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Key Stage 4

Course Overview

The Pearson BTEC Level 1/Level 2 Tech Award in Health and Social Care (603/7047/6) is for learners who want to acquire sector-specific applied knowledge through vocational contexts by studying human lifespan development, health and social care services and values, and health and wellbeing.

The qualification has 3 components that are strongly related and taught over a period of two years.

Learners will develop an understanding of:

• the life stages and key characteristics in the physical, intellectual, emotional and social (PIES) development classifications and the different factors that can affect an individual’s growth and development
• different life events and how individuals can adapt or be supported through changes caused by life events
• health and social care conditions, how they can be managed by the individual and the different health and social care services that are available
• the barriers and obstacles an individual may encounter and how these can be overcome
• the skills, attributes and values required to give care and how these benefit the individual
• how factors can affect an individual’s current health and wellbeing
• how physiological indicators and an individual’s lifestyle choices determine physical health
• the use of the person-centred approach
• recommendations and actions to improving health and wellbeing and the barriers or obstacles individuals may face when following recommendations and the support available to overcome.

Assessment Criteria

Where next?

What can the qualification lead to? Study of the qualification as part of Key Stage 4 learning will help learners to make more informed choices for further learning, either generally or in this sector. The choices that learners can make post-16 will depend on their overall level of attainment and their performance in the qualification. Learners who generally achieve at Level 2 across their Key Stage 4 learning might consider progression to:

• A Levels as preparation for entry to higher education in a range of subjects
• study of a vocational qualification at Level 3, such as a BTEC National in Health and Social Care, which prepares learners to enter employment or apprenticeships, or to move on to higher education by studying a degree in the health or social care sector.

Learners who generally achieve at Level 1 across their Key Stage 4 learning might consider progression to:

• study at Level 2 post-16 in a range of technical routes designed to lead to work, employment, apprenticeships or further study at Level 3. Learners who perform well in this qualification compared to their overall performance, should strongly consider this progression route as it can lead to employment in the health and social care sector

If you have any questions or queries relating to the H&S curriculum please email headofpdc@ecclesbourne.derbyshire.sch.uk for more information.