Courses
Overview
Health & Social Care
Introduction
Heath and social care is one of the fastest growing sectors in the UK and this course aims to develop students' theoretical knowledge of the area in addition to their practical understanding. Through the first year of the course, students focus on understanding how humans develop through the life stages and the factors which affect this, before moving on to look at health and social care service and values. In the second year, students complete their work on service and values before finishing the course with a final component relating to health and wellbeing.
Qualification
BTEC Level 1/Level 2 Tech Award in Health and Social Care
Awarding body
Pearson
Course leader
J Trueman
Assessment
- Examination: Component 3 (health and wellbeing).
- Non-examined assessment: Components 1 (human lifespan development) and 2 (health and wellbeing).
Curriculum
Curriculum Roadmap
Topics
- Growth and development across the life stages.
- Events that can impact on an individual’s physical, intellectual, emotional and social development.
- How individuals cope and are supported through a range of life events.
- Types of health and social care services and their barriers to access.
- Skills, attributes and values required to provide good care.
- What good health looks like for a range of different people and backgrounds.
- Physiological and lifestyle indicators of health.
- Plans to improve an individual’s health and wellbeing.
Skills and requirements
Skills learned
The BTEC tech award is an introduction to vocational learning. This qualification gives you the opportunity to build skills which show an aptitude for further learning both in the health and social care sector and more widely.
- Vocational skills
- Application
- Independent thinking
- Analysis
- Critical thinking
Beyond the classroom
Future pathways
- Heath and social care is one of the fastest growing sectors in the UK.
- Good progression routes for sixth form and college.
- It provides an opportunity to apply learning to a vocational sector.
