WJEC A-Level Health and Social Care Revision

Year 12

• Growth and development across the life stages
  • 1.1 the importance of meeting children’s and young people's physical, cognitive, language, intellectual, emotional and social needs at all the development stages
  • 1.2 types of transition, experiences and life changes which may affect the resilience and development of children and young people
  • 1.3 understanding and responding to complex health and care needs of children and young people
  • 1.4 children and young people’s needs at all development young people's stages, to include
  • 1.5 social: opportunity for interaction with others, social all the skills development
• Factors affecting development
  • 2.1 factors that affect the behaviour of adults
  • 2.2 the key areas of development in adults that may impact on behaviour
  • 2.3 factors affecting adult behaviour
  • 2.4 the positive and negative impact of these factors on the resilience of adults Content Amplification affect the adults that may impact on behaviour behaviour of
  • 2.5 physical including
• Health and wellbeing
  • 3.1 Thinking Positively: Emotional health and wellbeing in initiatives and schools and Early Years settings
  • 3.2 that health and social care, and childcare practitioners promotion have a role in promoting health, well-being and resilience, roles operate including
  • 3.3 health education and health promotion specialists
  • 3.4 allied health professionals
  • 3.5 health visitor
• Promoting rights
  • 4.1 adhere to a set of core values, promoting children’s and timely support young people's rights, with consistent key principles and for children and timeline
  • 4.2 make the child or young person and their parents and carers the focus of the continuing care process
  • 4.3 facilitate the provision of personalised packages of care
  • 4.4 be developed and owned locally by a multi-agency team
  • 4.5 cross organisational and inter-agency boundaries, thus reducing the possibility of multiple or repeated
• Principles and values of care
  • 5.1 principles and core values that underpin health and social care, and childcare
  • 5.2 range of skills and techniques applied by those working in health and social care, and childcare
  • 5.3 that the principles of care and support are based on human rights and current legislation
  • 5.4 that the principles of care and support are based on human health and rights and current legislation social care,
  • 5.5 the way a range of health and social care and childcare providers apply the principles and core values to help ensure
• Person-centred practice
  • 6.1 the techniques or approaches, arising from the theories, relate to adult can help to manage behaviours, including
  • 6.2 person-centred therapy
  • 6.3 behaviour modification therapy e.g. time-management
  • 6.4 approaches to support positive behaviour are based on the principles of person- centred care
  • 6.5 that positive and proactive (or preventative) approaches are to develop based upon the principles of person-centred care
• Communication in care
  • 7.1 duty of care
  • 7.2 effective communication
  • 7.3 person/child-centred care
  • 7.4 the skills and techniques that those working in health and working in health social care and childcare services apply to their working and social care, practices
  • 7.5 using appropriate communication methods
• Safeguarding
  • 8.1 safeguarding
  • 8.2 empathy
  • 8.3 how these may be applied to achieve personal outcomes, including
  • 8.4 using appropriate communication methods
  • 8.5 creating trust
• Health and social care services
  • 9.1 the changing nature of society and the impact on adult health and social care
  • 9.2 the changing nature of health and social care provision and the implications for the workforce This includes
  • 9.3 key service delivery areas in Wales including health and social care services for adults
  • 9.4 the person-centred approach to care Content Amplification appreciation of that affect adult health and social care provision in Wales, social policy including issues that
  • 9.5 the national design principles to drive change as identified in 'A Healthier Wales: our Plan for Health and Social Care'
• Childcare services
  • 10.1 how a broad range of current legislation, initiatives and regulation support sustainable, high quality person/child-centred health and social care and childcare services in Wales Good knowledge and understanding of: A very good discussion which
  • 10.2 sustainable care services
  • 10.3 how a range of current legislation, • high quality health and social care, initiatives and regulation support and childcare services in Wales sustainable, high quality person/child-centred health and social care and childcare services in Wales
  • 10.4 high quality health and social care, social care and childcare services and childcare services in Wales in Wales
  • 10.5 high quality health and social care, sustainable health and social care and childcare services or childcare services Not credit worthy or not attempted. Not credit worthy or not attempted GCE AS and A LEVEL HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE, AND CHILDCARE 93
• Welsh policy and provision
  • 11.1 the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 as the overarching legislation in relation to social policy
  • 11.2 examines how some social policy issues affect childcare provision in Wales
  • 11.3 simply examines how some social policy issues affect childcare provision in Wales
  • 11.4 the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 in relation to social policy, and/or
  • 11.5 thorough knowledge and understanding of changes in childcare provision in Wales
• Equality, diversity and inclusion
  • 12.1 equality, diversity and inclusion
  • 12.2 confidentiality
  • 12.3 rights of the individual/child
  • 12.4 choice, voice and control
  • 12.5 beliefs and identity

Year 13

• Contemporary issues in health and social care
  • 1.1 objectively examines how a range of social policy issues affect adult health 3 and social care provision in Wales
  • 1.2 examines how some social policy issues affect adult health and social care provision in Wales
  • 1.3 recognises that A Healthier Wales: our Plan for Health and Social Care aims to drive change in Health and Social Care in Wales A basic response which
  • 1.4 simply examines how some social policy issues affect adult health and social 1 care provision in Wales
  • 1.5 demonstrates some awareness of A Healthier Wales: our Plan for Health and Social Care in relation to driving change in Health and Social Care Not credit worthy or not attempted GCE AS and A LEVEL HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE, AND CHILDCARE 127
• Public health
  • 2.1 that the structure of health and social care, and childcare childcare provision in Wales is complex and changing to meet the provision in demands of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Wales Act 2014 and the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017
  • 2.2 that health and social care, and childcare is provided in different ways, including
  • 2.3 statutory sector: health and social care, and childcare services that are paid for and provided by the Welsh Government
  • 2.4 that although there are distinct providers of care and support who are funded differently, the providers regularly work together in partnership (including commissioned services) GCE AS and A LEVEL HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE, AND CHILDCARE 33
  • 2.5 how individuals access health, social care and childcare health and services, including
• Mental health and wellbeing
  • 3.1 current trends, patterns and perspectives of health, well- health, well- being and resilience, including
  • 3.2 mental health and well-being
  • 3.3 maternal and child health
  • 3.4 National Survey for Wales https://gov.wales/national-survey-wales-population-health
  • 3.5 Social Services https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Health-and-Social- Care/Social-Services/
• Supporting individuals with additional needs
  • 4.1 supporting individuals to identify strengths and achieve personal outcomes for their health and well-being
  • 4.2 supporting individuals to identify and build resilience
  • 4.3 identifying and assessing the needs of individuals throughout their life span
  • 4.4 the importance of individuals being able to identify personal outcomes in a way that is meaningful for themselves
  • 4.5 how support is provided for individuals to identify their strengths, build their resilience and measure progress Content Amplification individuals to
• Leadership and teamwork
  • 5.1 an understanding of others
  • 5.2 teamwork and a sense of belonging
  • 5.3 play underpins all areas of learning in the Foundation Phase Framework. Play also underpins learning and all development. Through play, children develop
  • 5.4 language skills
  • 5.5 social skills
• Professional practice
  • 6.1 regulation of people working in health and social care, and childcare, by confirming that they are suitable people to work in the specific professional or job role
  • 6.2 codes of practice/conduct, e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), General Medical Council (GMC), Social Care Wales (SCW)
  • 6.3 quality assurance methods, complaints procedures, registration
  • 6.4 organisational policies
  • 6.5 Education Workforce Council (EWC) GCE AS and A LEVEL HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE, AND CHILDCARE 31 Content Amplification and partnership
• Legislation and policy
  • 7.1 how person/child-centred care relates to outcome focused provision and current legislation and policy
  • 7.2 that the principles of care and support are based on human rights and current legislation
  • 7.3 that every individual in Wales who uses heath and care services, has the right to receive high quality care Content Amplification centred care
  • 7.4 what is meant by person/child-centred care and how this focused relates to outcome focused provision and current provision legislation and policy, including
  • 7.5 that the principles of care and support are based on human health and rights and current legislation social care,
• Ethical dilemmas
  • 8.1 individuals: rights and protection of individuals, provision and the access and barriers to services, consultation, rights of both the managing individuals' needs, confidentiality and ethical providers and issues
  • 8.2 services and practitioners: changes in existing provision, joint funding arrangements, greater accountability, changes in roles and responsibilities, partnership agreements
  • 8.3 the key principles of current legislation and policies designed to
  • 8.4 promote the effective delivery of outcome focused care through services
  • 8.5 protect the rights of individuals who use the services
• Quality assurance
  • 9.1 quality assurance methods, complaints procedures, registration
  • 9.2 organisational policies
  • 9.3 Education Workforce Council (EWC) GCE AS and A LEVEL HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE, AND CHILDCARE 31 Content Amplification and partnership
  • 9.4 multidisciplinary team (MDT) working: a range of professionals working under one organisational umbrella
  • 9.5 better quality and more accessible health and care services
• Research evidence
  • 10.1 higher value
  • 10.2 evidence driven
  • 10.3 transformative nature of changing and the impact of this on childcare in Wales, society and the including impact on
  • 10.4 living standards: affordable housing, social housing, food poverty/ foodbanks
  • 10.5 maternal age
• Changing patterns of need
  • 11.1 current trends, patterns and perspectives of health, well- health, well- being and resilience, including
  • 11.2 cardiovascular disease
  • 11.3 healthy eating
  • 11.4 physical activity
  • 11.5 children in need/children looked after
• Evaluating care and support
  • 12.1 the importance of providing outcome focused care and support which meets an individual's needs in line with the vision of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014
  • 12.2 barriers which may be experienced by individuals needing to access care and support services to meet specific needs
  • 12.3 transitions, life experiences and changes which may affect the care and support needs of adults, including end of life care and complex care needs
  • 12.4 complex care needs which may be physical, cognitive, sensory, additional needs
  • 12.5 the principles of the Social Services and Well-being focused care (Wales) Act 2014 and support