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Care
Final qualifications
Care sits within the health and wellbeing curriculum area.
The final documents for National 4 to Higher have now been published. You can download all documents for this subject using the button at the top of the page, or use our check-box facility to download a selection of documents.
Development process
The final documents have been published following a lengthy engagement process. Find out how we got here. Considerable work has been carried out by the Curriculum Area Review Groups (CARGs), the Qualifications Design Teams (QDTs) and Subject Working Groups (SWGs) to develop the final documents.
At each stage of the qualification development process, we publish draft documents outlining our proposals and plans.
Visit our timeline to find out when the next documents for each qualification will be published.
Key points
- builds awareness of the need for a professional value base in care services, through personal development and increased awareness of self and others
- focuses on understanding why people make use of care services and the impact that social and other influences make on human development and behaviour
- provides opportunities to build challenging, coherent and enjoyable journeys for learners through all levels
- includes a new broad-based Course at Higher — this incorporates aspects of the current Care Highers, is open and flexible, and allows for a range of care contexts and settings to be considered
- has a hierarchical Unit structure that provides a smooth progression from National 4 to Higher
- has added value assessments that provide personalisation and choice in an assignment at National 4, and projects at National 5 and Higher
