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Health and Social Care - Higher (SCQF level 6)

Contact the Qualifications Manager for this subject area
Mary Hainey GRAPHIC: email icon.

Skills for Work (SfW) Support Network Event - Early Education and Childcare Intermediate 1 & 2 and Health and Social Care Higher (4 November 2010)

SQA are holding a Support Network Event for centre staff currently delivering or who are interested in delivering the above Skills for Work Courses. The aim of this event is to provide centre staff with an opportunity to share ideas on teaching/learning approaches to the delivery of SfW Courses in Care along with good practice.

Individual workshops will be held for both Early Education and Childcare and Health and Social Care which will focus on the structure, content and assessment of these Courses.

This event will take place on Thursday 4 November 2010 in Stirling.

I would be very grateful if you could return the attached booking form (139 KB) by Thursday 14 October.

There is no charge to attend this Event. Please note places on this event are not guaranteed.  You will be notified approximately two weeks prior to the event if a place has been granted. Where a place has been granted full confirmation details including a programme of the day and a map of directions will be sent to you.

Structure of the Course


This Course is at Higher level and consists of four 40 hour mandatory Units.   

Mandatory Units:

Understanding and Supporting People in Health and Social Care Settings (Higher)  

1 Unit credit

Care Principles and Practice (Higher)      

1 Unit credit

Working in Health and Social Care Settings (Higher)

1 Unit credit

Health, Safety and Protection Issues in Care Settings (Higher)

1 Unit credit

Summary of Course content

The Course introduces candidates to the nature of health and social care work. It includes investigating the types of health and social care establishments that are available and the roles of care workers in these settings.  Candidates will also be investigating the principles of good care practice and exploring what constitutes day to day care work, for example identifying people’s needs and strengths and learning how care workers try to meet those needs through care plans.

Health, safety and protection isues are important within health and social care settings. Therefore candidates will explore these issues and some practical approaches to dealing with them. Using the insights gained from psychology they will also explore how to support service-users in an informed way. This will include a study of how people develop, how to help raise self-esteem and how to help service-users manage their stress. This will help candidates to become flexible health and social care workers if they decide to pursue a career in this sector.

Central to the Course is developing the employability attitudes and skills necessary for effective work in health and social care settings. These are incorporated in the different Units giving candidates the opportunity to practise and develop them throughout the Course. Candidates will have the opportunity to develop their skills through work placements or simulation exercises, investigation and group work. They will be involved in evaluating their own skills, setting themselves personal goals and reviewing their progress during the Course. The emphasis throughout the Course will be on experiential learning and developing the knowledge and skills valued by the care sector.

The Units of the Course have been designed to be delivered in an integrated manner. Guidance on a suggested teaching pattern is given in the Course Specification.

 

Summary of content of each Unit:

 

Assessment Approaches

The assessment of the Course will consist of the following:

Each Unit will be supported by a National Assessment Bank (NAB) item which will provide an assessment package and will exemplify the national standard.

Learning and Teaching Material

Learning and teaching packs have been produced for each Unit, in partnership with the Scottish Further Education Unit (SFEU). These can be accessed via the SFEU website.

Experience of the workplace

Central to this Course is practical and experiential learning. Candidates need the opportunity to experience realistic workplace settings. This can be achieved through workplace placements, visits to workplaces, inviting visiting speakers and simulation exercises. In order to provide this range of learning environments it is expected that the Course will, in most cases, be delivered by means of a partnership arrangement between school and college or another training partner.

Resource Requirements

Since practical and experiential learning is central to this Course, it is important that candidates have access to a variety of learning environments. This could include access to health and social care settings, either to visit or as work placements, simulated workplace settings or visiting speakers from health and/or care establishments. The use of audiovisual resources and real or simulated case studies will also be required.

Progression

This Course may provide candidates with opportunities to progress to:


Conditions and Arrangements


Arrangement documents

Subject:

Health and Social Care
Level: Higher
Code: C245 12
Edition: Version 1, April 2007
Downloads: SfW Health and Social Care Higher Course and Unit Specifications (276 KB)