BTEC HND in Health and Social Care Page 1 ASSESSMENT FRONT SHEET LONDON CHURCHILL COLLEGE Programme: HND BTEC Unit No. and Title: Unit 04 Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care Unit Level: QCF Level 4 Module Tutor: Jennifer Newland Module Tutor email: [email protected] Programme Leader: Priyangani Ariyawansha Personal Tutor: Mostafa Khan Personal tutor Email: [email protected] Key dates Distribution date: 24th April 2017 Submission date: 04th July 2017 (Group I – Final submission) Results: 4 weeks after submission (Feedback is available after 3 weeks) Introduction The unit is to develop learners’ understanding of how personal values and principles influence contributions to work in health and care settings. Learners will also become familiar with professional principles which underpin the work of health and social care professionals. Learners will develop an understanding of their own current skills base and how they can develop their professional skills and learning. The aims of this assignment are to measure the outcome of students’ learning in terms of knowledge acquired, understanding developed and skills or abilities gained in relation to achieve the learning outcomes Essential Requirements Note: A minimum of 200 hours of work experience must be completed in order to achieve the unit. You will need to have aworkplace mentor and who will support Learner’s name and statement of authenticity Learner’s Name: …………….. Learner’s ID: Date handed-in: I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own. Where the work of others has been used to support my work then credit has been acknowledged. Signature: ……………………. Date: ……………BTEC HND in Health and Social Care Page 2 you to devise apersonal development planthat will be evaluated and used as evidence inyour portfolio. You will also collect a Witness Testimony from your manager to authenticate your work experience and continuous development. Please refer work placement Handbook for further guidance. Unit Content 1 Understand how personal values and principles influence individual contributions to work in health and social care settings Personal values: influences of eg beliefs and preferences, culture, political perspectives, interests and priorities, change over lifespan Culture and experiences: influences of eg family, ethnicity, belief, education, employment, age and gender, life events Values and principles: equal rights, diversity, confidentiality, protection from abuse and harm New developments: legislation, policies, research, priorities and targets Change to personal values: influences of eg overcoming of tensions between personal values and principles of good practice; differences relating to values of others eg users of service, workplace organisations, other people with whom you work 2 Be able to produce, monitor, revise and evaluate plans for personal progress in developing the skills and abilities required of a health and social care practitioner Own abilities and learning styles: planning cycle, practical skills, interpersonal skills, application of practice, level of performance, learning experiences and preferred learning style Personal development plan: for acquiring new skills, updating practice, learning, career development; three months, one year, five years 3 Understand the application of principles of professional engagement with users of health and social care services Professional relationships: with individuals, their family and friends, team members, line managers, workers in other agencies; rights and responsibilities of users of service versus care workers and others; professional codes; trust; advocacy; empowerment Models of support: medical health versus social model; individual benefit versus organisational benefit Dilemmas: risk, abuse, challenging behaviour, conflict, ethics, confidentiality versus disclosure, expectations changing over time, conflicts between principles of good practice and values of others Own practice: roles eg meeting needs of users of service, provider of health and social care services, facilitator, advocate, adviser, counsellor, mentor Barriers: miscommunication, different professional codes of practice, group cohesiveness, Personalities 4 Be able to demonstrate development of own skills and understanding in relation to working with others in health and social care practice Own contribution: skills, knowledge, understanding, communication information, responsibilities; models of reflection, critical reflectionBTEC HND in Health and Social Care Page 3 Collective effectiveness of teams: meeting needs and expectations of users of service, improving team performance, supporting other team members, meeting objectives, formal and informal roles within organisational structures and systems Barriers: interpersonal interactions; professional codes, differing priorities, expectations, experience, accountability Assessment Schedule Assignment Title Assessment Method Criteria Covered Final Submission Dates Task 1- Report (Reflective Journal) Report Writing 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 Group: E, F & I Task 1 and 2 30thMarch 2017. (Last Term) Group: I(E & F will have submission in September 2017 term) Task 3 and 4 04th July 2017 Task 2–Portfolio- Part one Reflective account SWOT Development Plan 2.1, 2.2. Portfolio Part Two Task 3–Report (Professional Practice) Report Writing 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 Task 4 – Evaluation of PDP (Personal Development Plan) Revision, Review and Evaluation of Plan. 2.3, 2.4BTEC HND in Health and Social Care Page 4 Specification of Assessment CONFIDENTIALITY MUST BE RESPECTED THROUGHOUT THIS ASSIGNMENT. Any reference to a real work setting, colleague or person using any service, either in your current work or previous experience must be 100% anonymized. This means that you must be able to justify, prior to using any examples, that anyone reading your portfolio would not now, or ever, be able to identify any individual or setting used. Task - 1 Case Scenario You are about to attend a professional conference on personal development, and you have been asked to ponder on the contribution of personal values and principles to work in health and social care. 1. Reflect on your practice as a health care professional: Compare personal values such as beliefs and preferences and principles like equal right, diversity and confidentiality with the principles of support for working in health and social care. Assess how values like culture and your own belief affect service users and others in health and social care settings (AC 1.1, 1.2) Use the table below: Individual Reflection Personal Values you possess (1.1) Effect of the values on principles of support in Health and Social Care. 1. 2. 3. 4.BTEC HND in Health and Social Care Page 5 Assess how personal culture and experience impact on your role as a health care professional when supporting service users (1.2) 2. Discuss how new developments and changes to personal values can impact on work in health and social care (AC 1.3 TASK 2: Portfolio: Part 1 Activity 1: Honey and Mumford learning styleQuestionnaire Activity 2: SWOT You need to complete activity 1 and 2 within the classroom and based on the activities you need to develop the portfolio with answering following questions; 1. Assess current skills ability and learning style based on your SWOT analysis and Learning Style Questionnaire (AC 2.1) Activity 1: Honey and Mumford Reflection In the classroom, you will complete a Honey and Mumford Learning Style Questionnaire. You will be taught about models of reflection and write and submit a reflective account of your experience, during the Honey and Mumford exercise, using the reflective template in the portfolio. *You must complete the Honey and Mumford Questionnaire before you can complete this task. Activity 2: SWOT In this task, you will be taught about how to use SWOT methodology to identify your strengths, weaknesses, threats andBTEC HND in Health and Social Care Page 6 opportunities for continued personal and professional development. You need to create and submit your personal S.W.O.T. with your identified strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities as an appendix at the end of your portfolio. 2. Produce a holistic Personal development plan with short-medium-and long-term goals (AC2.2). Note: For this task, you will learn about how goal setting and SMART action planning can support your continued professional development. You will prepare your own individual development plan with 1 personal goal and 2 professional goals for your continued development as a health and social care practitioner. You will set short, medium and long-term targets for your goals which you will monitor, progress and review during the unit. Portfolio: Part - 2 Task 3 and 4 (Portfolio part 2) need to submit in the second term which is Term 2- January 2017. You will notify the deadline in due course. TASK 3: There are 2 parts to this task. Task 3 part one: Partnership working. Task 3 Part two: Teamwork. Task 3 part one: Partnership working: 1. Explain the nature of different professional relationships in health and social care contexts. (3.1) 2. Evaluate personal effectiveness in promoting and supporting the rights of the individual. (3.2) 3. Discuss ways to resolve issues encountered in professional relationships. (3.3) Task 3 Part two: Teamwork 1. Evaluate the effectiveness of personal contributions when working with others in health and social care practice. (4.1)BTEC HND in Health and Social Care Page 7 2. Explain how the limits of own role impacts on work with others (4.2) 3. Analyse own role in minimising barriers to effective teamwork in health and social care practice. (4.3) 4. Discuss how to improve personal contributions to the collective effectiveness of a team. (4.4) To achieve M1 will be evidenced by your approach of using team building theories to evaluate own contribution and the effectiveness for team development. Task 3 part one and two: Working on your own you need to submit a portfolio answering task 3 part one and two. Make sure to attach a hard copy of this submission into your hardcopy folder, where you submit all documents and evidence from 200 hours work experience. Use your own experience when you answer the questions intheportfolio. TASK 4: There is one part of this task. My Updated Development Plan. This task is designed so that you can fulfil the following criteria: 1. Monitor your progress against the plan according to the requirements of a health and social care practitioner and revise your plan as required (AC-2.3). 2. Provide an evaluation of the effectiveness of your development plan to your own development as a health and social care practitioner (AC-2.4). As you have been monitoring and reviewing your development plan throughout this unit you submit a revised and updated version of one of your professional goals. You also submit a short reflection on self-awareness and an evaluation of your updated plan and what you have learnt by answering 2 questions.BTEC HND in Health and Social Care Page 8 Merit and Distinction descriptors DISTINC M1 Identify and apply strategies to find appropriate solutions Relevant theories and techniques have been applied To achieve M1 will be evidenced by your approach of using team building theories to evaluate own contribution and the effectiveness for team development. (Tasks 3 Part Two) M2 Select/design and apply appropriate methods/techniques A range of methods and techniques have been applied To achieve M2 you need to link current reflective practice to theory whilst answering the questions in the case study. You need to demonstrate that theoretical concepts and methods of learning are applied in your individual reflection. (Task 1) M3 Present and communicate appropriate findings An appropriate structure and approach has been used (in the presentation and communication of your findings) To achieve M3 you must use an appropriate and structured approach to the whole portfolio. It must be well presented, logical and clearly demonstrate your progress. Communication within the portfolio must be appropriate for both familiar and unfamiliar audiences (Portfolio-Tasks 2,3 and 4) DISTINCTION grades DISTINCTION grades D1 Use critical reflection to evaluate own work and justify valid conclusions Conclusions have been arrived at through synthesis of ideas and have been justified To achieve D1 synthesis you need to have produced a reflective analysis in which there is significant evidence of critical selfreflection. You have been able to analyse and reflect upon your own professional conduct / influencing factors (Task 1) D2 Take responsibility for managing and organising activities autonomy/independence has been demonstrated To achieve D2 autonomy/independence is demonstrated – your portfolio shows signs of being well planned, organised and managedthroughout. (Tasks 3 and 4 ) D3 Demonstrate convergent/lateral/c reative thinking Innovation and creative thought have been applied To achieve D3 you must be able to demonstrate that selfevaluation has been performed and provide evidence that you have recognised your own skills, limitations and areas for improvement. (Tasks 2)BTEC HND in Health and Social Care Page 9 TION grades All tasks are on e-learning in the EAG This unit links with the following units: Unit 23: Employability Skills Unit 28: Work-based Experience. This unit links with the following qualifications: Chartered Management Institute Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People. Cache Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care. Foundation degrees in Health and Social Care. Links with Occupational roles include: Line management in residential and day care for individuals with complex needs, mental health problems and ill-health. Introductory reading for this unit include: Textbooks Belbin, R. M. Team Roles at Work (Second Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2010) This book explains team roles and how they function. Bolton, G. E. J. Reflective Practice, Writing and Development (Second Edition, Sage Publications Ltd., 2005) This book provides guidance on reflective practice. Journals Community Care Mental Health Practice Nursing Times These professional magazines contain relevant articles and case studies. Videos • www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/presentation-skills/352.html A video clip on presentation skills • video.about.com/humanresources/How-to-Bring-Personal-Values-to A video clip on personal and organisational values Assignment Submission Guidelines:
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Alphabetical Harvard referencing and bibliography Essay Structure: • Cover • Title Page • Contents page. • Acknowledgement (optional) • Main Body (Tasks) • Conclusion. • References • Bibliography • AppendicesBTEC HND in Health and Social Care Page 10 Websites • www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13617196 Information about the reporting of abuse at Winterbourne View Hospital and also video footage. • www.elderabuse.org.uk Information about the abuse of older people; it could be used to initiate discussion on managing dilemmas and deciding what is abuse. • www.socialworker.com/values.htm Links to an article by Pamela J. Wilshere on personal values in social care Assignment submission instructions 1. Go to the following website: http://www.turnitinuk.com/ 2. Click on “Create Account” 3. At the bottom of the page, you will find a list: Students, Instructor, Teaching assistant. Click on “Student” 4. On the new page you will have to provide this information: • Class ID • Class enrolment password • Your first name • Your last name • Email address • Your password (it must be 6-12 characters long and contain at least one letter and one number) • Select a secret question and write down your answer 5. Click on “I agree –Create Profile” 6. Done. a. You are now registered and can enrol into other classes. In order to do that, click on “Enrol in a class”. Enter Class ID and Enrolment password for that subject. 7. Please make sure you download and attach an assignment cover page from E-learning. The cover page can be found in the “Instructions” section of the student area. If you still have any questions or need any help, please visit our Academic office.BTEC HND in Health and Social Care Page 11 Achievement of a pass grade A pass grade is achieved by meeting all the requirements defined in the assessment criteria for each individual unit. Achievement of a merit or distinction grade All the assessment criteria and merit grade descriptors need to be completed within a unit to achieve a merit grade. All the assessment criteria, merit and distinction grade descriptors must be completed within a unit to achieve a distinction grade. Plagiarismand Collusion Any act of plagiarism or collusion will be dealt with seriously. The definition and scope of plagiarism are presented below: “Using the work of others without acknowledgingthesource of information or inspiration. Even if the words are changed or sentences are put in different order, the result is still plagiarism” (Cortell 2003). Collusion is the joint production with another person or persons of an assessment that contributes to a unit grade where this is not permissible in the assessment task. In cases of collusion, the work of all students involved will be considered. Mitigating Circumstances Mitigating circumstances can be defined as circumstances that are unexpected, significantly disruptive and beyond the control of the student, which could not be reasonably predicted or accommodated by the student and which affects student’s ability to meet assessment deadlines or impairs the performance of the student in assessment. If you wish to apply for mitigating circumstances, you can obtain the form from E-Learning, your personal tutor or reception. The completed form must be accompanied by evidence such as a medical certificate in the event of you being sick. 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.