Health Studies

Course summary

This qualification is designed to equip learners with the skills and knowledge needed to care for others in a broad range of health or social care settings. Year 12: Students investigate the roles and responsibilities of a range of health and social care workers and organisations. They cover human lifespan development from birth to old age, meeting individual care and support needs, and principles of safe practice in health and social care practice. Year 13: Students look at enquiries into current research in health and social care, promoting public health, nutritional health and, lastly, psychological perspectives on how the mind develops and how this impacts practices in meeting service user needs.