BTEC International Level 2 Health and Social Care

Unit 9: Unit 9 — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 2 Unit 9 (Unit 9) — 30 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional30 GLH13 criteria4 learning aims
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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

6 criteria
A.P1Describe dietary needs at two different life stages.
A.P2Explain the relationship between diet and two different life stages.
B.P3Discuss how unbalanced diets can contribute to medical conditions.
C.P4Explain how each diet plan would benefit the nutritional health of selected individuals.
D.P5Explain safe practices in the preparation, cooking and serving of food in a specific health or social care setting.
D.P6Discuss the effects of unsafe practice in the preparation, cooking and serving of food in a specific health or social care setting.

Merit

4 criteria
A.M1Explain medical conditions related to unbalanced diets.
B.M2Examine how diet influences the health of individuals at two different life stages.
C.M3Justify how diet planning meets the nutritional needs of selected individuals.
D.M4Assess the effectiveness of safe practices when preparing, cooking and serving food in a specific health or social care setting and make recommendations to improve practice.

Distinction

3 criteria
AB.D1Task 2
C.D2Task 3
D.D3Sources of information

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

DescribeExplainDiscussExamineJustifyAssessTaskSources
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

  • A. Know dietary needs of individuals at different life stages.
  • B. Understand effects of unbalanced diets on the health of individuals.
  • C. Know specific dietary needs of service users.
  • D. Understand principles of food safety and hygiene.

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