Health & Social Care (Triple)

Course summary

Course Outline 8 mandatory units, including 4 units of external assessment and 4 units of internal assessment, comprising 72% of the total BTEC course: Unit 1: Human Lifespan Development (external assessment) Unit 2: Working in Health and Social Care (H&SC) (external assessment) Unit 3: Anatomy & Physiology for Health and Social Care (external assessment) Unit 4: Enquiries into Current Research in Health and Social Care (external assessment) Unit 5: Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs (internal assessment) Unit 6: Work Experience in Health and Social Care (internal assessment) Unit 7: Principles of Safe Practice in Health and Social Care (internal assessment) Unit 8: Promoting Public Health (internal assessment) There are also 5 optional units, all internally assessed, comprising 28% of the total BTEC course (the Health & Social Care team choose these in advance of the course commencing): Unit 9: Infection Prevention and Control (internal assessment) Unit 10: Sociological Perspectives (internal assessment) Unit 11: Psychological Perspectives (internal assessment) Unit 12: Supporting Individuals with additional needs (internal assessment) Unit 17: Caring for Individuals with Dementia (internal assessment) Unit 18: Assessing Children’s Development Support Needs (internal assessment) Unit 19: Nutritional Health (internal assessment) Unit 20: Understanding Mental Health (internal assessment)