Health Studies

Course summary

The demand for health and social care is likely to rise in Britain, therefore will continue to play a key role in UK society and the demand for people to carry out these vital roles will increase. Study of this sector at post-16 will provide an opportunity for practical application alongside conceptual study. BTEC Level 3 Health & Social Care uses a combination of assessment styles which give our learners the confidence they need to apply their knowledge to succeed in the workplace – and have the study skills to continue learning on higher educational courses throughout their career. This range of vocational assessments, both practical and written, mean learners can showcase their learning and achievements to best effect when they take their next step, whether that’s supporting applications to higher education courses or potential employers. How is the course taught? Health and Social Care is taught across two academic years. Learners are introduced to the course and content taught which consists for 13 units – 4 exam units and 9 coursework units. This course provides a variety of life skills given learners the knowledge and understanding of what it is like to work with the Health and Social Care sector. Learners are taught two exams in Year 1 and two exams in Year 2 as guided by the exam board. Exam questions are broken down into sections with learners being given clear strategies for answering them through examiner reports, sentence starters and model answers to help them remember how to structure answers. The coursework units are divided into tasks one, two and three depending on the unit taught. Learners are provided with content and must complete additional independent research to help them achieve each unit taught. They are given the opportunity to resubmit coursework once and resit exams once.