Health & Social Care
The BTEC Tech Award in Health and Social Care is an introduction to vocational learning. The Award give learners the opportunity to develop skills that show an aptitude for further learning both in the health and social care sector and more widely.
Intent Statement
Approximately three million people in the UK work within health and social care. Demand for both health and social care is likely to continue to rise due to the ageing population, so it is sure to play a key role in society. The demand for people to fill these vital roles will continue to increase. Our rationale is to provide a fluid and dynamic knowledge-rich Key Stage 4 option curriculum, which gives learners access and progress to Key Stage 5 and beyond. This course will aim to develop key transferable skills and knowledge such as self-evaluation and research skills.
Learners will study how people grow and develop over the course of their lives from infancy to later adulthood and the factors that may affect this, such as major life events like marriage, parenthood or experiencing illness and disease. Learners will analyse the impact from a positive and negative viewpoint, demonstrating empathy. Learners will understand how people adapt to these changes and the local and national health and social care services available to them.
Learners will also benefit from guest speakers from their local community and beyond. They may be given the opportunity to visit and take part in work experience in a variety of health and social care settings, including care homes and Special Educational Needs schools for example. It is also our intention to raise learner aspirations and develop their knowledge and understanding of career pathway opportunities by attending the annual ‘Future Heroes’ careers event organised by the local trust.
Curriculum
The BTEC Tech Award is made up of three components:
Component 1 Human Lifespan Development
In this component, learners will study how people grow and develop over the course of their life, from infancy to old age, this includes physical, intellectual, emotional and social development, and the different factors that may affect them.
Component 2 Health and Social Care Services and Values
This component will give learners an understanding of health and social care services and will help them develop skills in applying care values that are common across the sector.
Component 3 Health and Wellbeing
In this component, learners look at the factors that can have a positive or negative influence on a person’s health and wellbeing. They will learn to interpret physiological and lifestyle indicators, and what they mean for someone’s state of health. They will learn how to use this information to design an appropriate plan for improving someone’s health and wellbeing, including short- and long-term targets. Additionally, they will explore the difficulties an individual may face when trying to make these changes.
BTEC National Diploma in Health and Social Care
This qualification has been designed to account for two-thirds of a two-year, full-time study programme for learners who are intending to go onto further study in a related sector. It supports access to a range of higher education courses if taken as part of a programme of study that includes another BTEC or A Level alongside it.
The BTEC National Diploma in Health and Social Care is made up of eight units of study.
- Unit 1 Human Lifespan Development
- Unit 2 Working in Health and Social Care
- Unit 4 Enquiries into Current Research in Health and Social Care
- Unit 5 Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs
- Unit 6 Work Experience in Health and Social Care
- Unit 7 Principles of Safe Practice in Health and Social Care
- Unit 8 Promoting Public Health
- Unit 10 Sociological Perspectives
BTEC National Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care
This qualification is followed as a two-year course for learners who are intending to go onto further study in a related sector. It supports access to a range of higher education courses if taken as part of a programme of study that includes other BTECs or A Levels alongside it.
The BTEC National Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care is made up of four units.
- Unit 1 Human Lifespan Development
- Unit 2 Working in Health and Social Care
- Unit 5 Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs
- Unit 7 Principles of Safe Practice in Health and Social Care
Visits/Extra Curricular
Future Heroes Careers Event run by members of the NHS
