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Topic 2: Work-related skills

Subject links: PSHEE Careers English Drama Citizenship Science Society, health and development diploma Skills: Team work Communication Observation nquiry Evaluation Creativity Participation

Learning outcome
To understand some important work-related skills.

Delivery note
Pick and choose from the range of activities below to build your own lessons supporting this topic area. All delivery instructions are provided under each activity with clear references to resources. The slides contain all the information you need to deliver the lesson and the worksheets support all student tasks.

Activity 1: Work-related skills
Complete a Diamond 9 task to rank different skills for different jobs.

Activity 2: The joy of caring
Watch a video showing healthcare professionals talking about their jobs and record the skills that they describe and display.

Activity 3: Real people, real careers
Role-play different healthcare professionals, using their skills to deal with different patient scenarios.

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