Health and Social Care
Health and Social Care
Why Health and Social Care?
Health and Social Care provides students with the necessary skills and knowledge required to work in hospitals, schools, social care settings or continue into higher education. This course can open up a whole range of job opportunities in both health and social care which can offer more than 300 distinct career pathways.
The health and social care sector employ almost 4 million people across the UK and since the COVID-19 pandemic, this is a sector which is growing on an almost daily rate.
Studying health and social care at SBU also provides opportunities for you to develop clinical skills in our clinical area and engage with a whole host of employers.
Career opportunities:
On completion of this course, you could complete Higher Education or training, employment or apprentice. This could lead to a career in nursing, midwifery, social work, speech therapy, teaching, health promotion, physiotherapy, occupational health or a general degree in health studies, psychology, sociology/social policy or criminology.
Entry requirements
- GCSE English level: 4
- GCSE Maths level: 4
- Other requirements: GCSE Grade 4 in Science for BTEC National Extended Diploma
Structure of the course
This course is equivalent to 1 A level.
The course consists of 4 units, 2 of which are mandatory and 2 are externally assessed units.
- Unit 1: Human Lifespan Development. Externally assessed 1hr 30 mins
- Unit 2: Working in Health and Social Care. Externally assessed 1hr 30 mins
- Unit 5: Meeting Individual Care Needs. Internally assessed.
- Unit 12: Supporting Individuals with Additional Needs. Internally assessed.
This course is equivalent to 2 A Levels.
The course consists of 8 units, 3 of which are mandatory and 3 are externally assessed units.
- Unit 1: Human Lifespan Development. Externally assessed 1hr 30 mins
- Unit 2: Working in Health and Social Care. Externally assessed 1hr 30 mins
- Unit 4: Enquiries into Current Research. Externally assessed 3hrs
- Unit 5: Meeting Individual Care Needs. Internally assessed.
- Unit 7: Safe Practice in Health and Social Care. Internally assessed
- Unit 8: Promoting Public Health. Internally assessed
- Unit 11: Psychological Perspectives. Internally assessed.
- Unit 12: Supporting Individuals with Additional Needs. Internally assessed.
This course is equivalent to 3 A levels.
The course consists of 13 units, 6 of which are mandatory and 4 are externally assessed units.
- Unit 1: Human Lifespan Development. Externally assessed 1hr 30 mins
- Unit 2: Working in Health and Social Care. Externally assessed 1hr 30 mins
- Unit 3: Anatomy and Physiology. Externally assessed 1hr 30 mins
- Unit 4: Enquiries into Current Research. Externally assessed 3hrs
- Unit 5: Meeting Individual Care Needs. Internally assessed.
- Unit 6: Work Experience in Health and Social Care. Internally assessed.
- Unit 7: Safe Practice in Health and Social Care. Internally assessed
- Unit 8: Promoting Public Health. Internally assessed
- Unit 11: Psychological Perspectives. Internally assessed.
- Unit 12: Supporting Individuals with Additional Needs. Internally assessed.
The final three units are decided as a discussion between the group to decide which units best fit the groups needs. These can include infection control, physiological disorders, mental health, dementia care and microbiology.
