Health and Social Care

BTEC Tech Award in

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

Level 1/Level 2 (603/0395/5)

Who is the qualification for?

The Pearson BTEC Level 1/Level 2 Tech Award in Health and Social Care is for learners who wish to acquire knowledge, understanding and technical skills through vocational contexts.

What does the qualification cover?

The Award gives learners the opportunity to develop sector-specific knowledge and skills in a practical learning environment. The main focus is on three areas, which cover:

• skills and processes, such as interpreting data to assess an individual’s health, and designing a plan to improve their health and wellbeing

• attitudes, namely the care values that are vitally important in the sector, and the opportunity to practise applying them

• knowledge that underpins the effective use of skills, processes and attitudes, including human growth and development, health and social care services, and factors affecting people’s health and wellbeing.

This qualification builds on and uses the knowledge and skills you are learning in your GCSEs, such as English. It will complement the more theoretical aspects covered by GCSE Biology or GCSE Psychology by allowing you to apply your knowledge and skills practically in a vocational context.

What can the qualification lead to?

Learners who generally achieve at Level 2 might consider progression to:

• A Levels as preparation for entry into 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 aspects of health or social care.

Learners who generally achieve at Level 1 might consider progression to:

• study at Level 2 post-16 in a range of technical routes designed to lead to work, to progression to employment, apprenticeships or to further study at Level 3. For these learners, the attitudes and the reflective and communication skills covered in the qualification will help them achieve
• study of health and social care post-16 through a technical certificate. Learners who perrform strongly in this qualification compared to their overall performance should stronglyconsider this progression route as it can lead to employment in health or social care.

Some learners may wish to build on an interest in human growth and development but take it in a different direction (at either Level 2 or Level 3) by studying for qualifications in Early Years education.