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BTEC International Level 3 Health and Social Care

Unit 5: Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 5 (Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs) — 90 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional90 GLH16 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

8 criteria
A.P1Explain the implications of a duty of care in a selected health or social care setting.
A.P2Discuss ways in which complaints and appeals procedures address failure in a duty of care in a selected health or social care setting.
B.P3Describe the types and signs of harm and neglect that may be experienced by different individuals.
B.P4Explain the factors that may contribute to and reduce the likelihood of harm and neglect for service users in health and social care.
B.P5Explain how to respond to concerns about harm and neglect in the selected health or social care settings.
C.P6Compare the influence of different health and safety laws or policies on health and social care practice in a selected setting.
D.P7Explain how different procedures maintain health and safety in a selected health or social care.
D.P8Explain the health and safety responsibilities of employers, employees and others in a selected health or social care setting.

Merit

4 criteria
A.M1Assess the importance of balancing individual rights with a duty of care in a selected health or social care setting.
B.M2Assess the importance of recognising and responding to evidence or concerns about different types of harm and neglect in health and social care.
C.M3Analyse how health and safety legislation or policies influence safe practice in a selected health or social care setting.
D.M4Analyse how individual responsibilities and health, safety and emergency procedures contribute to safe practice in a selected health or social care setting.

Distinction

4 criteria
A.D1Evaluate the significance of a duty of care and complaints procedures in promoting safe practice in a selected health or social care setting.
B.D2Justify procedures for responding to concerns about harm and neglect in the selected health or social care setting.
CD.D3Justify the effectiveness of health and safety legislation, policies and procedures in maintaining health and safety in a selected health or social care setting.
CD.D4Evaluate the importance of safe practice principles in maintaining and promoting the health, safety and welfare of service users in a selected health or social care setting.

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.

ExplainDiscussDescribeCompareAssessAnalyseEvaluateJustify
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. Examine how a duty of care contributes to safe practice in health and social care settings
  • B. Understand how to recognise and respond to concerns about harm and neglect in health and social care settings
  • C. Investigate the influence of health and safety legislation and policies in health and social care settings
  • D. Explore procedures and responsibilities to maintain health and safety and respond to accidents and emergencies in health and social care settings

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