Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care

UNIT 2: EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND RIGHTS IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CAREAssessmentEvidence for this unit should be mainly in the form of pieces of writing/essays,though records from presentations or class discussions could be used to supplementthese. This can include audio and video tapes. Extracts from work experience diariescould also provide useful evidence, as could descriptions of visits, for example to aplace of worship, providing these are relevant to the required criteria. For example,for P1, a visit to a mosque could be used to help generate evidence for theexplanation as to the benefits of diversity to society, with the explanation moving onto topics such as the arts and culture, or availability of different foods.P2 requires a piece of writing in which learners use recognised terminology to explainthe importance of promoting equality, recognising diversity and respecting rights inhealth and social care settings. For example, they need to describe the importanceof recognising the principles of the care value base, or putting the patient/serviceuser at the heart of service provision, whilst using terminology such as equality,equity, diversity, rights, opportunity, difference, overt/covert discrimination,stereotyping, labelling or prejudice. Examples could be drawn from work experienceor case studies to support this evidence.Case studies may be used to generate some of the evidence for this unit, for examplefor P2, P3 and P5, but learners should use their work experience placements tosupplement this evidence — for instance by providing examples of how those workingin health and social care settings promote anti-discriminatory practice.Work experience placements can also be used as the basis for P4 and P6. Someinternet research could also be useful for P4, though learners need to understandthat printouts from the internet are not acceptable forms of evidence.In order to achieve M1, learners are required to choose and describe a recent oremerging national policy development and explain how it influences organisationalpolicy with regard to anti-discriminatory practice. Learners could use their own workexperience placements as the basis of their explanation, though visits to other healthor social care environments could also be used.For D1, learners need to evaluate how recent or emerging policy developmentinfluences organisational and personal practice in relation to anti-discriminatorypractice. A discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the policy development andits effects on practice is required.For M2, learners also need to explain difficulties that may be encountered whenimplementing anti-discriminatory practice, and for M3 they need to analyse how theirown personal beliefs and value systems may influence their ability to carry outeffective anti-discriminatory practice. Learners are therefore required to reflect onthe issues involved, with this reflection being extended for D2, which requires themto evaluate practical strategies to reconcile their own beliefs and values with antidiscriminatorypractice in health and social care.BN018467 – Specification – Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care– Issue 1 – February 2007 © Edexcel Limited 200749