Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care

UNIT 44: VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARED1 should be a significant piece of work, and requires learners to evaluate their owndevelopment as a result of their workplace experiences. They need to considerstrengths and weaknesses of their various experiences in terms of providingopportunities for development. They also need to consider how such opportunitieshave enabled the learners themselves to develop. Reflection is required into thelearners’ own ability to maximise on opportunities for development, and strengthsand weaknesses in relation to this. Generation of ideas for future development needsshould also come out of this activity, and feed into personal development plans.Links to National Occupational Standards, other BTEC units, other BTECqualifications and other relevant units and qualificationsThere are strong links with Unit 6: Personal and Professional Development in Healthand Social Care, and also the optional Unit 17: Working in the Social Care Sector,Unit 18: Working in the Health Sector, Unit 46: Independent Learning in Health andSocial Care and Unit 47: Academic Literacy in the Health and Social Care Sectors.The practical nature of this unit is such that the knowledge and skills gained throughit will be further developed in all other units in the qualification. It will also allow forthe development and practical application of knowledge gained in all other units.This unit should enable learners to gain some of the underpinning knowledge for thefollowing units of the Level 3 NVQ in Health and Social Care:• Unit HSC31: Promote effective communication for and about individuals• Unit HSC32: Promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security inthe working environment• Unit HSC33: Reflect on and develop your practice• Unit HSC34: Promote the wellbeing and protection of children and youngpeople• Unit HSC35: Promote choice, wellbeing and the protection of allindividuals.The unit should also enable learners to gain some of the underpinning knowledge forthe following units of the Level 3 NVQ in Health:• Unit GEN12: Reflect on and evaluate your own values, priorities, interestsand effectiveness• Unit GEN13: Synthesise new knowledge into the development of your ownpractice.Some of the underpinning knowledge should also be gained for the following coredimensions of the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework:• Core dimension 1: Communication — Develop and maintain communication withpeople about difficult matters and/or in difficult situations• Core dimension 2: Personal and people development — Develop oneself andcontribute to the development of others• Core dimension 3: Health, safety and security — Promote, monitor andmaintain best practice in health, safety and security• Core dimension 6: Equality and diversity — Promote equality and valuediversity.BN018467 – Specification – Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care– Issue 1 – February 2007 © Edexcel Limited 2007543