Welcome to BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care! The Health and Social Care sector has around 4 million jobs across the UK, making it the second largest employment sector in the UK. The NHS has over 300 different types of jobs In today’s society, many people are in need of care and support, and there are a number of different career opportunities at all levels and in a variety of fields including Residential Care, Social Work, Professions Allied to Medicine and Community Care. Health and Social Care is one of the largest employment sectors in the UK and opportunities are buoyant. You should choose the course if you are interested in exploring these areas as potential career options or you just have an interest in health and social care and want to combine it with other subjects for a broad and balanced curriculum in the sixth form.
In order for students to study Vocational Level 3 courses they will need the following:- An Average Point Score of 4.5 or more at GCSE level, including at least a grade 4 in GCSE English Language and at least a grade 4 in GCSE Maths. Four GCSE’s at grade 4 and above. For more information – contact Mrs Curtin – kcurtin@southgate.enfield.sch.uk
Unit 1: Human Lifespan Development This unit will develop your knowledge and understanding of patterns of human growth and development. You will explore the key aspects of growth and development, and the factors of health and wellbeing. Some of these are inherited and some are acquired through environmental, social or financial factors during our lifespan. You will learn about a number of theories to explain and interpret behaviour. You will study the interaction between the physical and psychological factors of the ageing process, and how this affects confidence and self-esteem, which in turn may determine how individuals will view their lives. Summary of assessment The unit will be assessed through one examination of 90 marks lasting 1 hour and 30 minutes. You will be assessed through a number of short- and long-answer questions, which encourage you to explore and relate to contexts and data presented. The assessment availability is twice a year in January and May/June. Assessment outcomes AO1 - Demonstrate knowledge of physical, intellectual, emotional and social development across the human lifespan, factors affecting human growth and development, and effects of ageing Command words: describe, discuss, evaluate, identify, justify, to what extent Marks: ranges from 3 to 6 marks Unit 2: Working in Health and Social Care This unit will help you to understand what it is like to work in the health and social care sector. When working for an organisation in this sector, you will have important responsibilities that you need to understand and carry out. These include maintaining the safety of and safeguarding individuals with health and social care needs, making sure that you properly handle their personal information and preventing discrimination towards them. You will need to understand how you will be accountable both to these individuals and the regulatory bodies that represent people who work in the health and social care sector. It is necessary for you to understand how your work will be monitored when you carry out a specific role such as nurse or social worker. You will learn about working with people with specific needs, including ill health, learning disabilities, physical and sensory disabilities, and the needs of people who occupy different age categories. Summary of assessment This unit will be assessed through one examination of 80 marks lasting 1 hour and 30 minutes. You will be assessed through a number of short- and long-answer questions. The paper consists of four sections, and each section is based on a different short scenario briefly explaining the situation of a person with health and social care needs. Each scenario is relevant to a different service user group. Each section of the paper is structured with questions of 2, 4, 6 and 8 marks. The assessment availability is twice a year in January and May/June. Assessment outcomes AO1 - Demonstrate knowledge of service user needs, roles and responsibilities of workers, and working practices within the health and social care sector Command words: identify Marks: 2 marks AO2 - Demonstrate understanding of service user needs, roles and responsibilities of workers, working practices and procedures in the health and social care sector Command words: describe Marks: 4 marks AO3 - Analyse and evaluate information related to the roles and responsibilities of health and social care workers and organisations and how workers and organisations are monitored and regulated Command words: explain Marks: 6 marks AO4 - Make connections between the roles and responsibilities of health and social care workers and organisations, how workers and organisations are monitored and regulated and how multidisciplinary teams work together to meet service user needs Command words: discuss Marks: 8 marks Unit 5: Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs For you to be able to provide the care and support that individual’s need, it is important that you have a good understanding of the principles behind providing quality care and support. This unit introduces you to the values and issues that need to be considered when planning care and support that meet the needs of an individual in a health and social care environment. In this unit, you will learn about the values and principles of meeting care and support needs and look at some of the ethical issues that arise when personalising care. You will examine factors that can impact the professionals who provide the care and support, and the challenges that must be overcome to allow access to good quality care and health services. You will explore the different methods used by professionals across all care services. You will reflect on these methods when you consider the importance of multi-agency working in providing a package of care and support that meets all the needs of individuals. To complete the assessment task within this unit, you will need to draw on your learning from across your programme. Learning aims A - Examine principles, values and skills, which underpin meeting the care and support needs of individuals B - Examine the ethical issues involved when providing care and support to meet individual needs C - Investigate the principles behind enabling individuals with care and support needs to overcome challenges D - Investigate the roles of professionals and how they work together to provide the care and support necessary to meet individual needs. Assessment for learning aims A, B and C For distinction standard – evidence needs to be selected from the case studies provided, which explores issues surrounding equality and diversity, and preventing discrimination. The work will need to show an understanding of the empathy theories and how they are applied, together with personal skills and attributes, to successfully promote anti-discriminatory practice, in order to meet individual care and support needs. The advantages and disadvantages of theories need to be analysed in detail, in order to reach reasoned and valid conclusions and recommendations. Suggestions on how professionals could best minimise risk and balance resources, need to be made in order to reach a justified conclusion of how this can have a positive impact on the individual and help to overcome the challenges faced by these individuals. Advantages and disadvantages of the strategies must be compared, and reasoned and valid conclusions and recommendations made. For merit standard - the possible effects of discrimination, and the skills, attributes and empathy theories that can be employed to prevent discrimination need to be linked to the individuals in the case studies, as well as exploring empathy and how professionals could establish trust with the individuals in their different care environments. A description of the six Cs of care and a range of communication skills that professionals use when building positive relationships will be analysed, taking into consideration the impact of these skills on individuals when preventing discrimination. The impact of challenges on individuals and how professionals use a variety of approaches to enable individuals to overcome such challenges will be explored. The range of legislation and codes of practice used when overcoming challenges, needs to be analysed, using evidence from recognised sources. For pass standard - knowledge of how the professionals in the case studies promote equality and diversity and the skills and attributes needed to do this, will be identified. Research on the different ethical principles needs to be planned and carried out, to show evidence of understanding that is up to date, well referenced and relevant. Conclusions about the impact of ethical principles must be supported by examples from research. The key principles of the communication techniques that each professional use are explained, using reasoned arguments, and the impact that these have had on each individual. How personalisation recognises individual preferences and promotes choice when enabling individuals to overcome challenges is taken into consideration. Assessment for learning aim D For distinction standard - you will draw on and bring together your knowledge and understanding across learning aims to make suitable judgements on how successful multi-agency and multidisciplinary working meets individual needs. You must evaluate how an individual’s right to equality and independence can be promoted to overcome challenges, but that this must be balanced with overcoming ethical issues. You need to make reasoned judgements about the importance of legislation and codes of practice in managing information and maintaining confidentiality. Using the case studies, you will demonstrate how the roles and responsibilities of three professionals in a variety of care environments deal with complex situations such as end-of-life plans or child-protection cases when maintaining confidentiality becomes an ethical issue. For merit standard - you will give supported reasons for the benefits of organisations and professionals on multi-agency and multidisciplinary teams providing co-ordinated care and support for individuals, making reasoned, analytical judgements on the benefits of multidisciplinary working, showing the way that the roles of different team members interrelate and work together to meet individual needs. You will reflect on how codes of practice and legislation impact on multidisciplinary working in the managing of personal information, including who information can be shared with and when to share it, and this must be related to the situations in the case studies. For pass standard - you will determine the level of impact that the roles and responsibilities of three members of the multidisciplinary team from the case studies have in meeting individual support needs, and how organisations work together to commission and provide care for individuals. You must show that they understand how support from different disciplines can be combined to provide a full package of care for the individuals. Unit 11: Psychological Perspectives An important aspect of working in the health and social care sector is to have a good understanding of the ways in which psychological development occurs in order to effectively meet the individual needs of service users. Having knowledge of the key concepts and ideas enables you to understand the ways in which development and behaviours occur. In this unit, you will learn about the different psychological perspectives and how these approaches have influenced thinking and practices in meeting and supporting service user needs. You will explore some key ideas that will give you a good understanding of how the mind develops, and the factors that influence development and behaviours. This knowledge is useful in developing your understanding of how these perspectives have formed the basis of different techniques to manage behaviours, and the therapeutic and other interventions used in the health and social care sector. These activities will help you gain the skills necessary for progression to higher education in many subject areas including psychology, health and social care, nursing and medical practice. Learning aims A Examine how psychological perspectives contribute to the understanding of human development and behaviour B Examine the contribution of psychological perspectives to the management and treatment of service users’ specific behaviours C Examine how psychological perspectives are applied in health and social care settings. Assessment for learning aims A and B For distinction standard - You will evaluate and reach reasoned and valid judgements on principal psychological perspectives relating to human development and behaviours. You must use research to justify the validity of psychological perspectives applied in health and social care practice. You must draw on knowledge and understanding of factors that affect human development and specific behaviours, making suitable justifications on psychological perspectives’ contribution to the management and treatment of two selected service users with different behaviours. For merit standard - you will make reasoned, analytical judgements involving comparison, discussion or justification of principal psychological perspectives relating to human development and behaviours. You must use research to extend understanding of psychological perspectives applied in health and social care practice. You must interrelate facts, theories, concepts and contexts of factors that affect human development and specific behaviours, drawing suitable conclusions on psychological perspectives’ contribution to the management and treatment of two selected service users with different behaviours. For pass standard - you will recall and relate knowledge through understanding a range of appropriate contexts of principal psychological perspectives relating to human development and behaviours. You must use research with relevance to given situations, including using data sources on psychological perspectives applied in health and social care practice. You must select and organise information using appropriate knowledge and concepts to make suitable judgements on factors that affect human development and specific behaviours, and psychological perspectives’ contribution to the management and treatment of two selected service users with different behaviours. Assessment for learning aim C For distinction standard - you will articulate your arguments and views concisely and professionally to justify conclusions on the behaviour of two different service users in health and social care settings. You must use detailed analysis and research to make recommendations and proposals on the practices in two different health and social care settings. For merit standard - you will select and apply knowledge to demonstrate relevance and purpose of the behaviour of two different service users in health and social care settings. You must show that you understand how knowledge is applied to detailed situations involving the practices in two different health and social care settings. For pass standard - you will recall and relate knowledge through understanding a range of appropriate contexts of the behaviour of two different service users in health and social care settings. You must select and organise information using appropriate knowledge and concepts about the practices in two different health and social care settings.
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Welcome to BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care! The Health and Social Care sector has around 4 million jobs across the UK, making it the second largest employment sector in the UK. The NHS has over 300 different types of jobs In today’s society, many people are in need of care and support, and there are a number of different career opportunities at all levels and in a variety of fields including Residential Care, Social Work, Professions Allied to Medicine and Community Care. Health and Social Care is one of the largest employment sectors in the UK and opportunities are buoyant. You should choose the course if you are interested in exploring these areas as potential career options or you just have an interest in health and social care and want to combine it with other subjects for a broad and balanced curriculum in the sixth form.
In order for students to study Vocational Level 3 courses they will need the following:- An Average Point Score of 4.5 or more at GCSE level, including at least a grade 4 in GCSE English Language and at least a grade 4 in GCSE Maths. Four GCSE’s at grade 4 and above. For more information – contact Mrs Curtin – kcurtin@southgate.enfield.sch.uk
Unit 1: Human Lifespan Development This unit will develop your knowledge and understanding of patterns of human growth and development. You will explore the key aspects of growth and development, and the factors of health and wellbeing. Some of these are inherited and some are acquired through environmental, social or financial factors during our lifespan. You will learn about a number of theories to explain and interpret behaviour. You will study the interaction between the physical and psychological factors of the ageing process, and how this affects confidence and self-esteem, which in turn may determine how individuals will view their lives. Summary of assessment The unit will be assessed through one examination of 90 marks lasting 1 hour and 30 minutes. You will be assessed through a number of short- and long-answer questions, which encourage you to explore and relate to contexts and data presented. The assessment availability is twice a year in January and May/June. Assessment outcomes AO1 - Demonstrate knowledge of physical, intellectual, emotional and social development across the human lifespan, factors affecting human growth and development, and effects of ageing Command words: describe, discuss, evaluate, identify, justify, to what extent Marks: ranges from 3 to 6 marks Unit 2: Working in Health and Social Care This unit will help you to understand what it is like to work in the health and social care sector. When working for an organisation in this sector, you will have important responsibilities that you need to understand and carry out. These include maintaining the safety of and safeguarding individuals with health and social care needs, making sure that you properly handle their personal information and preventing discrimination towards them. You will need to understand how you will be accountable both to these individuals and the regulatory bodies that represent people who work in the health and social care sector. It is necessary for you to understand how your work will be monitored when you carry out a specific role such as nurse or social worker. You will learn about working with people with specific needs, including ill health, learning disabilities, physical and sensory disabilities, and the needs of people who occupy different age categories. Summary of assessment This unit will be assessed through one examination of 80 marks lasting 1 hour and 30 minutes. You will be assessed through a number of short- and long-answer questions. The paper consists of four sections, and each section is based on a different short scenario briefly explaining the situation of a person with health and social care needs. Each scenario is relevant to a different service user group. Each section of the paper is structured with questions of 2, 4, 6 and 8 marks. The assessment availability is twice a year in January and May/June. Assessment outcomes AO1 - Demonstrate knowledge of service user needs, roles and responsibilities of workers, and working practices within the health and social care sector Command words: identify Marks: 2 marks AO2 - Demonstrate understanding of service user needs, roles and responsibilities of workers, working practices and procedures in the health and social care sector Command words: describe Marks: 4 marks AO3 - Analyse and evaluate information related to the roles and responsibilities of health and social care workers and organisations and how workers and organisations are monitored and regulated Command words: explain Marks: 6 marks AO4 - Make connections between the roles and responsibilities of health and social care workers and organisations, how workers and organisations are monitored and regulated and how multidisciplinary teams work together to meet service user needs Command words: discuss Marks: 8 marks Unit 5: Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs For you to be able to provide the care and support that individual’s need, it is important that you have a good understanding of the principles behind providing quality care and support. This unit introduces you to the values and issues that need to be considered when planning care and support that meet the needs of an individual in a health and social care environment. In this unit, you will learn about the values and principles of meeting care and support needs and look at some of the ethical issues that arise when personalising care. You will examine factors that can impact the professionals who provide the care and support, and the challenges that must be overcome to allow access to good quality care and health services. You will explore the different methods used by professionals across all care services. You will reflect on these methods when you consider the importance of multi-agency working in providing a package of care and support that meets all the needs of individuals. To complete the assessment task within this unit, you will need to draw on your learning from across your programme. Learning aims A - Examine principles, values and skills, which underpin meeting the care and support needs of individuals B - Examine the ethical issues involved when providing care and support to meet individual needs C - Investigate the principles behind enabling individuals with care and support needs to overcome challenges D - Investigate the roles of professionals and how they work together to provide the care and support necessary to meet individual needs. Assessment for learning aims A, B and C For distinction standard – evidence needs to be selected from the case studies provided, which explores issues surrounding equality and diversity, and preventing discrimination. The work will need to show an understanding of the empathy theories and how they are applied, together with personal skills and attributes, to successfully promote anti-discriminatory practice, in order to meet individual care and support needs. The advantages and disadvantages of theories need to be analysed in detail, in order to reach reasoned and valid conclusions and recommendations. Suggestions on how professionals could best minimise risk and balance resources, need to be made in order to reach a justified conclusion of how this can have a positive impact on the individual and help to overcome the challenges faced by these individuals. Advantages and disadvantages of the strategies must be compared, and reasoned and valid conclusions and recommendations made. For merit standard - the possible effects of discrimination, and the skills, attributes and empathy theories that can be employed to prevent discrimination need to be linked to the individuals in the case studies, as well as exploring empathy and how professionals could establish trust with the individuals in their different care environments. A description of the six Cs of care and a range of communication skills that professionals use when building positive relationships will be analysed, taking into consideration the impact of these skills on individuals when preventing discrimination. The impact of challenges on individuals and how professionals use a variety of approaches to enable individuals to overcome such challenges will be explored. The range of legislation and codes of practice used when overcoming challenges, needs to be analysed, using evidence from recognised sources. For pass standard - knowledge of how the professionals in the case studies promote equality and diversity and the skills and attributes needed to do this, will be identified. Research on the different ethical principles needs to be planned and carried out, to show evidence of understanding that is up to date, well referenced and relevant. Conclusions about the impact of ethical principles must be supported by examples from research. The key principles of the communication techniques that each professional use are explained, using reasoned arguments, and the impact that these have had on each individual. How personalisation recognises individual preferences and promotes choice when enabling individuals to overcome challenges is taken into consideration. Assessment for learning aim D For distinction standard - you will draw on and bring together your knowledge and understanding across learning aims to make suitable judgements on how successful multi-agency and multidisciplinary working meets individual needs. You must evaluate how an individual’s right to equality and independence can be promoted to overcome challenges, but that this must be balanced with overcoming ethical issues. You need to make reasoned judgements about the importance of legislation and codes of practice in managing information and maintaining confidentiality. Using the case studies, you will demonstrate how the roles and responsibilities of three professionals in a variety of care environments deal with complex situations such as end-of-life plans or child-protection cases when maintaining confidentiality becomes an ethical issue. For merit standard - you will give supported reasons for the benefits of organisations and professionals on multi-agency and multidisciplinary teams providing co-ordinated care and support for individuals, making reasoned, analytical judgements on the benefits of multidisciplinary working, showing the way that the roles of different team members interrelate and work together to meet individual needs. You will reflect on how codes of practice and legislation impact on multidisciplinary working in the managing of personal information, including who information can be shared with and when to share it, and this must be related to the situations in the case studies. For pass standard - you will determine the level of impact that the roles and responsibilities of three members of the multidisciplinary team from the case studies have in meeting individual support needs, and how organisations work together to commission and provide care for individuals. You must show that they understand how support from different disciplines can be combined to provide a full package of care for the individuals. Unit 11: Psychological Perspectives An important aspect of working in the health and social care sector is to have a good understanding of the ways in which psychological development occurs in order to effectively meet the individual needs of service users. Having knowledge of the key concepts and ideas enables you to understand the ways in which development and behaviours occur. In this unit, you will learn about the different psychological perspectives and how these approaches have influenced thinking and practices in meeting and supporting service user needs. You will explore some key ideas that will give you a good understanding of how the mind develops, and the factors that influence development and behaviours. This knowledge is useful in developing your understanding of how these perspectives have formed the basis of different techniques to manage behaviours, and the therapeutic and other interventions used in the health and social care sector. These activities will help you gain the skills necessary for progression to higher education in many subject areas including psychology, health and social care, nursing and medical practice. Learning aims A Examine how psychological perspectives contribute to the understanding of human development and behaviour B Examine the contribution of psychological perspectives to the management and treatment of service users’ specific behaviours C Examine how psychological perspectives are applied in health and social care settings. Assessment for learning aims A and B For distinction standard - You will evaluate and reach reasoned and valid judgements on principal psychological perspectives relating to human development and behaviours. You must use research to justify the validity of psychological perspectives applied in health and social care practice. You must draw on knowledge and understanding of factors that affect human development and specific behaviours, making suitable justifications on psychological perspectives’ contribution to the management and treatment of two selected service users with different behaviours. For merit standard - you will make reasoned, analytical judgements involving comparison, discussion or justification of principal psychological perspectives relating to human development and behaviours. You must use research to extend understanding of psychological perspectives applied in health and social care practice. You must interrelate facts, theories, concepts and contexts of factors that affect human development and specific behaviours, drawing suitable conclusions on psychological perspectives’ contribution to the management and treatment of two selected service users with different behaviours. For pass standard - you will recall and relate knowledge through understanding a range of appropriate contexts of principal psychological perspectives relating to human development and behaviours. You must use research with relevance to given situations, including using data sources on psychological perspectives applied in health and social care practice. You must select and organise information using appropriate knowledge and concepts to make suitable judgements on factors that affect human development and specific behaviours, and psychological perspectives’ contribution to the management and treatment of two selected service users with different behaviours. Assessment for learning aim C For distinction standard - you will articulate your arguments and views concisely and professionally to justify conclusions on the behaviour of two different service users in health and social care settings. You must use detailed analysis and research to make recommendations and proposals on the practices in two different health and social care settings. For merit standard - you will select and apply knowledge to demonstrate relevance and purpose of the behaviour of two different service users in health and social care settings. You must show that you understand how knowledge is applied to detailed situations involving the practices in two different health and social care settings. For pass standard - you will recall and relate knowledge through understanding a range of appropriate contexts of the behaviour of two different service users in health and social care settings. You must select and organise information using appropriate knowledge and concepts about the practices in two different health and social care settings.
