Unit 305 Assignment 305 Understand person-centred approaches in adult social care settings Assignment composition Assignment overview In this assignment, you will demonstrate your knowledge of person-centred care and consider how to put this into practice in complex and sensitive situations. You will explore what is meant by the term ‘consent’, define person-centred values, and consider how active participation can be used to best effect. You will consider how risk assessments can support informed choices and examine the factors that contribute to the well being of individuals using the service. Tasks There are four tasks to this assignment. A Awareness Raising Campaign B Reflective account C Case studies D Short answer questions This is a summary of the evidence required for the unit.
Aiii Identify three ways of finding out the communication and language needs of an individual. For each method, describe how effective it is at establishing the needs of the individual. Observation aver the clients and staff as well; care plans, risk assessments and guidelines are to be put in place for staff to understand better the clients’ needs; The most effective is observation as you can see for yourself how the client communicates to others. Aiv Describe three factors to consider when promoting effective communication. The environment The mental health condition The age.
Assignment 207 Understand person centred approaches in adult social care settings Assignment composition Assignment overview In this assignment you will demonstrate your knowledge of person-centred care. You will explore what is meant by the term ‘consent’, define person-centred values, and consider how active participation can be used to best effect. You will consider how risk assessments can support informed choices and examine the factors that contribute to the well being of individuals using the service. Tasks There are three tasks to this assignment. A Information leaflet B Short answer questions C Case studies This is a summary of the evidence required for the unit.
The project should ensure you provide evidence for the following three Assessed Learning Outcomes (ALOs): The literature review should ensure you provide evidence for the following three Assessed Learning Outcomes (ALOs): ALO 1 Develop skills in acting as autonomous and reflexive learners ALO 2 Develop a deep and systematic knowledge of a selected aspect of the lifelong learning sector ALO 3 Apply a method of professional enquiry in an innovative and creative way to inform practice Your project should be informed by active participation in the module’s formative activities (including the submission of a proposal on a date agreed with the tutor), responding to guidance obtained from your tutorial supervision, and engagement with autonomous and self-directed learning. In addition, please note the Level 7 Coursework
Bii Choose one of the situations and describe how best to manage the risks involved, explaining the reasons why this would be best practice. Biii Explain where a social care worker can find advice, support and information relating to conflicts and dilemmas in adult social care. Task C Guidance Notes Write a set of guidance notes for social care workers to help them deal with complaints. In the notes, you must: Ci Explain legal and organisational requirements for dealing with complaints. Cii Describe how best to respond to complaints from service users, other practitioners and the family of service
Unit Title: Principles of communication in adult social care settings Unit sector reference: PWCS 21 Level: 2 Credit value: 2 Guided learning hours: 17 Unit expiry date: 31/07/2015 Unit accreditation number: L/602/2905 Unit purpose and aim The unit introduces the importance of communication in adult social care settings, and ways to overcome barriers to meet individual needs and preferences in communication. This unit is aimed at those who are interested in, or new to, working in social care settings with adults. Learning Outcomes The learner will: Assessment Criteria The learner can: 1 1.1 Identify different reasons why people communicate 1.2 Explain how effective communication affects all aspects of working in adult social care settings 1.3 Explain why it is important to observe an individual’s reactions when communicating with them Understand why communication is important in adult social care settings Exemplification Reasons may include: expressing and sharing ideas, feelings, needs, wishes and preferences obtaining and receiving information getting to know each other Effective communication can affect: service provision teamwork participation, support and trust empathy and shared understanding recording and reporting Importance of observing an individual’s reactions may include: to understand what an individual is trying to express to meet the individual’s needs © OCR 2010 1 Learning Outcomes The learner will: Assessment Criteria The learner can: Exemplification 2 Understand how to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of an individual 2.1 Explain why it is important to find out an individual’s communication and language needs, wishes and preferences 2.2 Describe a range of
Assignment 201 Principles of communication in adult social care settings Assignment composition Assignment overview In this assignment, you will complete tasks to demonstrate your understanding of the importance of communication in adult social care settings, and ways to overcome barriers to meet individual needs and preferences in communication. You will also address the issue of confidentiality. Tasks There are two tasks to this assignment. A Short answer questions B Poster This is a summary of the evidence required for the unit. Task Evidence Learning outcomes A Short answer questions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 B Poster 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 Task A – Short answer questions Ai Describe four different methods of communication.
One of the several tasks was to create a questionnaire for those that have come in to contact with social workers, whether they were a user of the service or work alongside them. This would allow me to ask the questions that would answer the overall topic question. Another task would be to research case studies which would express the seriousness of social workers work and to evaluate the media’s coverage on the three case studies. During my extended project I hope to achieve three aims, these are; 1. To collect the opinions of individuals who have had first-hand experience of social workers.
Assignment 206 Understand the role of the social care worker (HSC025) Assignment composition Assignment overview For this assignment, you will look at the different working relationships in adult social care, and how these differ from personal relationships. You will look at the purpose and importance of agreed ways of working. You will explore the importance of partnership working and how this is achieved in adult social care. Tasks There are two tasks to this assignment. A Short answer questions B Handout This is a summary of the evidence required for the unit.
The unit examines the importance of understanding an individual’s preferred method of communication, when working with users of social care services and the need to observe reactions in order to support the communication cycle. The unit also investigates barriers to communication and ways in which these can be minimised or removed. Issues of confidentiality are considered with regard to maintenance and also the notion of agreed times when information must be shared. The unit will prepare you for working with users of services with a variety of communication and language needs. Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria In order to pass this unit, the evidence that you need to present for assessment needs to demonstrate that you can meet all the learning outcomes for the unit.