Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care

UNIT 45: COMPETENCE-BASED VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CAREAssessmentEvidence for this unit will be generated from work experience placements andreflection of development of own knowledge, understanding and skills. Learnersshould be encouraged to present their evidence as part of the personal andprofessional development portfolio required for Unit 6: Personal and ProfessionalDevelopment in Health and Social Care. Further guidance for this is provided in thetutor support materials for this programme.Arrangements will need to be in place for the assessment of practical competenciesby an appropriately qualified assessor who may be based in the learner’s work settingor operate peripatetically.Assessment of practical skills will take place by direct observation of practice in theworkplace by appropriately qualified and experienced assessors and/or expertwitnesses. Skills assessment for this unit, including that of supporting evidence from,for example, witness testimony, reflective accounts or questioning, should beassessed in line with the guidelines and requirements for assessment from theappropriate occupational sector. All assessment should be internally verified inaccordance with the current Joint Awarding Body Guidance on Internal Verification.Assessment for learners should be supported by detailed work placement reports.For P1 learners need to choose a different health or social care organisation fromthat described for Unit 6: Personal and Professional Development in Health andSocial Care. Thus their knowledge and understanding of such organisations, and howthey fit into the national framework, will be broadened.For P2 learners need to include evidence, preferably in their personal andprofessional development portfolio, which demonstrates assessed knowledge andcompetence in practice skills in accordance with National Occupational Standards.For P3 learners need to provide a reflective practice journal to monitor developmentof their own skills, knowledge, and understanding. This will link closely with evidenceprovided for Unit 6: Personal and Professional Development in Health and SocialCare, but Unit 45 has facilitated the development of workplace skills.P4 and M1 are based on the link between theory and practice. Again, there are linkswith Unit 6: Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care, inwhich learners are encouraged to consider this. For P4 learners are required to againprovide evidence of understanding of links between improved knowledge andunderstanding, and effective practice in the workplace. Examples gained from theworkplace can be used to support the evidence provided, but these should bedifferent examples to those provided for Unit 6. The extra work placement hoursshould provide opportunities to develop further understanding and thus present moreinformed and detailed evidence. M1 requires an explanation of how development ofknowledge and understanding can be linked to improved practice, again usingexamples and considering reasons for the links.554BN018467 – Specification – Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care– Issue 1 – February 2007 © Edexcel Limited 2007