HSC taster lesson Health and Social Care What

HSC taster lesson

Health and Social Care What is this course all about? Why should you study it? Well in these “unprecedented times’ to quote many people, this course really cannot be more relevant. You will learn about how to investigate people’s health and their well being; learn how to deal with emergencies; develop interpersonal and communication skills; gain an insight into working with all types of people from the young to elderly and to those with individual needs. You will learn how the health, social and early years’ services cater for our needs; how legislation protects us in the work place, in society and how we can access our rights. Furthermore you will be ale to identify hazards in the care and home environments and how to deal with them. That just about covers life for us all!!! This course could lead to a career in LOADS of areas: Nursing in so many areas Child care Teaching Catering Emergency service : police, ambulance and fire Social care Medical research In fact any jobs working with people, so that covers rather a lot!

Activity: read the following list of types of care work. How many of these have you heard of and know what they involve? Research the ones you don’t know. Maybe there are some new roles that have captured your interest Early Years: Nursery Nurse, Childminder, Foster carer, Playgroup leader, Nursery teacher, Children’s Nurse Working in the community: Health Visitor, Occupational therapist, Social worker, District nurse, School nurse, Home help, Osteopath, Chiropractor, Reflexologist, Head masseur, Complementary therapist, GP, Family planning nurse, Residential home manager, Care assistant, Counsellor, Optician, Respite worker, Care home warden, Hospice nurse, Dentist, Voluntary worker, Key worker, Chiropodist, Speech therapist Hospital workers: Physiotherapist, Neurologist, Health care assistant, Hospital cleaner, Surgeon, Oncologist, Consultant, Psychologist, Radiologist, Porter, Midwife, Paediatrician, Gynaecologist, Pathologist, Registered nurse, Hospital or doctors’ receptionist, Dietician, Anaesthetist, Cardiologist, Accident and Emergency nurse, Phlebotomist

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate (A Level equivalent) • Unit 1 Building positive relationships in health and social care • Unit 2 Equality, diversity and rights in health and social care (exam) • Unit 3 Health, safety and security in health and social care (exam) • Unit 4 Anatomy and physiology for health and social care (exam) • Unit 10 Nutrition for health • Unit 13 Sexual Health, reproduction and early development stages

Once upon a time, there was a great city called Glum that stood beside a lake in the kingdom of Bung. In the centre of the city was a castle, where the king lived with his only daughter, Christina. The king could no longer walk, but he was often seen being pushed around the city in a white, wheeled chair by his servants. Christina was a popular princess; happy and always willing to help others. The people of Bung often commented that she would make a good queen. Now it so happened that as well as the king, his daughter and his subjects, there lived in the Kingdom of Bung two witches. Groga, an ugly, disfigured witch, lived on the other side of the lake in a dark, damp cave. Gwendolyn, a beautiful witch who wore a gown that sparkled with the light of a thousand crystals, lived in a house to the West. On the tenth anniversary of Groga’s arrival, the king was wheeled onto his balcony, where he addressed those gathered below. “Who will rid the kingdom of my arch enemy, Groga? ” he asked. “Many brave men have ventured forth on this mission before, but none of those sent have returned. Do any of you have the courage to complete this deed? ” The crowd included knights from all the surrounding lands; their proud horses neighed at the ruler’s words. But only one in the crowd spoke out – a stranger who had arrived the day before. “I will kill her, ” said the stranger, “in return for your crown”. The king replied: “That is too much to ask, but I will give you half of all the gold in the city treasury if you rid the kingdom of her. ” The stranger accepted the offer, and went to see the beautiful Gwendolyn was impressed by the stranger’s boldness, and she agreed to help in return for a share of the king’s gold. She went into another room, where she mixed a strange potion. This she poured into a small green bottle. “This will you give the strength of ten men”, she said, handing the potion to the stranger. The stranger travelled from Gwendolyn’s house to the dark caverns on the opposite side of the lake, where Groga, who had seen her fate in a crystal ball, was waiting. “So, you have come, as many men before you have” she said, “Seeking the king’s favour? ” They fought for many hours but Groga was no match for her adversary. Eventually, tired and exhausted, she agreed to leave the kingdom for ever. The stranger returned to the city to claim the promised reward.

Without looking back at the previous slide jot down if you think the following statements are true or false 1) The city was called Bung 2) The city was ruled by an old King, who could no longer walk 3) The castle was in the centre of the city 4) Groga was a wicked witch, who lived in a cave on the other side of the lake 5) Princess Christina was very beautiful 6) The stranger was a knight from far away 7) The stranger wanted to be made King in return for killing Groga 8) The king offered the stranger a great fortune instead 9) A good witch lived to the west of the city 10) The stranger agreed to give Gwendolyn half of his gold if she helped him

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Conclusions It is so easy to make assumptions – when working in Health and Social Care it is important to see beyond these assumptions

Bridging Work (summer work) Over the summer holidays you will be expected to do some Health and Social Care work to help you to get off to a good start in September and to show us that you are committed to working hard in the course. For Mrs Sheehan you will researching care settings, service users, care workers and skills. For Mrs Furness you will be focusing on equality, diversity and rights in Health and social care. Please see the next two slides for more details. You will need to return the relevant work to the relevant teacher. There is some overlap of the work that was set before the lockdown and for your induction lesson which is an advantage as you will be able to produce more detailed work which we look forward to seeing in September. The work should be well presented to show your commitment to the subject.

For GSh: You need to have an awareness about: • different Care settings [hospitals, care homes, clinics, nurseries, GP surgeries etc] • Service users [those people who may live, visit or use these care settings]. These range from birth to old age and include people with ‘conditions’, syndromes, impairments and disabilities as well as able bodied people. • Care workers [those who provide care such as Doctors, nurses, dentists, hospital workers, hospital receptionists, physiotherapists…to name a few. Watch as many of the following but do keep a diary or note of things that you notice or like about them so that you can fill in the chart following: TV programmes that deal with people such as those on More 4. Channel 4, Dispatches, Horizon. Often available on catchup if you miss them. Programmes like ‘ 1 born every minute’, ‘ 999 what’s your emergency? ’, ‘Holby City’, ‘Doctors’, ‘Casualty. ’ Films: Inside I’m Dancing, Vera Drake, My Left Foot, Angela’s Ashes, A Beautiful Mind, Shutter Island, Beaches, Stepmom, Silver linings.

For GSh Copy and complete the following chart: Programme Care worker/ character? Job role Care setting Health &/or Social care Comments ( treatment given) Qualities and skills shown A and E nurse Hospital Health Stabbing wound Patience, Sense of humour, Keeping records, Giving treatment, comforting Example: Holby City

For GSh Examples of qualities Genuiness, Patience Understanding Empathy Respect Willingness Sense of humour Cheerfulness Examples of skills Communication skills and interpersonal skills Listening Talking Body language Keeping records Interacting with other agencies Comforting IT skills Team work Relationship building Scientific skills: Monitoring Taking observations Giving medication and treatment. Planning diets Practical skills: Washing Helping with mobility Dressing Moving and Handling Preparing food Organisational skills: Time management Planning Problem solving Bed making

For LFu Unit 2: Equality, diversity and rights in health and social care – Define the following words: • • • • Equality Diversity Race Religion Culture Sexual orientation Class Rights Empowerment Independence Inclusion Respect Dignity Create a collage showing as many diverse elements of British society as you can find. You could use images from the internet and make sure you have a printout of the finished work. Select 5 of the individuals from your collage and describe the types of health and/or social needs they may have for example children may need vaccinations and milestone checks, pregnant women need antenatal care etc Outline any difficulties they may encounter trying to get these needs met – think about different cultures, language barriers, prejudice etc.