Health, Social and Childcare
Qualification
GCSE
Examination Board
WJEC
This GCSE in Health, Social Care and Childcare is a suitable qualification for our pupils who are interested in learning about the development and care that individuals may need throughout their life cycle, from conception to later adulthood.
The units you will study will help you develop and demonstrate your knowledge, skills and understanding within the context of health and social care and childcare.
All the units will directly prepare you for further study/training and qualifications in the health and social care and childcare sector.
What you will study
Unit 1: Health and Social Care, and Childcare in Wales in the 21st Century
The purpose of this unit is to develop knowledge and understanding of:
- the life cycle and the factors that affect growth and development
- the promotion and maintenance of health and wellbeing and tools that can be used to measure and support this
- core principles and values, underpinned by legislation and service provision within a Welsh context across the health and social care, and childcare sectors.
Unit 2: Adult Health and Social Care
The purpose of this unit is to gain knowledge and understanding of:
- individual needs and key conditions and illnesses in adulthood
- how professionals work in adult health and social care to achieve positive outcomes
- the role of health promotion in public health in Wales.
Unit 3: Childcare
The purpose of this unit is to gain knowledge and understanding of:
- physical, intellectual, language, emotional, and social (PILES) development
- key conditions and illnesses of children
- how professionals work, including play and play work, to meet the needs of children in Wales to achieve positive outcomes.
How you will be assessed
Unit 1: Written exam (40% of qualification)
Unit 2: Non-exam assessment (30% of qualification)
Unit 3: Non-exam assessment (30% of qualification)
For further information, please contact Miss Heydon.
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- The Rt Reverend Peter M Brignall, Bishop of Wrexham.
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- Huw Hilditch-Roberts, Lead Member for Education, Children and Young People, Denbighshire County Council
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