Health & Social Care

GNVQ Intermediate / BTEC First

Qualification To Start The Course

If you have less than five GCSEs at grade C but mainly D grades and reasonable grades in English and mathematics you will be able to take intermediate course. For those with very low grades you might need a year studying at level 1 first, but you must gain a merit or above.

Description Of The Subject

This course provides an introduction to this area of work, preparing students for a range of caring related jobs, such as day, health and residential care assistants. It also helps students gain a broad knowledge of behavioural, sociological and biological studies.

What You Will Do

The course consists of 6 units studied over 1 year:

• Health, social care and Early Years services
• Promoting health and well being
• Nutrition and food hygiene
• Creative activities for health and well being
• Introduction to human body systems
• Understanding personal develpoment*

This unit* is assessed through an externally marked test.

Future Prospects

The GNVQ intermediate course prepares you for a wide range of career opportunities in the field of health and social care: nursing, social work, welfare work youth work, community work.

Alternatively, the qualification can help you go on to higher qualifications such as A levels or advanced level health & social care.