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.