Health and Social Care and Child Development
Intent:
The Health, Social & Child Care department at Rodillian Academy aims to equip students with specialist knowledge and skills for everyday life and how to meet the needs of individuals across a range of health, social and early year settings. In Health & Social Care students will understand and be able to apply the fundamental principles and concepts of the rights of individuals, person-centred values, effective communication and how to protect individuals. The Child Development course provides students with the knowledge and understanding to become well rounded adults who can nurture children through their own personal lives or as a professional. We aim to provide students with the knowledge to understand the importance of reproduction, antenatal care, postnatal care and how to safely look after a young child to give them the best start in their lives. Students will develop transferable skills which will enhance their employability and contribute to both their personal development and future economic well-being.
KS3, the curriculum is structured to initially engage students in some of the concepts of Health, Social & Child Care in a Pre-option.
KS4, our students follow the OCR Cambridge National L1/2 Health and Social Care course and/or the OCR Cambridge National L1/2 development course. These develop the student's independence and confidence in using skills that would be relevant to the health, social and child care sectors and develop learning and skills that can be used in other life and work situations. Such knowledge and skills include: communicating effectively with individuals or groups; researching topics and recording research sources; interpreting findings and presenting evidence and planning & delivering practical tasks. Both courses consist of 2 coursework units (60%) and 1 terminal external assessment (40%).
KS5, the Level 3 OCR Cambridge Technicals in Health and Social Care allows students to undertake either the Extended Certificate or Diploma qualification which uses direct experience to help students develop the underpinning knowledge as well as practical and personal skills required to work in this sector. Students complete a variety of units which include: equality, diversity & rights; health, safety & security; anatomy & physiology; infection control and nutrition for health. They explore how positive relationships are built and develop skills that will enable them to deliver person-centred care and support to meet the needs of a variety of service-users. Units consist of a combination of internally assessed coursework and externally assessed examinations.
