About the course

About the course

The course is intended for students that wish to work towards a variety of careers or are interested in the Health and Social Care sector. The OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Diploma in Health and Social Care will provide essential knowledge, transferable skills and tools to improve learning in other subjects with the aim of enhancing employability for when you leave education, contributing to your personal development and future economic well-being.

Careers

Careers

and many more

and many more

Why Cambridge Technical?

Why Cambridge Technical?

Our qualification is to improve their skills and knowledge in preparation for further education or the workplace. Our qualification is designed to allow students the freedom to explore more deeply the things that interest them. The teaching of the qualification will normally be through practical work, learning skills and how to do things that may be relevant to the world of work.

How is the work assessed?

How is the work assessed?

You will be assessed through coursework and exams, which are taken in January or May/June.

Using a range of assessment methods to include: recorded discussions, reflective journals, observations, reports, witness statements, scrap books, case studies, videos, written assignments, care plans and posters.

55% coursework and 45% exam

55% coursework and 45% exam

• Unit 1 – Building positive relationships in HSC
• Unit 2 – Equality, diversity and rights in HSC*
  
• Unit 3 – Health, safety and security in HSC*
• Unit 4 – Anatomy and physiology for HSC*
  
• Unit 5 – Infection Control
  
• Unit 24 – Public Health
  

• Unit 6: Personalisation and a Person-Centred Approach to care*
• Unit 7: Safeguarding*
  
• Unit 12: Promote Positive Behaviour
• Unit 13: Sexual Health, Reproduction and Early Development Stages
• Unit 16: Supporting People with Dementia
• Unit 18: Supporting people with learning disabilities
  

*Exam Units

*Exam Units

Units in the double can be adapted

Units in the double can be adapted

Exam Schedule

Exam Schedule

First year January

First year January

First year June

First year June

Second year January

Second year January

Unit 2

Equality, diversity and rights in HSC

Unit 7

Safeguarding

Unit 3

Health, safety and security in HSC

Unit 6

Personalisation and a Person-Centred Approach to care

Unit 4

Anatomy and physiology for HSC

Exams are throughout the year and are before other A-Levels, allowing you time to focus on them towards the end of year two.

You can resit the exam in the following exam schedule.

Exams are throughout the year and are before other A-Levels, allowing you time to focus on them towards the end of year two.

You can resit the exam in the following exam schedule.

What we do in Health & Social Care

What we do in Health & Social Care