Health and Social Care

BTEC National Level 3 Extended Certificate (AAQ)

Examination Board: Pearson Edexcel

Course Leader: Mrs J Power

Contact Email: jpower@tgschool.net

Are you interested in:

• Who is responsible for the quality of care in public services?

• The importance of individual needs and choice in care provision?

• Supporting people to live with long-term conditions?

• Ensuring equal and fair access to health and social care services?

What Will I Study?

This course introduces the knowledge needed by practitioners in the Health, Early Years Education and Social Care sectors. Students explore settings and services, analyse how these meet the needs of client groups, and analyse how legislation protects the rights of vulnerable groups. Students also discuss current social problems and learn how historic cases have helped inform modern provision.

Mandatory and Externally Assessed:

•  Unit 1 - Human Lifespan Development

•  Unit 2 - Working in Health and Social Care

Mandatory and Internally Assessed:

•  Unit 5 - Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs

Optional and Internally Assessed:

•  Unit14 - Physiological Disorders and their Care

Additional Entry Requirements:

Beneficial if BTEC Level 2 has been studied.

Assessment:

The course is assessed through a range of assessment types and styles suited to vocational qualifications in the sector. There are three main forms of assessment: internal, external and synoptic. Most units are internally assessed and subject to external standards verification. The styles of external assessment are examination and set tasks. Synoptic assessment requires learners to demonstrate that they can identify and use effectively (in an integrated way) an appropriate selection of skills, techniques, concepts, theories and knowledge from across the whole sector as relevant to a key task. Synoptic units may be internally or externally assessed.

Leading to futures in:

A Health and Social Care qualification will not only enable access to Higher Education courses ranging from midwifery to social policy, but also health sciences such as biomedical science. It will also provide a route to large number of healthcare roles such as health care assistant, pathology laboratory assistant or youth worker.