The BTEC Tech Award is an introduction to vocational learning. The Awards give learners the opportunity to build skills that show an aptitude for further learning both in the sector and more widely.
About 3 million people work in health and social care. Healthcare roles include doctors, pharmacists, nurses, midwives, and healthcare assistants, while social care roles include care assistants, occupational therapists, counsellors, and administrators. Together, they account for nearly one in ten of all paid jobs in the UK. Demand for both health and social care is likely to rise, so they 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 Key Stage 4 will complement GCSE study through providing an opportunity for practical application alongside conceptual study. There are also strong opportunities for post-16 progression in this important sector.
The qualification covers 3 Components:
Component 1: Human Lifespan Development – Internal Assessment
Component 2: Health & Social Care Services and Values – Internal Assessment
Component 3: Health and Wellbeing – External Examination
Year 10
In Component 1: Human Lifespan Development: Internal Assessment: How do people grow and develop through their lives? How can factors such as lifestyle choices and relationships affect this? Understanding these processes is essential knowledge and understanding for health and social care practitioners. In this component, you 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. An individual’s development can be affected by major life events, such as marriage, parenthood or moving house, and you will learn about how people adapt to these changes, as well as the types and sources of support that can help them. You will develop transferable skills, such as written communication skills, which will support your progression to Level 2 or 3 vocational or academic qualifications.
Task 1a Understand human growth and development across life stages
Task 1b Understand human growth and development across life stages and the factors that affect it
Task 2a Investigate how individuals deal with life events.
Task 2b Understand the different types of health and social care services available to support life events
Task 3a Understand the different types of health and social care services
Task 3b Understand the different types of health and social care services and barriers to accessing them
Year 11
Component 2: Health & Social Care Services and Values: Internal Assessment: This component will give you an understanding of health and social care services and will help you develop skills in applying care values that are common across the sector (some of which are transferable to other sectors that involve interactions with clients or customers). This component will help you to progress to Level 2 or 3 vocational or academic qualifications and give you skills for a career in this sector. Providing good health and social care services is very important and a set of ‘care values’ exists to ensure that this happens. Care values are important because they enable people who use health and social care services to get the care they need and to be protected from different sorts of harm.
Component 3: Health & Wellbeing: External Exam (2 hours): You will learn to interpret physiological and lifestyle indicators, and what they mean for someone’s state of health. You will learn how to use this information to design an appropriate plan for improving someone’s health and well-being, including short- and long-term targets. Additionally, you will explore the difficulties an individual may face when trying to make these changes. You will develop skills in analysing information and communicating for a specific purpose, which will support your progression to Level 2 or 3 vocational or academic qualifications.
Task 1a How Health and Social Care services work together to meet the needs of an individual. Barriers an individual could face when accessing services in health or social care
Task 1b How health care professional demonstrate the skills, attributes and values when delivering care to an individual. How the skills attributes and values of care professionals can help an individual to overcome potential obstacles
Task 2a Factors that affect health and well-being.
Task 2b Interpreting Health Indicators
Task 3a Person-centered approach to improving health and well-being. Recommendations to improve health and well-being
Use the Knowledge Organisers on your One Drive to revise topics such as:
Main life stages: infants /early childhood/ adolescence/early adulthood/middle adulthood/later adulthood.PIES growth and development in the main life stages. Physical, Intellectual, Emotional and Social aspects of growth and development.
Sources of support: family, friends/partners /professional services/community groups, voluntary and faith-based.
There are a number of tasks that can be completed to develop your subject knowledge such as answering questions, producing mind maps, Cornell notes and flash cards. Watch TV shows like The Ambulance and 999 What’s Your Emergency?
Here you can find a selection of recommended books from our Health & Social Care department for students in KS4.
