Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care

UNIT 10: CARING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLEThis unit also provides opportunities for the production of evidence towards the Level3 key skills in communication and improving own learning and performance.Social, cultural, moral and ethical issues can be introduced through the teaching ofthis unit through consideration of the issues around protection from abuse.Essential resourcesThe following resources are considered essential for the delivery of this unit:• an appropriately qualified tutor• staff policy and procedure handbooks — these should be available from thelearner’s local health, education and social services departments• library resources with newspapers, journals, key texts and other referencematerials.In addition, the following resources are considered to be highly valuable:• work experience placements• guest speakers with specialist knowledge and/or experience• case study materials• DVDs/videos.The nature of this unit can lead to disclosure of abuse by and to learners.It is therefore essential that tutors of this unit have had professional childprotection training and that a professional referral is available to a learner ifrequired.Indicative reading for learnersThere are many resources available to support this unit. Some examples are:BooksBarker J — The Child in Mind: A Child Protection Handbook (Routledge, 2004)ISBN 0415321751Boys D and Langridge E — BTEC National Health and Social Care Book 1 (NelsonThornes, 2007) ISBN 748784047Beckett C — Child Protection: an Introduction (Sage, 2003) ISBN 0761949569Bruce T and Meggitt C — Child Care and Education (Hodder Arnold, 2006)ISBN 9780340925393Ferguson H — Protecting Children in Time: Child Abuse, Child Protection and theConsequences of Modernity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004) ISBN 1403906939Fowler J — A Practitioner’s Tool for Child Protection and the Assessment of Parents(Jessica Kingsley, 2002) ISBN 1843100509Gardner R — Supporting Families: Child Protection in the Community (Wiley, 2005)ISBN 0470023023152BN018467 – Specification – Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care– Issue 1 – February 2007 © Edexcel Limited 2007