BTEC International Level 3 Health and Social Care

Unit 14: Unit 14 — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 14 (Unit 14) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional60 GLH14 criteria3 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

8 criteria

A.P1Explain the role of government in making policy that affects a local health and social care setting.

A.P2Explain the symptoms of three different types of dementia.

B.P2Explain factors that influence the ways that policy is made in the health and social care sector.

B.P3Explain the effects of three different types of dementia on the mental and physical health of individuals who have the condition.

B.P4Explain the effects of three different types of dementia on the quality of life and wellbeing of individuals who have the condition.

C.P4Explain how the health and social care sector is affected by one piece of regulation.

C.P5Compare how different local health care or social care organisations implement regulations and policies.

C.P6Explain why a flexible approach is needed when planning care for one individual who has one type of dementia.

Merit

3 criteria

A.M1Assess ways local and central government work together to make policy affecting a local health and social care setting.

B.M2Assess ways that organisations in the health and social care sector meet objectives set out by the government and represent the needs of service users with a specific need.

C.M3Assess why the principles of person-centred care are important to maintain the dignity, rights and entitlements of one individual who has dementia.

Distinction

3 criteria

AB.D1Evaluate how practice of a local health and social care setting is affected by government policy and other factors in meeting objectives and a specific need of a service user group.

C.D2Evaluate ways that regulations and codes of practice affect workers and service users in different local health care or social care settings.

C.D3Evaluate whether policy making in health and social care has improved the health and wellbeing of service users in different local health care or social care settings.

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.

ExplainCompareAssessEvaluate

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. Understand the role of government in health and social care policy making
B. Examine the factors that may influence policy making in health and social care
C. Explore the impact of policy on local health and social care organisations and individuals

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Verification & Quality Tools for Unit 14

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