Health and Social Care
Purpose
Overall
To provide, through a blend of general education and applied learning, a programme that:
- places the intrinsic value of all human beings at its heart;
- gives young people an understanding of the health, social care, children’s and community justice workforces;
- develops essential transferable skills associated with problem solving, creative thinking, team working, communication and generating ideas.
Level 1
To provide an introductory programme that:
- develops an awareness of the purpose, structure and practical workings of the health, social care, community justice and the children’s sectors;
- identifies principles and values in relation to legislation and codes of practice;
- explores the importance of partnership working, communication, information sharing and health and safety issues;
- develops an understanding of the relationships between lifestyle and health and wellbeing, and the cyclical nature of service delivery;
- builds a basic awareness of pre-natal, child, young person and adult development.
Level 2
To provide a programme that develops a broad understanding and working knowledge of:
- partnership working, communication, information sharing and health and safety issues in selected sectors;
- personal and professional development needs within the sector, linked to reflective learning;
- safeguarding and protecting individuals from harm and abuse;
- infection prevention and control;
- health, wellbeing, lifestyle, needs and human growth and development
- causes and impact of offending behaviour;
- supporting children and young people’s development;
- health care services, procedures and medication;
- the social care model.
Level 3
To provide a programme that develops a range of analytical and investigative skills and knowledge in relation to:
- the dynamics of the sector context, its underlying principles of valuing individuals and how this can conflict with service provision and the role of the professional;
- partnership working, including information sharing and the challenges of planning and managing resources within a finite provision;
- the importance of continuing professional development in relation to the quality of provision in each sector;
- he use of current evidence applied in the workplace for the care, development, protection and safety of the individual.
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