Health & Social Care GNVQ

This is an ideal qualification if you want a background in and an understanding of the important health and social care employment sector. Success at this level may also allow you to progress onto the Advanced course. The Intermediate award provides you with:

   a broad background of understanding and core knowledge

   a student centred approach to learning

   the opportunity to apply knowledge of the health and social care sectors in a practical way

   knowledge of the key components and functions of the health and social care sectors

   an opportunity to study the structure of the National Health Service, its importance to the UK, and the positive and negative impacts

   an understanding of the importance of health, fitness and exercise

For the award of an Intermediate GNVQ, you must complete six Units. The table below gives you some idea of the scope of these Units.

Compulsory Units

Unit 1 Health, Social Care and Early Years Services

Unit 2 Promoting Health and Well-being

Unit 3 Understanding Personal Development

Depending on whether you want to specialise in health or care you choose one of the following two Units

Unit 7 Community Care and Support

or

Unit 10 Introduction to Human Body Systems

Optional Units

Unit 4 Nutrition and Food Hygiene

Unit 5 Basic First Aid and Safety

Unit 6 Working with Elderly People and Clients with Special Needs

Unit 8 The Development and Care of Children

Unit 9 Creative Activities for Health and Well-being

 

An Intermediate GNVQ is worth 4 GCSEs.

 

For further information please see Miss Topp, Mrs Miles or Mrs Walker