Course Content:

The BTEC Higher National Certificate in Health and Social Care is a 10-unit qualification of which eight units are core.

Units:

1. Communicating in Health & Social Care Organisation(4)
2. Principles of Health & Social Care Practice (5)
3. Health and Safety in the Health & Social Care (4)
4. Personal and Professional Development in Health & Social Care (4)
5. Working in Partnership in Health & Social Care (5)
6. Research Project (5)
7. The Role of Public Health in Health & Social Care (4)
8. Physiological Principles for Health & Social Care (4)

Any 2 Specialist Units from the units below:

1. Social Policy (4)
2. Psychology for Health & Social Care (4)
3. Understanding Specific Needs in Health & Social Care (5)
4. Managing Quality in Health & Social Care (5)
5. Supporting Independent Living (5)
6. Influences on Health & Social Care (4)
7. Health Promotion (5)
8. Work-Based Experience (5)

Entry Requirements:
- BTEC National award or equivalent to NQF level 3 qualification
- Advanced GCE qualification with English and Math at grade A-C
- International students must have completed their 12 years of schooling with good grade e.g. 50% and English Language at a minimum of B1 on the CEFR or equivalent.
- Mature students with relevant work experience can be considered
Course Delivery and Assessment:
Besides Research Project all units are delivered through a combination of lectures, supervised tutorials, project works and assignments. Each unit is assessed against published learning outcomes and assessment criteria which are externally verified by Edexcel.
BTEC Higher Nationals offer a strong emphasis on practical skills development alongside the development of requisite knowledge and understanding in the sector.

BTEC Higher Nationals in Health and Social Care have been designed to:
• Equip individuals with underpinning knowledge, understanding and skills for success in employment in the health and social care sector at supervisory or management levels
• Provide specialist studies relevant to individual vocations and professions in which learners are working or in which they intend to seek employment in the health and/or social care sector
• Develop the ability of learners to contribute to the health and social care environment through effective use and combination of the knowledge and skills gained in different parts of the programme
• Develop skills and techniques, and personal qualities and attitudes essential for successful performance in working life and thereby enable learners to make an immediate contribution to employment
• Develop transferable skills and knowledge which will enable individuals to meet changing circumstances, whether moving within their own area of employment, promotion to a supervisory or management position or general changes in the provision or environment of health and social care
• Prepare individuals to progress to further professional development of higher-level skills through to future study or career advancement
• Enable focused study in defined areas of the health and social care sector with specialist designed units.