OCR Nationals

Health and Social Care

The OCR Level 1 Nationals in Health and Social Care have been developed to provide learners with an introduction to the skills, knowledge and understanding required to prepare for work in the health and social care sector.

They have also been designed to help learners develop their personal skills in areas such as team working, career planning, communication and problem solving.

The learners carry out a range of tasks that have been designed to recognise their achievements in a modern, practical way that is relevant to the workplace.

Specification aims

These qualifications specifically aim to:

• Develop learner'sknowledge and understanding of generic, transferable skills that are essential for further education, occupational training or employment, i.e. basic skills, team working and problem solving.
• Develop learner'sknowledge and understanding of the Health and Social Care sector.
• Develop learner'sknowledge, understanding and skills in contexts that are relevant to employment situations.
• Enable learners to develop the skills necessary to participate in real situations.
• Encourage progression by assisting in the development of skills, knowledge and understanding that learners will need to access further education opportunities or occupational training on a full-time or part-time basis.
• Promote interaction between employers, centres and learners by relating teaching and assessment to real settings.

List of Unit Titles

Mandatory units

• Unit 1 Working as a team in health and social care
• Unit 2 Investigating health and social care provision
• Unit 3 Introducing practical caring
• Unit 4 Investigating options for work in health and social care
• Unit 5 Communication skills in health and social care
• Unit 6 Problem solving in health and social care

Optional units

• Unit 7 Skills for babysitting in the home
• Unit 8 Exploring leisure and recreational activities for service users in health and social care
• Unit 9 Creative play for pre-school children in care and early years settings
• Unit 10 Preparing to care for babies in care and early years settings
• Unit 11 Taking part in voluntary care services
• Unit 12 Forming effective relationships with service users in health, social care and early years settings
• Unit 13 Using aids to help with the physical care of service users
• Unit 14 Dealing with minor accidents in care settings
• Unit 15 Reducing risks to service users in care settings
• Unit 16 Planning and preparing a meal for a service user in care settings
• Unit 17 Monitoring the health of service users in health and care settings
• Unit 18 Taking part in health promotion activities

Complementary optional units

This list contains units from other sector areas that you might like to take alongside your health and social care qualification.

• Unit 19 Promoting healthy lifestyles (Sport and Leisure)
• Unit 20 Presentation software (ICT)
• Unit 21 Using the Internet (ICT)
• Unit 22 Software skills for collecting data (ICT)