GCSE Health and Social Care WJEC

This subject is broken down into 20 topics in 3 modules:

  1. Understanding Personal Development and Relationships 7 topics
  2. Health, Social Care, and Early Years Provision 6 topics
  3. Promoting Health and Well-being 7 topics
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Health and Social Care

Understanding Personal Development and Relationships

Factors affecting growth and development: physical, intellectual, emotional and social influences.

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Factors affecting growth and development: physical, intellectual, emotional and social influences.

Factors affecting Growth and Development

Physical Influences

  • Genetic makeup: A person's DNA plays a significant role in their physical growth and development. Genetic disorders can significantly slow or speed up this process.
  • Nutrition: A diet lacking in necessary nutrients can stunt physical growth, while a well-balanced diet supports healthy development.
  • Exercise: Regular physical activity promotes growth and helps maintain a healthy weight.
  • Health status: Chronic illnesses or injuries can significantly impact physical growth and development.
  • Environmental factors: Exposure to harmful substances such as alcohol, drugs, or pollution can affect physical development.

Intellectual Influences

  • Education: Access to quality education can greatly enhance intellectual development.
  • Learning opportunities: Exposure to a wide range of experiences and challenges promotes intellectual growth.
  • Language development and communication: Language acquisition and the ability to effectively communicate influence intellectual development.
  • Social interactions: Regular interaction with others can stimulate intellectual growth and development.

Emotional Influences

  • Family and home environment: A supportive family environment nurtures emotional growth; heartening self-confidence and resilience.
  • Relationships: Positive relationships with friends, family, or other important figures contribute to emotional maturity. Negative relationships could hinder emotional development.
  • Life experiences: Traumatic experiences may stunt emotional growth, while positive experiences can foster emotional resilience.

Social Influences

  • Family and peers: Interactions with family members and peers shape understanding of societal norms and behaviours. This helps develop social skills.
  • Cultural norms and values: Cultures significantly influence attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours.
  • Education and school environment: Schools provide opportunities for social development through exposure to different individuals and viewpoints.
  • Socio-economic status: This can limit or enhance access to enriching social experiences and opportunities.

Remember, each individual's development is influenced by a unique combination of these factors, and affected in different ways. Be prepared to discuss the interplay of these factors in different scenarios.

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Health and Social Care

Health, Social Care, and Early Years Provision

Roles and responsibilities of care practitioners and multi-disciplinary teams.

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Roles and responsibilities of care practitioners and multi-disciplinary teams.

Care Practitioners Roles and Responsibilities

  • General Practitioners (GP): Their role is to diagnose, treat and prevent illnesses. They care for the physical, emotional and mental wellbeing of their patients, and provide appropriate treatments as necessary.
  • Social Workers: Help individuals, families, and groups to cope with problems they're facing to improve their patients' lives.
  • Nurses: Provide care to patients in hospitals and other healthcare settings. This might include administering medication, monitoring vital signs, and offering emotional support.
  • Health Visitors: Primarily support families with young children. They work on preventative care, keeping families strong and healthy, and reducing inequalities.

Multi-disciplinary Teams

  • Purpose: A multi-disciplinary team includes multiple professionals from different disciplines, who work together to provide holistic care to patients.
  • Specialist Skills: Each team member brings a different set of skills and knowledge that complement each other. This ensures the patient receives a comprehensive plan of care.
  • Communication: Effective communication within the team is the key to successful care. Regular team meetings to discuss and review patients' progress are essential.
  • Shared Decision Making: Decisions regarding treatment and care are made cooperatively involving all the team members, ensuring the patient’s best interests are always at the forefront.
  • Examples of Team Members: The team may include a doctor, nurse, social worker, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, dietician, and a psychologist, among other professionals depending on the patient's needs.

The Potential Benefits of Multi-disciplinary Teams

  • Person-Centred Care: By pulling together expertise from multiple professionals, the patient receives well-rounded care to meet their unique needs.
  • Efficiency: Going between different care practitioners individually can be time-consuming. Here, they all work together, which streamlines the process.
  • Improved Communication: Between different services or agencies that can result in improved care.
  • Development and Learning: Team members can learn from each other's expertise and experience to further improve patient care.

Course material for Health and Social Care, module Health, Social Care, and Early Years Provision, topic Roles and responsibilities of care practitioners and multi-disciplinary teams.

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