Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award In Employment Responsibilities .
Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award inEmployment Responsibilities andRights in Health, Social Care orChildren’s and Young People’sSettingsSpecificationBTEC Specialist qualificationFor first teaching October 2010Issue 2
Edexcel, BTEC and LCCI qualificationsEdexcel, BTEC and LCCI qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awardingbody offering academic and vocational qualifications that are globally recognised andbenchmarked. For further information, please visit our qualifications website atqualifications.pearson.com. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details onour contact us page at qualifications.pearson.com/contactusAbout PearsonPearson is the world's leading learning company, with 35,000 employees in more than 70countries working to help people of all ages to make measurable progress in their livesthrough learning. We put the learner at the centre of everything we do, because whereverlearning flourishes, so do people. Find out more about how we can help you and yourlearners at qualifications.pearson.comThis specification is Issue 2. Key changes are listed in the summary table on the next page.We will inform centres of any changes to this issue. The latest issue can be found on thePearson website: qualifications.pearson.comThis qualification was previously known as:Edexcel BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health, SocialCare or Children’s and Young People’s Settings (QCF)The QN remains the same.References to third party material made in this specification are made in good faith. Pearsondoes not endorse, approve or accept responsibility for the content of materials, which may besubject to change, or any opinions expressed therein. (Material may include textbooks,journals, magazines and other publications and websites.)All information in this specification is correct at time of publication.ISBN 9781446949207All the material in this publication is copyright Pearson Education Limited 2017
Summary of Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award in EmploymentResponsibilities and Rights in Health, Social Care orChildren’s and Young People’s Settings specification Issue2 changesSummary of changes made between previous Issue 1 and thiscurrent Issue 2Page/sectionnumberAll references to QCF have been removed throughout the specificationDefinition of TQT addedDefinition of sizes of qualifications aligned to TQTTQT value addedQCF references removed from unit titles and unit levels in all unitsGuided learning definition updatedThroughout11412-1710Earlier issue(s) show(s) previous changes.If you need further information on these changes or what they mean, contact us via our websiteat: tml.
BTEC Specialist qualification titles covered by thisspecificationPearson BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health, SocialCare or Children’s and Young People’s SettingsQualifications eligible and funded for post-16-year-olds can be found on the fundingHub. The Skills Funding Agency also publishes a funding catalogue that lists thequalifications available for 19 funding.The qualification and unit codes will appear on learners’ final certificationdocumentation.The Qualification Number for the qualification in this publication is:Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities andRights in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’sSettings501/1589/3This qualification title will appear on learners’ certificates. Learners need to bemade aware of this when they are recruited by the centre and registered withPearson.This qualification is accredited by Ofqual as being part of Apprenticeships.
Welcome to the BTEC Level 2 Award in EmploymentResponsibilities and Rights in Health, Social Care orChildren’s and Young People’s SettingsFocusing on the BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilitiesand Rights in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’sSettingsThe BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health, SocialCare or Children’s and Young People’s Settings is aimed at those working in a widerange of settings in the health, social care or children and young people’s sectors. Itwill be a component of Apprenticeship frameworks.Straightforward to implement, teach and assessImplementing BTECs couldn’t be easier. They are designed to easily fit into yourcurriculum and can be studied independently or alongside existing qualifications, tosuit the interests and aspirations of learners. The clarity of assessment makesgrading learner attainment simpler.Engaging for everyoneLearners of all abilities flourish when they can apply their own knowledge, skills andenthusiasm to a subject. BTEC qualifications make explicit the link betweentheoretical learning and the world of work by giving learners the opportunity toapply their research, skills and knowledge to work-related contexts and casestudies. These applied and practical BTEC approaches give all learners the impetusthey need to achieve and the skills they require for workplace or educationprogression.RecognitionBTECs are understood and recognised by a large number of organisations in a widerange of sectors. BTEC qualifications are developed with key industryrepresentatives and Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) to ensure that they meetemployer and student needs — in this case the Skills for Health and Skills forCare and Development SSC. Many industry and professional bodies offersuccessful BTEC students exemptions from their own accredited qualifications.
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ContentsWhat are BTEC Level 2 Specialist qualifications?1Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award2Key features of the Pearson BTEC Level 2 in EmploymentResponsibilities and Rights in Health, Social Care or Children’s andYoung People’s Settings2Rules of combination3Rules of combination for the Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award inEmployment Responsibilities and Rights in Health, Social Care orChildren’s and Young People’s Settings3Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rightsin Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings4Assessment5Quality assurance of centres6Approval6Quality Assurance Guidance6Programme design and delivery6Mode of delivery6Resources7Delivery approach7Additional and Specialist Learning8Access and recruitment9Restrictions on learner entry9Access arrangements and special considerations9Unit format10Unit title10Unit reference number10Level10Credit value10Guided learning hours10
Unit aim10Unit introduction10Learning outcomes11Assessment criteria11Unit content11Unit 1: Understanding Employment Responsibilities and Rights inHealth, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings12Further information and useful publicationsHow to obtain National Occupational Standards1819Professional development and training20Annexe A21The Pearson/BTEC qualification framework for the health and socialcare sectorsAnnexe BWider curriculum mappingAnnexe CGlossary of Accreditation TerminologyAnnexe DBTEC Specialist and Professional qualificationsAnnexe ESkills for Care and Development QCF Assessment Principles212323252527272929
What are BTEC Level 2 Specialist qualifications?BTEC Specialist qualifications are work-related qualifications available from Entry toLevel 3 in a range of sectors. They give learners the knowledge, understanding andskills they need to prepare for employment in a specific occupational area. Thequalifications also provide career development opportunities for those already inwork. The qualifications may be offered as full-time or part-time courses in schoolsor colleges. Training centres and employers may also offer these qualifications.Sizes of Specialist qualificationsFor all regulated qualifications, we specify a total number of hours that learners areexpected to undertake in order to complete and show achievement for thequalification – this is the Total Qualification Time (TQT). The TQT value indicatesthe size of a qualification.Within the TQT, we identify the number of Guided Learning Hours (GLH) that acentre delivering the qualification needs to provide. Guided learning meansactivities that directly or immediately involve tutors and assessors in teaching,supervising, and invigilating learners, for example lectures, tutorials, onlineinstruction and supervised study.As well as guided learning, there may be other required learning that is directed bytutors or assessors. This includes, for example, private study, preparation forassessment and undertaking assessment when not under supervision, such aspreparatory reading, revision and independent research.As well as TQT and GLH, qualifications can also have a credit value – equal to onetenth of TQT, rounded to the nearest whole number.TQT and credit values are assigned after consultation with users of thequalifications.BTEC Specialist qualifications are available in the following sizes: Award – a qualification with a TQT value of 120 or less (equivalent to a range of1–12 credits) Certificate – a qualification with a TQT value in the range of 121–369(equivalent to a range of 13–36 credits) Diploma – a qualification with a TQT value of 370 or more(equivalent to 37 credits and above).Specification – Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rightsin Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings –Issue 2 – September 2017 Pearson Education Limited 20171
Pearson BTEC Level 2 AwardThe Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award provides an introduction to the skills, qualities andknowledge that may be required for employment in a particular vocational sector.Key features of the Pearson BTEC Level 2 in Employment Responsibilities andRights in Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s SettingsThe Pearson BTEC Level 2 in Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health,Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings has been developed to givelearners the opportunity to: engage in learning that is relevant to them and which will provide opportunitiesto develop a range of skills and techniques, personal skills and attributesessential for successful performance in working life achieve a nationally recognised vocationally-related qualification progress to employment in a particular vocational sector progress to related general and/or vocational qualifications.2Specification – Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rightsin Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings –Issue 2 – September 2017 Pearson Education Limited 2017
Rules of combinationThe rules of combination specify the credits that need to be achieved, through thecompletion of particular units, for the qualification to be awarded. All accreditedqualifications have rules of combination.Rules of combination for the Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award in EmploymentResponsibilities and Rights in Health, Social Care or Children’s and YoungPeople’s SettingsIt is the centre’s responsibility to ensure that the following rules of combination areadhered to.Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health, SocialCare or Children’s and Young People’s Settings1Qualification credit value: a minimum of 3 credits.2Minimum credit to be achieved at, or above, the level of the qualification: 3credits.3All credits must be achieved from the unit listed in this specification.Specification – Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rightsin Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings –Issue 2 – September 2017 Pearson Education Limited 20173
Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rights inHealth, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s SettingsThe Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rights inHealth, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings is a 3-credit and 24guided-learning-hour (GLH) qualification that consists of one mandatory unit with atotal of 3 credits.The Total Qualification Time (TQT) for this qualification is 30.Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Health, SocialCare or Children’s and Young People’s SettingsUnitMandatory unitsCreditLevel1Understanding Employment Responsibilities and Rights inHealth, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings324Specification – Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rightsin Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings –Issue 2 – September 2017 Pearson Education Limited 2017
AssessmentThe unit within this qualification is internally assessed. The qualification is criterionreferenced, based on the achievement of all the specified learning outcomes.To achieve a ‘pass’ a learner must have successfully passed all the assessmentcriteria.GuidanceThe purpose of assessment is to ensure that effective learning has taken place togive learners the opportunity to: meet the standard determined by the assessment criteria, and achieve the learning outcomes.Qualification gradeLearners who achieve the minimum eligible credit value specified by the rule ofcombination will achieve the qualification at pass grade.In the Pearson BTEC Level 2 Specialist qualifications each unit has a credit valuewhich specifies the number of credits that will be awarded to a learner who hasachieved the learning outcomes of the unit. This has been based on: one credit for those learning outcomes achievable in 10 hours of learning time learning time being defined as the time taken by learners at the level of theunit, on average, to complete the learning outcomes of the unit to the standarddetermined by the assessment criteria the credit value of the unit remaining constant regardless of the method ofassessment used or the qualification to which it contributes.Specification – Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rightsin Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings –Issue 2 – September 2017 Pearson Education Limited 20175
Quality assurance of centresPearson BTEC Level 2 qualifications provide a flexible structure for learners enablingprogrammes of varying credits and combining different levels. For the purposes ofquality assurance, all individual qualifications and units are considered as a whole.Centres delivering Pearson BTEC Level 2 qualifications must be committed toensuring the quality of the units and qualifications they deliver. The Pearson qualityassurance processes will involve: centre approval for those centres not already recognised as a centre for BTECqualifications approval for the Pearson BTEC Level 2 qualifications and units.Centre quality assurance and assessment is monitored and guaranteed by Pearsonthrough the quality review process.ApprovalCentres are required to declare their commitment to ensuring the quality of theprogramme of learning and providing appropriate assessment opportunities forlearners that lead to valid and accurate assessment outcomes. In addition, centreswill commit to undertaking defined training and online standardisation activities.Centres already holding BTEC approval are able to gain qualification approvalonline. New centres must complete a centre approval application.Quality Assurance GuidanceDetails of quality assurance for the Pearson BTEC Level 2 qualifications are set outin centre guidance which is published on our website (qualifications.pearson.com).Programme design and deliveryMode of deliveryPearson does not normally define the mode of delivery for Pearson BTEC Entry toLevel 3 qualifications. Centres are free to offer the qualifications using any mode ofdelivery (such as full-time, part-time, evening only, distance learning) that meetstheir learners’ needs. Whichever mode of delivery is used, centres must ensure thatlearners have appropriate access to the resources identified in the specification andto the subject specialists delivering the units. This is particularly important forlearners studying for the qualification through open or distance learning.6Specification – Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rightsin Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings –Issue 2 – September 2017 Pearson Education Limited 2017
Learners studying for the qualification on a part-time basis bring with them awealth of experience that should be utilised to maximum effect by tutors. Thoseplanning the programme should aim to enhance the vocational nature of thequalification by: liaising with employers to ensure a course relevant to learners’ specific needs accessing and using non-confidential data and documents from learners’workplaces including sponsoring employers in the delivery of the programme and, whereappropriate, in the assessment linking with company-based/workplace training programmes making full use of the variety of experience of work and life that learners bringto the programme.ResourcesPearson BTEC Level 2 qualifications are designed to give learners an understandingof the skills needed for specific vocational sectors. Physical resources need tosupport the delivery of the programme and the assessment of the learningoutcomes, and should therefore normally be of industry standard. Staff deliveringprogrammes should be familiar with current practice and standards in the sectorconcerned. Centres will need to meet any specific resource requirements to gainapproval from Pearson.Where specific resources are required these have been indicated in individual unitsin the Essential resources sections.Delivery approachIt is important that centres develop an approach to teaching and learning thatsupports the vocational nature of Pearson BTEC Level 2 qualifications, the mode ofdelivery and assessment through multiple choice questions. Specifications give abalance of practical skill development and knowledge requirements, some of whichcan be theoretical in nature. Tutors need to ensure that appropriate links are madebetween theory and practical application and that the knowledge base is applied tothe sector. This requires the development of relevant and up-to-date teachingmaterials that allow learners to apply their learning to actual events and activitywithin the sector. Maximum use should be made of learners’ experience.Specification – Pearson BTEC Level 2 Award in Employment Responsibilities and Rightsin Health, Social Care or Children’s and Young People’s Settings –Issue 2 – September 2017 Pearson Education Limited 20177
Additional and Specialist LearningAdditional and Specialist Learning (ASL) consists of accredited qualifications at thesame level as or one level above a 14-19 Diploma course of study, which have beenapproved under Section 96 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000. The ASL mayinclude BTEC qualifications which are also available to learners not following a14-19 Diploma course of study.ASL qualifications are listed in the 14-19 Diploma catalogue, which is available onthe Register of Regulated Qualifications (www.ofqual.gov.uk). The catalogue willexpand over time as more qualifications are accredited and approved.Centres undertaking, or preparing to undertake, ASL should refer regularly to thePearson website for information regarding additions and the 14-19 DiplomaCatalogu
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