Promoting Health and
Wellbeing
You will...
 Carry out your own small-scale health promotion and
will learn about the different approaches to health
education, and how they are put into practice. You will
also develop skills in planning, carrying out, and
evaluating an activity to promote health and wellbeing.
Unit 9- Investigating Disease
You will learn...
 About the disease process, and will carry out an
individual investigation into various aspects of two
specific diseases. This will include the biological basis
of diseases, the ways in which a diagnosis may be
created, the availability of treatment, the factors that
may influence the outcome of the treatments, the
strategies for preventing the spread or occurrence of
the disease, and epidemiological methods for tracking
disease.
Unit 10- Using and Understanding
Research
 Research now plays a key part in developing and
improving health and social care policies, service
provision and care interventions. You will carrying out
a small research project to demonstrate your research
skills.
Unit 11- Social Issues and Welfare
Needs
You will be ...
 Able to identify and investigate those social issues
which have existed for many years, and those issues
that are more contemporary in nature. You will explore
how social issues and welfare needs impact on service
users in different health and social care settings.
Unit 12- Understanding Human
Behaviour
 The unit will help you understand influences on
behaviour and the effects that can result, and how
theories of behaviour can be used in health and social
care practice to make sense of the way that people
behave, think and feel
How will I be assessed?
 You will have a written examination in the form of a
question and answer booklet in Units 1,4,7,12. Each
examination will last one and a half hours.
 For all other units you will be assessed by coursework.
What could I go on to do at the end of
my course?
 The GCE in Health and Social Care qualifies for UCAS
points so if you complete it successfully you could
move on to study for a degree or BTEC Higher National
Diploma in related subjects. You could also go on to
relevant employment within health and social care
services.