This document discusses the importance of engagement in leisure and social activities for health and well-being. It addresses activities that can be done in different settings, including a person's own home, residential living facilities, day care centers, and local communities. Some key benefits mentioned include reducing social isolation, supporting relationships, and improving quality of life. A range of activities are presented, such as gardening, cooking, sports, crafts, and games. Ensuring activities are inclusive and meet individuals' interests is also emphasized.

1. Understand the importance of
engagement in leisure and social
activities in health and social care
14th March 2016

2.  Times Table Bingo

3.  Identify the benefits of gardening as a
leisure activity
 Describe why it is important to develop
interests to do in your own home
 Establish four activities a person can do
in a residential or group living home
 Critically evaluate the effect of social
and leisure activities on development

4.  How do activities support relationships?

5.  As a health and social care worker it is
important to think of a variety of activities to
offer service users.
 Lets create a Thought Shower why gardening
could be beneficial for people.
Timer

6.  Gardening as a therapeutic activity.
Thrive

7.  Create a leaflet to highlight the benefits of
gardening to service users.
 What fruit and vegetables could you produce?
A person can burn 300
calories doing one
hour of moderately
active gardening
Did you know

9.  What leisure or social activities can a person do
in their own home?

10.  What is residential care?
As people grow older they may want to live
somewhere where they can have a good quality of
life but with a bit more help with activities of daily
living.
As a support worker what leisure and social
activities could you organise?

11.  You are the activity coordinators at Primrose
Residence and you need to prepare a themed
activity for the residents to stimulate their
memories that is both fun and engaging.
 Remember some of the residents might have a
physical disability such as arthritis or they may
have dementia.
 Put together a list activities with reasons why
you have chosen them.

12. Feedback

13.  Make a group display on leisure and social
activities to do within:-
 a person’s home.
 a residential or group living home

15.  Use the microphone to ask your peers a
question on leisure and social activities.

16. Understand the importance of
engagement in leisure and social
activities in health and social care
Tuesday 15th March 2016

17.  Welcome Vicky Froud and Alex Baldacchino

18.  Nikki buys items that cost £11.74. She pays
with a £20 note.
 How much change is she given?
 You give Nikki her change in the smallest
possible number of notes and coins.
 What notes and coins do you give her?

19.  Identify a range of four activities that take
place in the community
 Describe why clubs are important for
supporting relationships
 Outline four activities a person can do
within day care provision
 Assess the impact of leisure and social
activities on peoples quality of life
 Evaluate the benefits of leisure and social
activities

20.  Catch the ball and name a social or leisure
activity.

21.  Spot the health and safety hazards
 You are observing some creative and leisure
activities. What is wrong with the following?
 A user of service is enjoying a cooking activity,
but has a cut on their hand that is not covered
by a plaster or disposable glove.
 A group of adults are taking part in an outdoor
game of rounders ,but the wooden bats are old
and falling apart.

22.  Think about activities available in the
community.

23.  Day care can be for children or may be for
older people or people with disabilities who
live in their own homes independently but may
need some support.
 Social services provide day care for people who
may be socially isolated and lonely.
 Remember we will be visiting Lockswood Day
Care Centre

24.  When the music stops pick a card and talk
about the activity you find.
 Where would the activity take place:-
 At a person’s home
 A local community
 A residential or group living home
 Day care provision

26.  Add to your display leisure and social activities
to do :-
 In a local community
 In day care provision

27.  Complete the sheet to demonstrate your
knowledge and understanding of activities.

28.  Kahoot

29.  What is the recommended amount of exercise
we should have every day?

31.  Start to work on Task 2 by completing the table
which is available on Oracle.
Task 2 A range of leisure and social activities
A local community
A person’s own home
A residential or group
living home
Day care provision

32. Understand the importance of
engagement in leisure and social
activities in health and social care
Friday 18th March 2016

33.  Match the word with its meaning

34.  Explain what active play is for children
 List different indoor or outdoor activities
for children
 Describe activities suitable for young
people with a physical disability
 Describe how to find out about the
interests of individuals
 Justify and demonstrate activities that
can be completed by a service user

35.  What leisure and social activities are available
in the community?

36.  Paige gets creative

37. Using the sheets of paper on your desks with the
identified ages range on, please think as a group of
as many different indoor or outdoor activities for
children.
When the time is up please move to the next sheet
to your left

38.  PlayPark

39.  Put together a poster commenting on the
equipment available.
 How will this contribute to a young persons
well-being.

41.  What can we do to be inclusive?

42.  How can you find out about the interests and
preferences of individuals?

43.  Write a paragraph outlining ways to find out
about the interests and preferences of
individuals.

45.  Research does your local park have any
specialist equipment?