OCR Nationals

Health and Social Care

The OCR Level 3 Nationals in Health, Social Care and Early Years have been developed to recognise Learners' skills, knowledge and understanding of the health, social care and early year's sector and the settings, job roles, principles and values involved.

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.

They do not certificate competence on the job but are work-related qualifications which will support progression to an NVQ once a candidate is in the workplace.

Specification aims

These qualifications specifically aim to:

• develop learner's knowledge and understanding of the health, social care and early years sector and the chosen specialist pathway if selected
• develop learner's skills, knowledge and understanding in contexts that are directly relevant to employment situations, thereby enhancing their employability within the health, social care and early year’s sector
• develop learner's ability to work autonomously and effectively in a health, social care and early year’s context
• enable learners to develop knowledge and understanding in specialist areas of health, social care and early years care and education, and demonstrate the skills needed to participate in the operation and development of real health, social care and early year's settings
• encourage progression by assisting in the development of skills, knowledge and understanding that Learners will need to access further or higher education programmes or occupational training on a full-time or part-time basis
• encourage progression by assisting in the development of skills, knowledge and understanding that Learners will need to enter employment or enhance their current employment status
• promote interaction between employers, centres and learners by relating teaching and assessment to real settings.

List of Unit Titles

Mandatory units

• Unit 1 Working to quality practice in care settings
• Unit 2 Working with service users in care settings
• Unit 3 Behavioural awareness in care
• Unit 4 Applied practical care in settings

Optional units

Non-specialist

• Unit 5 Advanced first aid and health and safety
• Unit 6 Applied nutrition and dietetics for service users
• Unit 7 Introduction to counselling skills
• Unit 8 Coping with stress in care environments
• Unit 9 Creative activities for groups in care settings
• Unit 10 Behavioural psychology in health, social care and early years settings
• Unit 11 Career planning for the health, social care and early years sector
• Unit 12 Work experience in health, social care and early years settings

Health specialist pathway

• Unit 13 Mental health awareness
• Unit 14 Understanding medical aspects of health
• Unit 15 Complementary approaches to care
• Unit 16 Anatomy and physiology for health and care
• Unit 17 Health education and promotion

Social care specialist pathway

• Unit 18 Care in the community
• Unit 19 Working with older service users
• Unit 20 Working with people with disabilities
• Unit 21 Developing skills for care assistants
• Unit 22 Developing skills for voluntary work

Early years care and education specialist pathway

• Unit 23 Working with children in educational settings
• Unit 24 Working in early years care and education settings
• Unit 25 Child development
• Unit 26 Investigating child protection services
• Unit 27 Developing skills to care for babies