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Overview

The GCE Health and Social Care forms part of the vocationally-focused GCEs. This more broad-based qualification provides a more vocational perspective in the areas of Health, Social Care and Early Years Care and Education. The course also offers students, the choice to obtain a qualification that meets both their individual aptitudes and interests. The flexible structure of the course means that at AS GCE single, students take three units, and six units for the double. For the Advanced GCE single, students take six units, and twelve units for the double.

Prior study at GCSE in Health and Social Care will be useful to students but not essential. This course prepares students to enter a variety of HND or degree level courses in Health and Social Care and related subjects. It also provides a progression route for further training whilst in employment.

Specification aims

The aims of these specifications are to encourage students to:

• Develop and sustain an interest in health, early-years care and education, social care and issues affecting the care sector.
• Acquire knowledge and understanding of health, early-years care and education and issues affecting the health and social sector.
• Develop skills that will enable them to make an effective contribution to the care sector including skills of research, evaluation and problem-solving in a work related context:
• Apply knowledge, understanding and skills.
• Prepare for further study and training.