Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care

UNIT 3: HEALTH, SAFETY AND SECURITY IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CAREEssential guidance for tutorsDeliveryHealth, safety and security issues can be introduced initially in the classroom,possibly through tutor input, case studies and/or videos. Other activities, such asgroup visits or the use of guest speakers, could help learners to gain understanding ofhealth and safety in relation to the health and social care sectors. Class activitiescould include presentations, posters or discussion on issues such as infection control.Legislation could be explored initially through internet research, followed again bypresentations or posters. Learners should understand the key points of legislation,including any recent legislation or guidelines, and its role in the promotion of health,safety and security.Roles and responsibilities of health and social care employers and employees could beintroduced through the use of case studies, with class discussion used to emphasisethe key points. Learners should be encouraged to be reflective when considering theneed for actions to minimise risk. They also need to relate classroom activities andknowledge gained to their work experience placements.Learners could be prepared for their local environment survey by carrying out asurvey of the school or college and using this to highlight certain issues, rememberingthat a school or college is also a workplace. They could be introduced to the conceptof risk assessment through a particular activity, such as using a computer orpreparing a meal, and then apply this understanding to their local environmentassessment.Appropriate and relevant first aid training and certification is to be encouragedalongside this unit. Other potential additional qualifications that could be useful tolearners include manual handling and food hygiene.AssessmentEvidence for this unit should be mainly in the form of pieces of writing or essays,though records from presentations or class discussions could be used to supplementthese. Extracts from work experience diaries could also provide useful evidence, ascould descriptions of visits to other health or social care settings. Detailed postersmay also provide useful vehicles for assessment.Case studies may be used to generate some of the evidence for this unit, and learnerscould use their work experience placements to supplement this evidence. Forexample, in order to achieve P3, learners need to provide examples of howorganisational policies and procedures promote health, safety and security in aspecific setting. P1 and P4 also require learners to use their work experienceplacements as a basis for providing evidence.62BN018467 – Specification – Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care– Issue 1 – February 2007 © Edexcel Limited 2007