Applied Health & Social Care | Hunterhouse College

The GCE Single and Double Award AS and A2 courses in Applied Health and Social Care offer students the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge and understanding that may advantage them when entering into employment or higher education within the health and social care sectors in areas such as nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, social work, childcare and early years education.

The course will enable students to:-

study a diverse range of subjects including communication, physiology, social policy and psychology.
explore the values of care and learn about key concepts of health and well-being and the impact of health and ill health on individuals.
develop and sustain an interest in health, early years care and education, and social care.
acquire experience of practical and theoretical contexts and knowledge of these areas.
attend work placements in a health and social care setting of their choice.
develop skills such as those of research, evaluation, and problem-solving which will enable them to make effective contributions to the care sector.
develop their ICT skills.
prepare for a future career within the health and social care sectors

For a full GCE Single Award qualification students must complete six units: three at AS level and three at A2. For a full GCE Double Award qualification 12 units are required: six at AS level and six at A2.

Single Award course content

Unit	Title	Assessment	Single Award Weightings	Double Award Weightings
AS Unit 1	Promoting Positive Care	Internally assessed	25% of AS 10% of A level	12.5% of AS level 5% of A level
AS Unit 2	Communication in Care Settings	Internally assessed	25% of AS 10% of A level	12.5% of AS level 5% of A level
AS Unit 3	Health and Well Being	External written examination	50% of AS 20% of A level	25% of A level 10% of A level
A2 Unit 2	Body Systems and Physiological Disorders	Internally assessed	15% of A level	7.5% of A level
A2 Unit 3	Providing Services	External written examination	30% of A level	15% of A level
A2 Unit 4	Health Promotion	Internally assessed	15% of A level	7.5% of A level

Double Award course content

The Units below are taught in addition to the Single Award Units.

Unit	Title	Assessment	Double Award Weightings
AS Unit 4	Safeguarding Children	Internally assessed	12.5% of AS 5% of A level
AS Unit 5	Adult Service Users	External written examination	25% of AS 10% of A level
AS Unit 6	Holistic Therapies	Internally assessed	12.5% of AS 5% of A level
A2 Unit 1	Applied Research	Internally assessed	7.5% of A level
A2 Unit 5	Supporting the Family	Internally assessed	7.5% of A level
A2 Unit 7	Human Nutrition and Health	External written examination	15% of A level

Asessment

The course will be assessed by a combination of methods such as externally marked examination papers and internally assessed and moderated pieces of work to include, reports, personal portfolios and logbooks. Much of the internally assessed work will be in relation to placements in the community in establishments such as day nurseries, elderly care homes, day care centres, hospital wards and special schools.

Teaching

This course is taught in collaboration with the expertise of staff from the Belfast Metropolitan College [BMC].
If you would like to know more about the Applied Health and Social Care courses, please ask to speak to Miss C Davis in the Physical Education Department.