Unit AS 1
Promoting Quality Care
- PROMOTING QUALITY CARE
CCEA AS Health and Social Care, memorised in year one.
Everything the AS examines and nothing from the second year. Drill the 7 topics you are actually sitting in Northern Ireland this summer.
- AS of 0003
- 7 topics
- 84 subtopics
CCEA AS-Level Health and Social Care 0003
Promoting Quality Care
Topic overviewThe values of care and their impact on service usersIndividual rights and choicesAnti-discriminatory practiceRespect, dignity and confidentialityChildren's rights and special educational needs legislationHuman rights and safeguarding legislationDisability discrimination legislationMental health legislation and capacityHealth and safety legislation, COSHH and RIDDORPolicies that promote quality carePoor practice and its impact on people
Communication in Health, Social Care and Early Years Settings
Topic overviewThe range of people staff communicate withVerbal communicationNon-verbal communication and body languageWritten and electronic communicationThe purposes of communication in care settingsConfidentiality and privacy in communicationPhysical and emotional factors that support communicationPractitioners' communication skillsBarriers arising from sensory impairment, illness and disabilityBarriers arising from mental health, language and cultureOvercoming barriers to communicationTeam communication and reflecting on your own practice
Health and Well-Being
Topic overviewConcepts of health, ill-health and diseaseMental health, mental illness and psychological well-beingThe needs of service users and how settings meet themThe effects of ill-health on education, employment, income and relationshipsSocio-economic factors affecting health and well-beingInherited conditions: cystic fibrosis and Huntington's diseaseConditions associated with ageing: osteoarthritis and type 2 diabetesEnvironmental factors: location, pollution and occupational hazardsBehavioural factors: exercise, diet, smoking, alcohol and drug useApproaches to health promotion and personal responsibilityStatutory services and the World Health OrganisationVoluntary, private and commercial providersPrejudice, discrimination and stereotypingAnti-discriminatory practice and equality law in Northern Ireland
Safeguarding Children
Topic overviewPhysical development from one to eight yearsIntellectual and language development from one to eight yearsEmotional and social development from one to eight yearsPromoting development through activities and interactionPiaget and Vygotsky in early years practiceSkinner and Bandura: managing behaviour and modellingErikson and Bowlby: attachment, identity and settling inTypes of abuseIndicators of abuse in childrenSafeguarding responsibilities and the setting's policiesFactors that increase the risk of child abuse
Adult Service Users
Topic overviewKey concepts in work with adults: need, protection, disability, empowerment and person-centred careOlder people: needs and how they are metAdults with physical disabilities: needs and how they are metAdults with learning disabilities: needs and how they are metAdults living with mental ill health: needs and how they are metHealth practitioners working with adult service usersSocial care practitioners and advocacyReablement and the care planning cycleThe Bengoa Report and a new model of health and social careConfidentiality, safeguarding adults and whistle-blowing policiesStatutory, private and voluntary provision and how it is fundedInformal carers and the Carers and Direct Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
Holistic Therapies
Topic overviewThe holistic approach and safe practiceAcupunctureAromatherapyHerbalismReflexologyPilates and kinesiologyMedical approaches: medication, surgery and physiotherapyManaging asthma, high blood pressure and arthritisManaging insomnia, migraine, back pain, depression and irritable bowel syndromeComparing holistic therapies and medical treatmentsCurrent trends, evidence and holistic therapies in care settings
Understanding the Physiology of Health and Illness
Topic overviewThe animal cell and its organellesCell specialisation and the four tissue typesThe organisation of the nervous systemThe major areas of the brainNeurones, the reflex arc and the synapseMultiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury and strokeThe endocrine glands and their hormonesType 1 and type 2 diabetesThe digestive system and how food is broken downPancreatitis, cirrhosis of the liver and stomach ulcersThe urinary system and the kidney nephronRenal failure, incontinence and dehydrationLiving with a physiological disorder
What CCEA AS Health and Social Care covers, and what it leaves out
CCEA AS Health and Social Care is the first year of the 0003 course and a qualification in its own right, examined in 7 units, AS 1, AS 2, AS 3, AS 4, AS 5, AS 6 and AS 7. This page holds only what the AS examines: 7 topics across 84 subtopics, 1,381 active recall questions, starting with Promoting Quality Care, Communication in Health, Social Care and Early Years Settings and Health and Well-Being. The 7 topics kept back for the second year are not shown, so nothing here is content you have not been taught yet.
Starting the second year? The full CCEA A-Level Health and Social Care page adds the A2 topics on top of everything here.
CCEA GCE Health and Social Care (Single and Double Award), subject code 0003, qualification numbers: AS 601/8917/4 (Single) and 601/8919/8 (Double); A level 601/8918/6 (Single) and 601/8920/4 (Double); first teaching September 2016. Read the CCEA specification ↗
How it is assessed
Unit AS 2
Communication In Health, Social Care And Early Years Settings
- COMMUNICATION IN HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE AND EARLY YEARS SETTINGS
Unit AS 3
Health And Well-Being
- HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Unit AS 4
Safeguarding Children
- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN
Unit AS 5
Adult Service Users
- ADULT SERVICE USERS
Unit AS 6
Holistic Therapies
- HOLISTIC THERAPIES
Unit AS 7
Understanding The Physiology Of Health And Illness
- UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS
The full specification
7 topics, 84 subtopics. Open any topic to see what is inside it.
01Promoting Quality Care11 subtopicsOpen topic
- The values of care and their impact on service users
- Individual rights and choices
- Anti-discriminatory practice
- Respect, dignity and confidentiality
- Children's rights and special educational needs legislation
- Human rights and safeguarding legislation
- Disability discrimination legislation
- Mental health legislation and capacity
- Health and safety legislation, COSHH and RIDDOR
- Policies that promote quality care
- Poor practice and its impact on people
02Communication in Health, Social Care and Early Years Settings12 subtopicsOpen topic
- The range of people staff communicate with
- Verbal communication
- Non-verbal communication and body language
- Written and electronic communication
- The purposes of communication in care settings
- Confidentiality and privacy in communication
- Physical and emotional factors that support communication
- Practitioners' communication skills
- Barriers arising from sensory impairment, illness and disability
- Barriers arising from mental health, language and culture
- Overcoming barriers to communication
- Team communication and reflecting on your own practice
03Health and Well-Being14 subtopicsOpen topic
- Concepts of health, ill-health and disease
- Mental health, mental illness and psychological well-being
- The needs of service users and how settings meet them
- The effects of ill-health on education, employment, income and relationships
- Socio-economic factors affecting health and well-being
- Inherited conditions: cystic fibrosis and Huntington's disease
- Conditions associated with ageing: osteoarthritis and type 2 diabetes
- Environmental factors: location, pollution and occupational hazards
- Behavioural factors: exercise, diet, smoking, alcohol and drug use
- Approaches to health promotion and personal responsibility
- Statutory services and the World Health Organisation
- Voluntary, private and commercial providers
- Prejudice, discrimination and stereotyping
- Anti-discriminatory practice and equality law in Northern Ireland
04Safeguarding Children11 subtopicsOpen topic
- Physical development from one to eight years
- Intellectual and language development from one to eight years
- Emotional and social development from one to eight years
- Promoting development through activities and interaction
- Piaget and Vygotsky in early years practice
- Skinner and Bandura: managing behaviour and modelling
- Erikson and Bowlby: attachment, identity and settling in
- Types of abuse
- Indicators of abuse in children
- Safeguarding responsibilities and the setting's policies
- Factors that increase the risk of child abuse
05Adult Service Users12 subtopicsOpen topic
- Key concepts in work with adults: need, protection, disability, empowerment and person-centred care
- Older people: needs and how they are met
- Adults with physical disabilities: needs and how they are met
- Adults with learning disabilities: needs and how they are met
- Adults living with mental ill health: needs and how they are met
- Health practitioners working with adult service users
- Social care practitioners and advocacy
- Reablement and the care planning cycle
- The Bengoa Report and a new model of health and social care
- Confidentiality, safeguarding adults and whistle-blowing policies
- Statutory, private and voluntary provision and how it is funded
- Informal carers and the Carers and Direct Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 2002
06Holistic Therapies11 subtopicsOpen topic
- The holistic approach and safe practice
- Acupuncture
- Aromatherapy
- Herbalism
- Reflexology
- Pilates and kinesiology
- Medical approaches: medication, surgery and physiotherapy
- Managing asthma, high blood pressure and arthritis
- Managing insomnia, migraine, back pain, depression and irritable bowel syndrome
- Comparing holistic therapies and medical treatments
- Current trends, evidence and holistic therapies in care settings
07Understanding the Physiology of Health and Illness13 subtopicsOpen topic
- The animal cell and its organelles
- Cell specialisation and the four tissue types
- The organisation of the nervous system
- The major areas of the brain
- Neurones, the reflex arc and the synapse
- Multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury and stroke
- The endocrine glands and their hormones
- Type 1 and type 2 diabetes
- The digestive system and how food is broken down
- Pancreatitis, cirrhosis of the liver and stomach ulcers
- The urinary system and the kidney nephron
- Renal failure, incontinence and dehydration
- Living with a physiological disorder
How you work through it
Pick the mode that fits the time you have.
Try three questions
No account needed. Answer from memory first.
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Key term
How can a practitioner promote anti-discriminatory practice in relation to a person's beliefs?
Key term
Give four practical ways a care worker protects dignity during personal care.
Key term
Distinguish privacy from dignity.
Spaced Repetition Schedule
How reviews are timed
Levo will automatically distribute all of your progress into a spaced repetition calendar. Once you’ve answered, it’s scheduled for you on the next day in the spaced repetition schedule. Over time, the gaps between your recall get bigger, from a day to three years, reinforcing memorisation over a long period of time.
Interval sequence
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What is inside Levo
Six ways to work the same material
Health and Social Care revision questions
Common questions about revising CCEA AS-Level Health and Social Care. Tap any to open it.
What is on CCEA AS Health and Social Care?
7 topics across 84 subtopics, examined in AS 1, AS 2, AS 3, AS 4, AS 5, AS 6 and AS 7. They are all listed on this page, and each one opens to the subtopics inside it. The full topic list is Promoting Quality Care, Communication in Health, Social Care and Early Years Settings, Health and Well-Being, Safeguarding Children, Adult Service Users, Holistic Therapies and more.
Does AS Health and Social Care count towards the full A level?
Yes. In Northern Ireland the AS units are marked as a standalone AS qualification and also carry forward into the full CCEA A level, which is why the first year matters more here than it does in England. Check the current weighting on the 0003 specification, as it is set by the board rather than by us.
What is the difference between AS and A level Health and Social Care?
AS is the first-year units only. The A level adds 7 further topics, among them Applied Research, Body Systems and Physiological Disorders, Providing Services, and expects you to connect them back to the AS material. Work the AS content here, then move up to the full A level page when you start the second year.
When do you sit CCEA AS Health and Social Care?
Normally at the end of Year 12, in the summer series. That gives you one year to memorise 1,381 questions' worth of material, which is roughly 7 questions a day across an academic year if you start in September.
How should you revise for AS Health and Social Care?
By retrieval, not rereading. Cover the answer, pull it from memory, then check. Levo runs that loop across all 7 AS topics and brings each question back on a spaced schedule, so what you learn in September is still there in June.
Is it worth revising AS content again for the A level?
Yes, and it is the mistake most students make. The second-year papers assume the first year, and in Northern Ireland the AS marks usually count towards the final grade as well. Keeping the AS material on a spaced schedule through Year 13 costs far less time than relearning it.
How many questions are there for CCEA AS Health and Social Care?
1,381, written from the 0003 subject content and grouped into 84 subtopics so you can work one small area at a time rather than a whole topic at once.
Can you use Levo for just the AS year?
Yes. Pick your subject, choose the AS topics on the topic screen, and every mode — the 3-step method, Cram, Blank Blitz, Build It and Test It — works only that material. Add the second-year topics when you get to them.
Every question in Health and Social Care, on a schedule.
Attempt a question from memory, write the correct version, then attempt it again. Levo records the jump between your first attempt and your last, and brings each question back on the day you are due to forget it.
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