Foundation Health and Social Care, and Childcare
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
Foundation Health and Social Care, and Childcare is a two-year, two-unit Work-Related Foundation Qualification for learners aged 14 to 16 working at Entry Level or Level 1. Every learner takes Unit 1 on the sectors, communication, safeguarding and wellbeing, then either Unit 2 Adult Health and Social Care or Unit 3 Childcare, all assessed through a teacher-set portfolio moderated by WJEC. Literacy runs through everything: Unit 1 has a whole learning outcome on communicating with children and adults in Welsh or English, and evidence comes from role-plays, presentations, case studies, reports, leaflets and blogs. Numeracy is light and sits mainly in Unit 3, in child development milestones by age and in snack and mealtime tasks, with some planning of meals and daily routines in Unit 2.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Entry Level and Level 1
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2027
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Uchel
- Faint o waith rhifedd
- Isel
- Manyleb
- Agor y fanyleb
Sut mae'r cymhwyster hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Introduction to the Health and Social Care and Childcare sector, and Basic Safeguarding: Compulsory, taught first. Centre marked non-examination assessment, a portfolio of evidence from teacher-set tasks, maximum assessment time 12 hours (typically 9 to 12 hours), 52 of the 120 qualification points, assessed in centre and moderated by WJEC. 48 guided learning hours, first moderated summer 2028.
- Unit 2: Adult Health and Social Care: Optional, taken instead of Unit 3. Centre marked non-examination assessment, a portfolio of evidence from teacher-set tasks, maximum assessment time 18 hours (typically 14 to 18 hours), 68 of the 120 qualification points, assessed in centre and moderated by WJEC. 72 guided learning hours, first moderated summer 2029.
- Unit 3: Childcare: Optional, taken instead of Unit 2. Centre marked non-examination assessment, a portfolio of evidence from teacher-set tasks, maximum assessment time 18 hours (typically 14 to 18 hours), 68 of the 120 qualification points, assessed in centre and moderated by WJEC. 72 guided learning hours, first moderated summer 2029.
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Eglurder a geirfa
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Speaking clearly and adapting language for children and adults
In Unit 1, LO1.2, learners use polite greetings, speak clearly and at an appropriate pace, and adapt their language for children or people with additional needs. At Level 1 they plan how to adapt communication for a child and an adult and adapt tone and language for different age groups. In Unit 3 they talk to children with positive language, praise and open questions.
Llythrennedd: Eglurder a geirfa, Diben
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils practise greeting a visitor to the school reception politely and clearly, then greet a younger pupil, and say what they changed.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils explain the same simple instruction, such as how to wash hands, first to a partner playing a 4 year old and then to one playing an adult, using simpler words and a slower pace for the child.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils plan and deliver a short spoken explanation of a care routine for an older adult with hearing loss, choosing pace, volume, words and gestures, and reflect on what worked.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, LO1.2 content, page 14; assessment criteria 1.2.1 to 1.2.3, page 18; Unit 3, LO3.6 content, page 41; assessment criterion 3.6.2, page 45
“speaking clearly and at an appropriate pace”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy’n gallu siarad yn glir, gan adnabod yr iaith briodol ar gyfer gwahanol gynulleidfaoedd a dibenion, a chan amrywio fy mynegiant, geirfa, tôn ac ystumiau i ennyn diddordeb y gynulleidfa.
Rwy'n gallu trefnu sgwrs fel y gall gwahanol gynulleidfaoedd mewn gwahanol gyd-destunau ddilyn yr hyn sy'n cael ei ddweud, gan gynnwys defnyddio iaith ffurfiol.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy’n gallu siarad yn glir, gan ddewis ac addasu fy iaith yn briodol ar gyfer ystod o gynulleidfaoedd a dibenion, a chan gyfleu ystyr yn effeithiol i’r gynulleidfa.
Rwy'n gallu trefnu'r hyn sy'n cael ei ddweud yn effeithiol er mwyn ymateb i adwaith gwrandawyr drwy addasu'r hyn rwy'n ei ddweud a'r ffordd rwy'n ei ddweud.
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Role-play and presenting to peers
Role-play runs through all three units: learners carry out short conversations, plan and present role-plays showing effective communication in a care setting, and act out scenarios with and without voice, choice and control. Level 1 criteria also ask learners to present to peers, for example how to wash hands to NHS guidelines.
Llythrennedd: Siarad cydweithredol, Eglurder a geirfa
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils act out a two person scene of a receptionist welcoming a patient to a GP surgery from a prompt card.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils plan and perform a short role-play of a nursery worker settling an upset child, then explain to the class what the worker did well.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils script and present a care home role-play twice, once ignoring the resident's choices and once giving voice, choice and control, and explain to their peers the difference it makes.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, assessment criterion 1.2.2, page 18; Unit 2, assessment criteria 2.5.1 and 2.5.3, page 32; example tasks, pages 35 and 36; Unit 3, assessment criterion 3.4.1, page 44
“plan and present a role-play activity which demonstrates effective”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu ystyried materion heriol neu ddadleuol drwy amrywiaeth o gyd-destunau dilys, gan gynnwys cynnal rôl.
Rwyf wedi cael profiad o siarad â gwahanol bobl mewn amrywiaeth o gyd-destunau dilys.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwyf wedi cael profiad o siarad â gwahanol bobl mewn amrywiaeth o gyd-destunau dilys.
Rwy’n gallu argyhoeddi wrth gyfleu ystyr mewn ystod o gyd-destunau gan ennyn diddordeb llawn y gynulleidfa.
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Using care sector vocabulary accurately
Learners match, state and use the terms of the sector, including safeguarding, adult at risk and child at risk, the five types of abuse, PILES, person-centred and outcome-focused care, and equality, diversity and inclusion. Entry level criteria often ask learners to match definitions to terms, and Level 1 asks them to use the terms in explanations.
Llythrennedd: Geirfa, sillafu, gramadeg, Eglurder a geirfa
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils match ten health words, such as hygiene, wellbeing and diet, to their meanings and use three of them in sentences.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils keep a glossary of health and care terms in their book, spelling each correctly and writing an example for each.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils explain a short care scenario using at least five sector terms, such as person-centred, safeguarding and independence, checking spelling and meaning with the glossary.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, assessment criteria 1.3.1 and 1.3.2, page 18; example tasks LO1.3, page 21; Unit 2, assessment criteria 2.1.1 and 2.2.2, pages 29 and 30
“match the correct definition to the correct term”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio geirfa amrywiol, briodol a manwl gywir, gan gynnwys geiriau sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth at ddibenion gwahanol.
Rwy'n gallu mynegi materion a syniadau'n glir gan ddefnyddio geirfa sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth ac enghreifftiau.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwyf wedi cael profiad o ystod o eirfa sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth a geirfa academaidd gyffredinol, ac yn gallu ei defnyddio wrth i mi gyfathrebu.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio amrywiaeth o strategaethau ac adnoddau i sillafu geirfa gyfarwydd ac anghyfarwydd a geiriau sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth yn gywir.
Da gwybod
- Appendix A maps all four literacy skills, listening, reading, speaking and writing, to "All sections" of every unit (page 59).
- Numeracy is mapped only in Unit 3: Developing Mathematical Proficiency and the number system to LO3.2, and geometry and measurement to LO3.6, with nothing for Units 1 and 2 or for statistics (Appendix A, page 60).
- Spoken work counts: evidence includes "teacher/assessor questioning" answered in writing or orally and "video/audio recordings" of presentations and discussions (Section 3.3, page 52), and observed performance is recorded on "observation records" (Section 3.6, page 53).
- Communication can be in either language: learners use "Basic communication skills in Welsh or English" and implement "the Active Offer" (Unit 1, LO1.2, page 14).
- Support is graded by level: Entry 1 learners may need "verbal, visual and practical assistance", while Level 1 teachers "can provide advice on planning and structuring their answers" without doing the work for them (Section 3.4, page 53).
- The example tasks "are not mandatory" (Section 2.1, page 9), so the reading and writing load depends on the tasks the centre sets.
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
The specification names GCSE Health and Social Care, and Childcare as the next step, and the two share the same structure: a sector and wellbeing unit, then Adult Health and Social Care or Childcare. There is no WJEC VCSE in this subject. The GCSE steps the literacy up from short spoken and written tasks to an examination and two 12 hour NEA units that need organised, evaluative writing, close reading of case studies and a researched childcare investigation, and its numeracy adds physiological measurements, wellbeing statistics and surveys. The Foundation communication, case study and report work prepares for that. Communication and role-play link with English or Cymraeg oracy, and meal planning with Food and Nutrition.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC Entry Level/Level 1 Foundation Health and Social Care, and Childcare specification, approved by Qualifications Wales, teaching from September 2027, for award from 2029 (© WJEC CBAC Ltd 2026).