Health and Social Care

Do you enjoy the thought of entering a career where you will care for adults or children? Do you enjoy the thought of learning about content that is relevant and applied to real life scenarios in care environments? If the answer to these questions is yes, this A Level equivalent course is for you.

It is incredibly desirable if students achieve a grade 5 or above in your Sciences or studies the OCR Health and Social Care course in Year 10/11. Please note that you do not necessarily have to have completed Health and Social Care in Year 11 to enrol on to this course.

The course combines exam with largely coursework content. The units you will study include the areas of Health Psychology, Anatomy and Physiology, Equality Diversity and Rights as well as how to build positive relationships with your clients/patients. Due to the real context for so much of the content on this course, visits from Care Workers, Occupational Therapists and Sexual Health Specialists are common place.

Over the two years you will complete 6 units for which the majority will be course work assessed. However there are exams as part of the course for which one unit; Anatomy and Physiology requires students to complete an exam which is largely Science Biology in nature, hence the requirement for a solid foundation in Science to complete this course.

Typically students who embark on this course enter careers in the Health Service. From nursing to midwifery, childcare and occupational therapy, this course is a fantastic precursor to many career paths and higher education routes.