BTEC Level 2 First Public Services - Softcover

Breeze, Marilyn; Cronin, Margaret; Spafford, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1444112112 ISBN 13: 9781444112115

Publisher: Hodder Education, 2010

Synopsis

Make the grade in BTEC Level 2 First Public Services with the help of this textbook which provides both topic knowledge and advice on gathering evidence for your course.

This comprehensive textbook is packed with knowledge of the Public Services sector and how to get the most out of your course. Inside you will find lively, in-depth coverage of all the core units and a flexible selection of popular optional units. Written by a team of expert authors, this book covers enough units in one place so you can follow the Certificate, Extended Certificate or Diploma.



- Provides activities which will help students with assignments

- Includes guidance on what's needed for a pass, merit or distinction

- Improves your assessed work with pointers to additional resources

About this title

About the Author

Marilyn Breeze is an external verifier for BTEC Public Services and is involved in the writing of new BTEC Public Services specifications. She has a huge amount of experience of the Public Services sector and in education. She has worked for the Police, Social Services and Education Departments, then as a lecturer in Further and Higher Education. Marilyn is currently the Public Services Course Co-Ordinator at the University of Derby College, Buxton.



Margaret Cronin has been a BTEC external verifier in Public Services since 2002, and has been involved in writing materials for the new BTEC Public Services specifications. She has a background in the public services, having served as a police officer and, more recently, a teacher and lecturer, delivering and assessing Public Services since 1999. During the ten years spent in Further Education Margaret was Programme Co-ordinator for the Public Services programmes. Margaret has also undertaken inspections on behalf of Estyn (Welsh equivalent of Ofsted). A member of the Institute of Educational Assessors, Margaret has been accepted as a Centre Risk Assessor with BTEC and as a Standards Verifier for the Foundation Learning Tier.



Alan Spafford is involved in the re-writing of the BTEC Public Services qualifications from entry level to level 3. He is also involved in the assessment programme for the BTEC Foundation Learning Tier as a Standards Verifier and is employed as an external verifier for the NQF levels 2 and 3 qualifications for the last four years. He is currently a lecturer at two further education colleges in Nottingham and has taught public service qualifications from level 1 to level 3 since 1995.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder Education
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1444112112
• ISBN 13: 9781444112115
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320