Cambridge OCR
Level 2
QN: 603/0388/8
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Cambridge OCR Level 2 Cambridge Technical Diploma in Health and Social Care
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Cambridge OCR. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 540 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 2
Awarding Body
Cambridge OCR
Syllabus Units
8 Units
Guided Hours
540 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Health and safety in practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand hazards that may lead to risk in health, social care and childcare environments
- Understand how to reduce risks in health, social care and childcare environments
- Be able to carry out a risk assessment
- Know how to respond appropriately to emergencies
2
Principles of working in health, social care and childcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the principles of maintaining health, safety and security, and know basic emergency procedures in health, social care and childcare environments
- Know the principles of equality and diversity in health, social care and childcare environments
- Know the principles of individual rights and the key features of a person centred approach
- Know key facts about safeguarding
- Know key information about anatomy and physiology
- Know key principles for communicating effectively
3
Safeguarding
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to identify different signs of ab
- use and neglect
- Understand how to respond to disclosures or suspicion of ab
- use or neglect
- Understand how to minimise the risk of ab
- Know the responsibilities of health, social care and childcare organisations in relation to safeguarding
4
Working in a person-centred way
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of person-centred care
- Be able to demonstrate person-centred values
- Understand personal budgets
5
Working in adult health and social care environments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand types of adult health and social care settings and environments
- Be able to adapt the environment in adult health and social care settings
- Be able to control infection in an adult health and social care setting
- Understand Continuous Professional Development in an adult health and social care setting
6
Working in childcare environments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand types of childcare settings and environments
- Be able to adapt the environment in a childcare setting
- Be able to control infection in a childcare setting
- Understand Continuous Professional Development in a child care setting
7
Working with children in a childcare environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand who uses and works within childcare
- Understand children’s needs and how they are assessed and how personalised care and support plans are developed in childcare
- Be able to support children in childcare with the management and recording of medication
- Be able to recognise how the needs of children in childcare could be met through equipment, aids and assistive technology, and be able to support their use
- Be able to communicate effectively with children, parents/guardians, carers and other professionals in childcare
- Be able to maintain confidentiality and records in childcare
- Be able to support children in childcare with practical tasks
8
Working with individuals in adult health and social care environments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand who uses and works within adult health and social care
- Understand how individuals’ needs are assessed and person centred care and support plans are developed
- Be able to support individuals in adult health and social care environments with the management of medication
- Be able to recognise how the needs of individuals in adult health and social care environments could be met through equipment, aids and assistive technology, and be able to support their use
- Be able to communicate effectively with the individual, carers, visitors and other professionals in adult health and social care environments
- Be able to maintain confidentiality and records in adult health and social care environments
- Be able to support individuals in adult health and social care environments with practical tasks
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 603/0388/8
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- Cambridge OCR
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2017