Health and Social Care

‌Health and Social Care at KS4 provides transferable skills that allow students a smooth transition from an educational environment to a work eenvironment. At Faringdon Community College, students studying Health and Social Care will develop a range of life skills including; enhancing team working, problem solving, independent learning and communication skills whilst instilling confidence in our students to make themselves stand out in a competitive working environment. Areas they will cover but are not limited to: 

Principles of care in health and social care settings

Knowledge and understanding of the importance of individuals' rights and needs and how they are applied will be integrally taught alongside the practical activities and skills developed for the NEA Mandatory unit and the NEA optional unit. This will allow an opportunity to put theory into practice and at the same time preparing them for the terminal assessment. 

There is an opportunity for a holistic introduction to be taught to both the mandatory units and the chosen optional unit by looking at Health and social care settings, individual's needs, and their rights and the impact various issues will have on individuals if various situations and how their needs are met. 

Primary and secondary independent research will be taught across all units, and this can then be used in the various practical activities: 

Supporting individuals through life events

Students will be choosing an individual at a particular life stage and showing the impact life events have had on their life, they will research the service providers and practitioners that can support the individual. They will also justify how this will meet the needs of their specific individual. 

Health promotion campaigns:

In this unit, the practical activity will explore various health campaigns, looking at health and wellbeing and factors affecting an individual’s lifestyle. The activity can be targeted at different groups of people. A small-scale health promotion campaign will be planned, delivered, and then both the planning and delivery evaluated.