CAMBRIDGE TECHNICALS EXTENDED CERTIFICATE/EXTENDED DIPLOMA IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

Exam Board

OCR

 

Overview

The focus of the diploma course in health and social care is varied and, although designed to skill you up for a career in health and social care, will also provide you with transferable employment skills, enabling you to follow a variety of career paths in the future. You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with others presenting seminars and producing work in a range of styles. You will develop your problem solving and critical thinking skills through the analysis of a variety of health and social care case studies.

 

Why Choose This?

There are many roles available in the health and social care sector where you can make a difference to people’s lives. The demand is growing for skilled nurses, midwives, healthcare workers, social workers, physiotherapists and other allied health professionals. You can go directly into employment, study for a degree or follow an apprenticeship pathway.

 

Areas of Study & Assessment

During the course you will be studying the health and social care sectors’ involvement in the care and support of individuals throughout their whole life. This will include how their needs change over time, the skills and behaviours a health and social care practitioner is required to develop, anatomy and physiology and safeguarding.

 

Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate is made up of 7 units, 3 of which are externally assessed, examinations are worth 58% of the course, with coursework at 42%.

Examined units are as follows :

Unit 2 Equality, Diversity and Rights in Health and Social Care

Unit 3 Health, safety and security in health and social care

Unit 4 Anatomy and physiology for health and social care

 

Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma is made up of 18 units, 6 of which are externally assessed, examinations are worth 42% of the course, with coursework worth 58%.

Examined units are as follows :

Unit 2 Equality, Diversity and Rights in Health and Social Care

Unit 3 Health, safety and security in health and social care

Unit 4 Anatomy and physiology for health and social care

Unit 6 Personalisation and a person-centred approach to care

Unit 7 Safeguarding Unit

Unit 25 Research methods in health, social care and childcare

 

What Our Students Say

In the future I aspire to be a nurse, I chose health and social care as it is a subject that includes all the elements and characteristics to support my goal.  At first I was nervous and scared about the workload, however the support from the teachers has kept me going.

 

Health and social care is a good subject to pick as it will open a lot of doors in your life.  However you will need to be open to hard work and good organisation.  Also it is a really good subject that I enjoy learning about as I know it will help with my dream job.