Introduction to Health and Social Care

Aim
Learners will develop an understanding of what it is like to work in health and social care,
including the responsibilities relating to maintaining the health and safety of and safeguarding
the rights of individuals in their care. They will understand the need to always be aware of
issues around data protection, confidentiality and possibilities for discriminatory practice.
Learners will come to understand the role of regulatory bodies and their impact on those work
in the health and social care sector as well as the monitoring processes in place to ensure the
delivery of high-quality care.
Learners will begin to examine the different professionals who may be involved in the delivery
of care to an individual, what their roles are and how and where these services are delivered.
Learners will also examine potential barriers to inter-professional working and the sharing of
information and the effect this can have on the individual receiving care.
The assessment will be a written assignment using case studies of real-life scenarios that learners
may come across in health and social care. Each learning outcome will have a separate case study
to allow learners to display an in-depth knowledge of each outcome.