Edexcel Level 4 BTEC Higher Nationals in Health and Social Care

Core Units

Unit 1: Communicating in Health and Social Care Organisations
Unit 2: Principles of Practice
Unit 3: Ensuring Health and Safety
Unit 4: Continuing Development
Unit 5: Working in Partnership
Unit 6: Health and Social Care Research Project

Specialist Units

Unit 7: Social Policy
Unit 10: Understanding Abuse
Unit 11: Public Health
Unit 13: Managing Human Resources in Health and Social Care
Unit 14: Managing Financial Resources in Health and Social Care
Unit 18: Complementary Therapies
Unit 19: Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care
Unit 26: Leadership and Organisations
Unit 28: Managing Quality in Health and Social Care
Unit 29: Project Management in Health and Social Care

CORE UNITS

Unit 1: Communicating in Health and Social Care Organisations

• Communication between people
• Physical, cultural and legal influences
• Information technology

Unit 2: Principles of Practice

• Values of health and social care
• Legislation and national policy initiatives
• Development and implementation of organisational policy
• Principles and theories

Unit 3: Ensuring Health and Safety

• Requirements of all legislation
• Compliance with requirements
• Systems, policies and procedures

Unit 4: Continuing Development

• Values and principles
• Plans for personal progress
• Principles of professional engagement

Unit 5: Working in Partnership

• Concepts of partnership
• Practices of partnership
• Partnership outcomes

Unit 6: Health and Social Care Research Project

• Values and processes
• Conduct
• Analyse and present
• Evaluate

SPECIALIST UNITS

Unit 7: Social Policy

• Historical and contemporary landmarks
• Welfare policies
• Recent developments

Unit 10: Understanding Abuse

• Incidence of abuse and harm to self and others
• Current policy, legislation and professional involvement
• Working practices and strategies used to minimise abuse

Unit 11: Public Health

• Measure, monitor and control the incidence of disease
• Provision of health and social care services
• Health and wellbeing of individuals

Unit 13: Managing Human Resources in Health and Social Care

• Recruitment, selection and retention of individuals
• Building effective teams
• Monitoring and promoting the development of individuals

Unit 14: Managing Financial Resources in Health and Social Care

• Systems
• Planning budgets
• Monitoring budget expenditure
• Managing financial resources within a specific service

Unit 18: Complementary Therapies

• Complementary therapies and their current usage
• Role of therapies in relation to orthodox treatments and care
• Evidence for the efficacy, including contra-indications
• Regulation

Unit 19: Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care

• Information
• Issues of current concerns
• Health and social care
• Current thinking

Unit 26: Leadership and Organisations

• Organisational structure and culture
• Role of leadership
• External factors
• Interactions between organisations

Unit 28: Managing Quality in Health and Social Care

• Different concepts of quality
• Strategies for achieving quality
• Quality systems

Unit 29: Project Management in Health and Social Care

• Project management best practice
• Agree project requirements
• Project management tools, progress reports and outputs