A videos series of further education and apprenticeship providers staff sharing good practice in bilingual and Welsh-medium teaching, training, and assessment in the post-16 sector.
Sharing Good Practice Videos
Careersville
This is an interactive digital resource containing information on jobs and opportunities in health and care in Wales.
The Tregyrfa website has been developed by Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW). Tregyrfa aims to share information about the wealth of job opportunities available within the National Health Service (NHS) and care sector.
Prentis-iaith: quiz to identify level
Prentis-iaith Awareness Level or Prentis-iaith Understanding Level?
Complete the quiz below to find out which one is suitable for you.
Prentis-iaith Understanding Level
These courses are for apprentices who already have some Welsh language skills. They enable apprentices to complete part of their qualification in Welsh. The first five units introduces the importance of the Welsh language as a skill for the workplace while the content of units 6 is tailored to different vocational subjects.
HOW TO USE THE RESOURCES?
Everyone will complete Units 1-5 General and then select the version that suits them for Unit 6. Unit 6 has additional versions that have been tailored to the following five specific vocational subjects:
- Healthcare
- Childcare
- Public Services
- Agriculture
- Construction
If you do not follow one of the above subjects, you will complete Unit 6 General.
WHICH LEVEL SHOULD YOU COMPLETE?
There are two levels of Prentis-iaith:
- Prentis-iaith Awareness Level (for apprentices that have little or no Welsh language skills)
- Prentis-iaith Understanding Level (for apprentices who already have some understanding of Welsh)
If you are unsure which level is suitable for you, use this quiz to determine the suitable level.
LEARNING PROVIDERS AND COLLEGES
These courses are also available via the learning portals of the main apprenticeship providers in Wales. Other providers wishing to make the courses available through their LMS should download the units from the zipfile that can be accessed below.
It is possible for learners to print certificates automatically after completeing each unit. Providers can also download versions below to manually fill in and award to students.
Certificate (includes a blank space to note a particular subject)
Introducing the Welsh language: Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core
This resource is a collection of resources to support educators who wish to introduce more Welsh in the delivery of the Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core course.
The collection has been created to support educators in planning and setting classroom work activities or evidence based on learners' Welsh language skills.
The collection includes:
• a guide that explains how to use the resource.
• 'Mapping the Opportunities to introduce the Welsh language' document for each core unit.
• a series of tasks that meet the requirements of specific assessment criteria of the course. They demonstrate how it is possible for all learners to complete the same task, whilst developing their Welsh language skills at individual and appropriate levels.
• bilingual posters of the key terms for each unit.
• a resource that provides ideas for learners to use the Welsh language on work placements.
Learning parts of the body in Welsh
A short interactive activity to learn parts of the body in Welsh. Plural terms are also introduced.
Health and Social Resources
This collection consists of 10 blended learning sessions for learners studying Health and Social Services at Levels 2 & 3. The level of each individual resource has been noted in the title of each resource.
The units can be viewed in your browser by following the links below. Colleges can download a zip file containing SCORM files for all 10 units to place within their local virtual learning platforms.
These sessions are bilingual, the English slides can be used as reference, but the questions can only be answered in Welsh.
Copyright Heart of Worcestershire College on behalf of the Blended Learning Consortium and Y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. These resources are for use only in educational organisations and must not be modified or resold.
Health and Social Care bilingual vocabulary posters
This collection is a series of posters containing key bilingual vocabulary to support the Health and Social Care: Core Level 2 course. The vocabulary is grouped to match the level of the learner's language skills. There is an individual vocabulary poster for the 7 units:
Unit 1: Principles and values of health and social care (adults))
Unit 2: Principles and values of health and social care (children and young people)
Unit 3: Health and well-being (adults)
Unit 4: Health and well-being (children and young people)
Unit 5: Professional practice as a health and social care worker
Unit 6: Safeguarding individuals
Unit 7: Health and safety in health and social care
Careers Wales: Social care (early years) webinar and workbook
A resource for Key Stage 3 learners to find out more about a career in the social care (early years) sector. Learners will be able to watch a webinar and complete a workbook.
Careers Wales: Health sector careers workbook and webinar
A resource for Key Stage 3 learners to find out more about a career in the health sector. Learners will be able to watch a webinar and complete a workbook.
Online Psychology Conference (21 March 2021)
A conference for undergraduate and postgraduate Psychology students and those studying related subjects such as health and education. 17-18 year old learners were invited to join.
The morning presentations followed the themes of:
- Health & Wellbeing
- Language, Development and Education.
A Careers Panel was held in the afternoon with people representing the following careers:
- Educational Psychologist
- Clinical Psychologist
- Applied Behaviour Analysis Psychologist
- Speech & Language Therapist
- Higher Education lecturer
There was also an opportunity to ask questions. The conference was held online, through the medium of Welsh
Learning Resources on the Social Care Wales website
Below is a link to the resources section on the Social Care Wales website. The resources are relevant to educators and learners in the field of Healthcare and Childcare.
There is also a link to a document that has identified the resources that are relevant to the Level 2 and 3 Children's Care, Play, Learning and Development: Core courses.