Health & Social Care

Key Stage 4

Level 1/2 Technical Award in Health and Social Care

Exam Board: Pearson BTEC Technical Award Health and Social Care

Health and Social Care is ideal for learners who are considering a career in Nursing or being a Care Worker.  The course allows learners to experience the practical aspects of Health and Social Care in the UK.  

The course covers:

Human Lifespan Development 

Aim: understand how we grow and develop throughout our lives 

Assessment: internally assessed assignments Weighting: 30% of total course.

Health and Social Care Services and Values

Aim: get to know how the Health and Social Care sector works and the care values that lie at the core of it.

Assessment: internally assessed assignments Weighting: 30% of total course.

Health and Wellbeing

Aim: help improve someone’s health and wellbeing.

Assessment: externally assessed task, in which students create a health and wellbeing improvement plan for an individual, based on a brief Weighting: 40% of total course.