Health Studies

Assessment

Unit 1: Human Lifespan Development This unit will develop your knowledge and understanding of patterns of human growth and development and the factors that affect these. This unit is externally assessed through 1 exam lasting 1 hour 30 minutes. Unit 2: Working in Health and Social Care This unit will help students understand what it is like to work in the health and social care sector. When working for an organization in this sector, you will have important responsibilities that you need to understand and carry out. These include maintaining the safety of and safeguarding individuals with health and social care needs, making sure that you properly handle their personal information, and preventing discrimination towards them. This unit will be externally assessed through 1 exam lasting 1 hour and 30 minutes. Unit 5: Meeting Individual Care & Support Needs This unit introduces you to the values and issues that need to be considered when planning care and support that meet the needs of an individual in a health and social care environment. This unit will be internally assessed through coursework assignments. Plus an additional coursework unit TBC.