Assignment brief

Assignment title Values and Planning in Social Care

Assessor Christian Damanka
Start Date 26/08/2016
End Date 03/03/2017
Submission Date 17/03/2017
Duration (approx) 4 Weeks

Qualification covered QCF Level 3: BTEC National

Qualification Name 90 Credit Diploma in Health and Social Care
Units covered 9
P1: Explain how the application of relevant principles and values will
enable professionals to provide holistic support for individuals who use
social services.
P2: Identify the processes and assessment tools involved in planning
support for individuals with different needs who use social services.
P3: Explain how one piece of legislation, one policy and one code of
practice could be applied to planning support for individuals.
P4: Explain how to incorporate ethical principles into the provision of
support for individuals.
Learning aims P5: Explain why an ethical approach may provide workers with dilemmas.
covered M1: Review the benefit to individuals and professional staff, of taking a
holistic approach to planning support.
M2: Describe how three key professionals could be involved in planning
support for individuals.
M3: Justify how an ethical approach to providing support would benefit the
individuals
D1: Analyse reasons for working with professionals from more than one
agency when planning support for individuals
D2: Assess potential issues which could arise from the involvement of
several professionals in the planning of support for individuals.

Margaret is a new resident, who has moved into the home you work in.
The manager has asked you to be her key worker. Greta has had a stroke,
has very slurred speech and very little movement in her right arm and leg.
You are already a key worker for John. John has dementia and short term
Scenario memory loss he does not remember conversations from five minutes ago
but has a good long term memory. He attends a day centre on Mondays
and Wednesdays but the centre has contacted the home to request he no
longer attends as he keeps wandering off from the activities that he should
be taking part in.
 Assignment 1: Principles and values in health and social care

Using the example of two of the individuals mentioned above who use the
Task 1 (P1, M1, D1) care services, write an explanation, in essay/report format, of how you
would apply relevant principles and values, when planning a package of
support for these service users.

Evidence you must Essay/Report

produce for this task
Criteria covered by this task:
Criterion
To achieve the criteria, you must show that you are able to: Unit
reference
Explain how the application of relevant principles and values will
enable professionals to provide holistic support for individuals who use 9 P1
social services
Review the benefit to individuals and professional staff, of taking a
9 M1
holistic approach to planning support
Analyse reasons for working with professionals from more than one
9 D1
agency when planning support for individuals

Assignment 2: Planning support for individuals

Your manager has assigned you the responsibility to upgrade the

workplace training literature for new staff as part of an information booklet
on planning support to replace the current one which is out of date.

Task 2 (P2, M2, D2) Produce an information booklet for new care assistants which identifies
the processes and assessment tools to use when planning support for two
individuals.
Evidence you must Information Booklet
produce for this task

Criterion
To achieve the criteria, you must show that you are able to: Unit
reference
Identify the processes and assessment tools involved in planning
9 P2
support for individuals with different needs who use social services
Describe how three key professionals could be involved in planning
9 M2
support for individuals
Assess potential issues which could arise from the involvement of
9 D2
several professionals in the planning of support for individuals.
Assignment 3: Producing plans
Your manager appreciates your previous work on the information booklet
and requests you to add a new section to the booklet on the following
Task 3 (P3)
topic:

 How one piece of legislation, one policy and one code of practice
could be applied to planning support for individual service users.
Evidence you must Report for information booklet.
produce for this task
Criteria covered by this task:
 Criterion
To achieve the criteria, you must show that you are able to: Unit
reference
Explain how one piece of legislation, one policy and one code of
4 P3
practice could be applied to planning support for individuals
Assignment 4: Ethics in health and social care
Your tutor has asked you to write an essay for a competition on
incorporating ethics into health and social care. You must consider the
Task 4 (P4, P5, M3)
dilemmas which this may produce for staff. There is a prize of £50 for the
best essay.
In essay format, use relevant examples to explain:
 How you would incorporate ethical principles into the provision of
support for individual service users and

 Why an ethical approach may provide workers with dilemmas.

Evidence you must Essay/ Report
produce for this task
Criteria covered by this task:
Criterion
To achieve the criteria, you must show that you are able to: Unit
reference
Explain how to incorporate ethical principles into the provision of
9 P4
support for individuals.
Explain why an ethical approach may provide workers with
9 P5
dilemmas.
Justify how an ethical approach to providing support would benefit
9 M3
the individuals.

Sources of Textbooks
information
Aslangul S and Meggitt C – Further Studies for Social Care (Hodder
Arnold, 2002) ISBN 9780340804247
Holland K and Hogg C – Cultural Awareness in Nursing and Health Care
(Hodder Arnold, 2001) ISBN 9780340731338
Stretch B and Whitehouse M – BTEC National Health and Social Care
Book 2 (Heinemann, 2007) ISBN 9780435499167
Stretch B and Whitehouse M – BTEC Level 3 Nationals in Health and
Social Care Student Book 1 (Pearson, 2010) ISBN 9781846907663
Stretch B and Whitehouse M – BTEC Level 3 Nationals in Health and
Social Care Student Book 2 (Pearson, 2010) ISBN 9781846907470

Magazines and newspapers

Community Care
The Guardian newspaper
The Independent newspaper
The Nursing Times
9 Edexcel BTEC Level 3 Nationals specification in Health and Social Care
– Issue 1 – June 2010 © Edexcel Limited 2010

Websites
www.community-care.co.uk Community Care magazine
www.dh.gov.uk Department of Health
www.eoc.org.uk Equal Opportunities Commission
 www.skillsforcareanddevelopment.org.uk Sector Skills Council for Care
and Development
www.skillsforhealth.org.uk Sector Skills Council for the UK Health Sector
www.society.guardian.co.uk The Guardian

Assessment and grading criteria

In order to pass this unit, the evidence that the learner presents for assessment needs to
demonstrate that they can meet all the learning outcomes for the unit. The assessment criteria
for a pass grade describe the level of achievement required to pass this unit.
Assessment and grading criteria
To achieve a pass grade the To achieve a merit grade To achieve a distinction grade
evidence must show that the the evidence must show the evidence must show that,
learner is able to: that, in addition to the in addition to the pass and
pass criteria, the learner merit criteria, the learner is
is able to: able to:
P1 explain how the application of M1 review the benefit to D1 analyse reasons for working
relevant principles and values will individuals and with professionals from more
enable professionals to provide professional staff, of than one agency when planning
holistic support for individuals who taking a holistic approach support for individuals
use social services [IE1; CT1; CT2] to planning support
P2 identify the processes M2 describe how D2 assess potential
and three key issues which could
assessment tools involved professionals arise from the
in planning support for could be involvement of several
individuals with different involved in professionals in the
needs who use social planning support planning of support for
services [IE4; CT1; CT2] for individuals individuals.

P3 explain how one piece of

legislation, one policy and one
code of practice could be applied
to planning support for individuals
[IE5; CT5]

P4 explain how to incorporate M3 justify how an ethical

ethical principles into the provision approach to providing
of support for individuals [IE6; support would benefit the
CT1; CT2] individuals.

P5 explain why an ethical approach

may provide workers with
dilemmas. [CT1; CT5]

Plagiarism and collusion

Any act of plagiarism and collusion will be seriously dealt with according to the regulations. In this
context the definition and scope of plagiarism are presented below: “Plagiarism occurs when a
student misrepresents, as his/her own work, the work, written or otherwise, of any other person
(including another student) or of any institution. Examples of forms of plagiarism include:

 The verbatim (word for word) copying of another’s work without appropriate and correctly
presented acknowledgment;

 The close paraphrasing of another’s work by simply changing a few words or altering the
order of presentation, without appropriate and correctly presented acknowledgment;

 Unacknowledged quotation of phrases from another’s work;

 The deliberate and detailed presentation of another’s concept as one’ own

All types of work submitted by students are covered by this definition, including, written work,
diagrams, designs, engineering drawings and pictures.

“Collusion occurs when, unless with official approval (e.g. in the case of group projects), two or
more students consciously collaborate in the preparation and production of work which is ultimately
submitted by each in an identical, or substantially similar, form and/or is represented by each to be
the product of his or her individual efforts. Collusion also occurs where there is unauthorised co-
operation between a student and another person in the preparation and production of work which
is presented as the students’ own. (Ibid)”

Extension and late submission

If an extension is necessary for a valid reason requests can be made using a course work
extension request form available from the college. Please note that the lecturers do not have the
authority to extend the coursework deadlines and therefore do not ask them to award a coursework
extension.

The completed form must be accompanied by evidence such as a medical certificate in the event
of you being sick.

ASSESSMENT INFORMATION
 Youth Educare

Programme : BTEC Nationals

Unit No and Title : Unit 9, Development Through the Life Stages

Unit level : L3

Module Tutor : Christian Damanka

Email : crissdam@yahoo.com

Date set :

Learner’s Name: _________________________

Learner’s ID:_______________________

Information/feedback on assessment and grading criteria:

Assessment Achieved Evidence Feedback

criteria(Pass-P)

P1 Yes/No Essay

P2 Yes/No Information Booklet

P3 Yes/No Report for information

Booklet.

P4 Yes/No Essay

P5 Yes/No

Grading criteria Achieved Evidence Feedback

(Merit-M;
Destination-D)

M1 Yes/No

M2 Yes/No

D1 Yes/No

D2 Yes/No

Assessor’s general comments:

Assessor’s Signature: Date:

Print Name:
Learner’s comments:

Signature: Date:

Print Name:
Feedback of this coursework will normally be given to students four weeks after the
submission of an assignment.