Pearson
Level 5
QN: 610/5302/8
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Pearson BTEC Level 5 Higher National Diploma in Health and Social Care Practice
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by Pearson. Classified as a Other Vocational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 2760 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 5
Awarding Body
Pearson
Syllabus Units
43 Units
Guided Hours
2760 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Addressing Inequalities in Public Health
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explore the factors that contribute to current public health issues in own nation.2.
- Explain the different levels of public health intervention.3.
- Review national strategies aimed at reduction or prevention of disease.4.
- Explore the role of healthcare professionals in preventing and controlling the spread of disease.
2
Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Visual System and Optics of the Eye
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Describe the anatomical structures of the eye and their roles in visual function.2.
- Explain the structure and function of the visual pathway, the pupillary light reflex, and cranial nerves with a role in the visual system.3. Distinguish the optical properties of the eye and errors of refraction.4.
- Discuss the pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical and practical aspects of disorders affecting the visual system.
3
Applied Anatomy and Physiology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Examine the structure and function of specified organs and systems within a healthy human body.2. Discriminate between the physiological mechanisms of the endocrine system.3. Synthesise understanding of body's responses when the immune system fails.4. Appraise your practice when carrying out physical or physiological tests with service users.
4
Applied Human Development and Behaviour
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Review how understanding theories of human development better informs practitioners.2.
- Assess various influences on development through childhood and adolescence.3.
- Describe how practitioners take into account the impact of life events in adulthood to provide support to adult service users.4. Consider your practice in assisting a service user or group through a significant life event.
5
Applying Governance Frameworks in Practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explore governance frameworks in relation to own placement area.2.
- Describe the application of governance frameworks in relation to own placement area.3.
- Explain how governance frameworks can improve the experience of those who use or access the services.4. Research own sector organisations that consult with membership or public about their governance frameworks.
6
Applying Science in Healthcare
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explore the interrelationship between healthcare science services and the health and wellbeing of individuals.2.
- Explain how scientific principles are applied in practice.3.
- Apply frameworks of good scientific practice in relation to own setting.4.
- Demonstrate mathematical principles in the delivery of care.
7
Approaches to Disability
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Examine the human rights based, medical and social models of disability.2.
- Review the role of person-centred practice in supporting individuals with a disability.3.
- Explore own role in supporting individuals with a disability and their families.4.
- Justify own role in promoting working in partnership with service users other professionals in relation to the benefits and challenges.
8
Assisting Practitioners and Professions
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explore how health and social care services facilitate health and wellbeing.2.
- Explore professionalism as an assistant practitioner within a multi-disciplinary team.3.
- Assess the impact of legislative frameworks and standards of practice on the provision of care.4.
- Contribute to the provision of service through a holistic approach to person-centred practice.
9
Caring for People with Dementia
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Describe the causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of dementia.2.
- Explain factors that can impact on interactions and communication with individuals with dementia.3.
- Contribute to the provision of dementia care services which are underpinned by a person-centred approach.4.
- Reflect on the challenges involved in implementing services which maximise the rights and choices of individuals with dementia.
10
Changing Perspectives in Public Health
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Review the timeline of the development of public health from historical antecedents through to contemporary practice.2.
- Examine the influence of public health research and policy on current practice in public health.3.
- Contribute to the implementation of an aspect of current public health strategy within own local community.4.
- Explore the roles of public health agencies in promoting practice and strategies aimed at health improvement.
11
Community Development Initiatives
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Describe the characteristics of community development.2.
- Explore approaches to effecting social change through community development.3.
- Describe the processes involved in effective community development.4. Engage with a local community development initiative.
12
Community Development Projects
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explore approaches to community development.2.
- Examine community development projects within local communities.3.
- Review the role of the social or community care worker in facilitating projects that support community development.4.
- Reflect upon the contribution of own role in supporting partnership approaches in community development.
13
Compassionate Care and Values-based Practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Describe the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion necessary to facilitate effective relationships with others.2.
- Discuss the principles of values-based practice.3.
- Develop skills needed to deliver person-centred care.4.
- Demonstrate how reflective self-awareness leads to effective personalised care.
14
Conflict and Resolution
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain the context of conflict and the models used to re
- Examine the role of advocacy and empowerment in conflict situations.3.
- Explore the role of mediation in resolving conflict in organisations.4.
- Reflect on own practice in mediating and resolving conflict.
15
Developing Leadership Skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Describe the skills required of leader in relation to own placement or workplace.2.
- Apply theories to the development of own leadership skills.3.
- Reflect on own leadership qualities in relation to the skills required of leaders in own placement or workplace.4.
- Develop an improvement action plan for an area where you lead an element of service.
16
Developing Professional Practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Implement a ‘preparing for placement’ plan from own portfolio to ensure smooth transition to placement learning.2.
- Record reflections on own placement experience throughout the placement duration.3.
- Produce a portfolio of validated evidence of consistent competent level appropriate practice throughout the duration of placement.4.
- Discuss ways own portfolio demonstrates completion of professional learning goals/objectives.
17
End of Life Planning and Support
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Discuss current national standards and guidelines in planning end-of-life care.2.
- Examine how cultural, religious and social factors influence end-of-life care planning and support.3.
- Explore own role in planning end-of-life care and providing support to individuals and their families.4.
- Review services available to support individuals and their families in planning end-of-life care.
18
Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Describe the structure and function of organs and systems within a healthy human body.2.
- Examine the physiological interrelationship between body systems in maintaining good health.3.
- Explain how physiological mechanisms and measurements are affected by ill-health.4.
- Contribute to appropriate care-based interventions that reduce risks to health and meet an individual's physiological needs.
19
Establishing Professional Practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate own confident leadership capabilities in practice.2.
- Apply evidence based decision making in situations of varying complexity within scope of own practice role.3. Facilitate episodes of practice learning with service users and workplace peers.4.
- Discuss ways own portfolio demonstrates completion of higher-level professional learning goals/objectives.
20
Evidence Based Practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain the purpose of audit, quality improvement and research in informing evidence-based practice in own field of care.2.
- Examine the processes involved in doing an audit, a quality improvement project and a research project to inform evidence-based practice in health and social care.3.
- Explore the concept of co-production to underpin quality improvement and research activity in health and social care.4.
- Develop a quality improvement plan embedding co-production principles.
21
Facilitating Change for Quality Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Determine factors that have driven recent changes in the health and social care sector.2.
- Explain the components of a change management initiative in health and social care provisions.3.
- Evaluate an existing service within health and social care.4.
- Create own small-scale change management plan.
22
Facilitating Practice Learning and Development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Investigate techniques and tools to identify practice learning needs with others.2. Design an in-person learning and development session to meet identified practice learning needs.3. Conduct a learning session for a group in order to meet their practice learning needs.4.
- Assess whether learning needs have been met.
23
Foundations of Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology for Ophthalmology
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain the levels of organisation of the body, life processes and homeostasis.2.
- Describe the anatomy and physiology of each major body system.3.
- Explain the optical properties of the eye and errors of refraction.4.
- Explain the principles and core concepts of the sociology of health and illness.
24
Further Understanding of Cancer Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the holistic impact of a specific type of cancer on a person.2.
- Analyse the side effects of cancer treatments on a person with a specific type of cancer.3.
- Review the methods of support that a person with a specific type of cancer can access or be signposted to.4.
- Evaluate own role in diagnosis, treatment or ongoing care of a person with a specific type of cancer.
25
Growing Careers in Health and Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Apply the principles of compassionate and inclusive leadership in recruitment practices.2.
- Analyse and critically apply selected resources available to develop the workforce in health and care.3.
- Evaluate the roles of different organisations and functions that support learning, career and workforce development.4.
- Plan own learning relevant to the next steps for growing careers.
26
Health Psychology in Integrated Care: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Discuss factors impact the health and behaviour of individuals at different life stages.2.
- Examine how current theoretical perspectives in health psychology explain human behaviour.3.
- Explore the various forms of assessment used to formulate treatment for different health issues.4.
- Analyse the role of health psychology practice in improving outcomes for individuals using health and social care services.
27
Housing and Homelessness
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Review the context of working with people who have specific housing needs.2.
- Assess factors contributing to homelessness.3.
- Discuss interventions that support people with specific housing needs.4. Promote the wellbeing of people with specific housing needs.
28
Innovation and Improvement through Participatory Action Research
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Evaluate the processes involved in undertaking a participatory action research project.2. Conduct a review of key literature relating to a specific topic with the aim of innovating or improving an aspect of service delivery in health and social care that can be explored using participatory action research methodology.3.
- Develop a participatory action research proposal to explore a specific aspect of service delivery in health and social care.4.
- Reflect on learning and development needs, as a potential future action researcher, across all four Pillars of Practice.
29
Introduction to Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pathways
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain how cancer develops and spreads in the body.2.
- Examine oncology related to specific cancers.3.
- Describe the diagnosis and treatment pathway for people with specific cancers.4.
- Identify health professionals’ roles in the cancer pathway.
30
Leadership, Mentoring and Coaching Others
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Appraise theories and principles of team and individual leadership, mentoring and coaching within the context of health and social care.2. Participate in exploration of how mentorship and coaching practices, empower individuals and benefit self, service users and organisations.3.
- Discuss strategies and techniques which can be used to effectively manage and create an environment which supports open and trusting relationships between self, service users and those being coached or mentored.4.
- Assess personal skills and capacity to lead, mentor and coach individuals within the workplace and establish future personal development needs.
31
Leading Quality Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Assess stakeholders’ perceptions and expectations of quality of service provision in a care or community setting.2.
- Discuss the impact that improving quality has on different individuals in a care or community setting.3.
- Explore quality improvement requirements in a care setting.4.
- Plan and monitor improvements to quality.
32
Mental Health: Understanding Distress, Disorders, and Community Support
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explore conditions associated with mental ill-health.2.
- Examine the current structure of service provision for individuals experiencing mental ill-health or distress.3.
- Investigate professional approaches to mental ill-health and distress.4.
- Review the role of the healthcare, social care or community worker in supporting people experiencing mental ill-health or distress.
33
Ophthalmic Imaging and Measurement
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Analyse the principles and clinical applications of key ophthalmic imaging and measurement modalities.2.
- Analyse the clinical applications and techniques of ophthalmic imaging and measurement modalities for investigating and managing ophthalmic diseases, with consideration of professional judgement and ethical standards.3.
- Reflect on the role of communication and collaboration in ophthalmic imaging and measurement procedures, with reference to patient comfort, safety, and respect.4.
- Assess the quality of ophthalmic images and measurements to support clinical decision-making and patient management.
34
Pathology and Clinical Manifestations of Diseases of the Visual System
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Analyse the fundamental pathological processes of common diseases affecting the visual system.2.
- Assess procedures for ophthalmic patient assessment, including history taking, clinical examination, and diagnostic testing.3. Critically review the clinical presentation, investigation, and management of major diseases of the visual system.4.
- Analyse the principles and applications of ophthalmic pharmacology in the assessment, treatment, and management of ophthalmic diseases and conditions.
35
Pharmacology and Medicine Management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Analyse the actions of, and physiological response to, different types of medicine.2.
- Investigate the legislation, policies and standards that govern the management of medicines in a healthcare setting.3.
- Explain why the interactions of drugs must be considered when developing policies, procedures and practices for managing medicines.4. Safely implement workplace, local and national policies and procedures when administering and managing medicines.
36
Planning and Supporting Community Led Activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the concept of community cohesion.2.
- Describe how different community-led activities can be supported.3.
- Explore stages in developing a strategy to raise funds for a community led activity.4.
- Reflect on own performance in supporting a community-led activity towards developing community cohesion.
37
Planning Care in Practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Examine the influence of theoretical models and practical methods of assessing planned care/episodes of care in the workplace.2.
- Demonstrate involvement in care plans/plans for an episode of care in the workplace to meet desired outcomes for individuals.3.
- Review the benefits of planning person-centred care/episodes of care in the workplace.4.
- Reflect upon the impact of the planning of care/episodes of care on practitioners, individuals, family and carers in relation to own practice.
38
Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explain the factors that contribute to ab
- use and harm.2.
- Summarise current legislation, policy and professional involvement relating to safeguarding for children, young people and vulnerable adults.3.
- Examine how safeguarding can be effectively promoted through positive partnership working.4.
- Reflect on own working practices and strategies used to minimise ab
- use and harm.
39
Sociological Perspectives in Caring Practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Describe social factors that can influence people’s vulnerability to inequalities.2.
- Explore sociological approaches used in the supporting professions.3.
- Review how sociological approaches are applied to address issues of poverty, social deprivation and inequality in own country.4. Compare sociological approaches to caring practice in different nations.
40
Teamwork and Communication
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Identify communication skills needed to facilitate effective relationships with others.2.
- Evaluate own role within the interprofessional team.3.
- Demonstrate increased self-awareness leading to identification of strategies for continuing development.4.
- Discuss strategies which can be used to build own resilience.
41
Working in High Quality Adult Residential Care
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Describe the functions of the adult residential care services.2.
- Justify the need for continuously improving services within adult residential care services.3.
- Explain how you have applied inclusive person-centred care in adult residential services.4.
- Contribute to the provision of high quality adult residential care services underpinned by best evidence based practice.
42
Working with People Affected by Drug and Alcohol Addiction
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the indicators of drug addiction and alcohol addiction.2.
- Review the treatments and support systems utilised to meet the needs of people affected by addiction.3.
- Contribute to the support of people affected by addiction.4.
- Reflect on the challenges involved in providing services which support people affected by addiction.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/5302/8
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- Pearson
- Qualification Type
- Other Vocational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Mar 2025