|
Module |
Module Content |
Assessment and weighting |
| AS |
Caring for people with additional needs |
Common causes of physical disability, sensory impairment and learning difficulties, the care management process, models and approaches, producing a profile of a service user with additional needs |
Coursework 16.67% |
| AS |
Working in early years care and education |
Care and education provision for early years in the local area, job roles and responsibilities available within early years care and education, values and principles of the sector, factors affecting learning and performance, how to plan and implement activities for children in educare settings. |
Coursework 16.67% |
| AS |
Caring for older people |
Physical effects of ageing on body systems; social, emotional and economic aspects of ageing; community care and support services for older service users; professional care workers; legislation affecting older people. |
Written exam 16.67% |
| A2 |
Anatomy and physiology in practice |
The structure and function of the following body systems, the causes of diseases and dysfunctions, diagnostic tests and the care and treatment that may follow: respiratory, cardio-vascular, digestive, reproductive, renal, musculo-skeletal. |
Written exam 16.67% |
| A2 |
Mental health issues |
The concept of mental health, types of mental illness, causes of mental illness, effects of mental illness, preventative and coping strategies, support for service users with mental health needs. |
Coursework 16.67% |
| A2 |
Research methods on health and social care |
Purposes and methods of research, ethical issues, sources of error and bias, planning, presenting and analysing findings from own research, evaluating own research. |
Coursework 16.67% |
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