Assignment

title

Values in Health and Social Care

Assessor

MISS H DOBSON

Date issued

16/3/15

Final deadline

29/5/15

Duration
(approx)

5 hours

Qualification
suite covered

BTEC
BTEC
BTEC
BTEC

Level
Level
Level
Level

1/Level
1/Level
1/Level
1/Level

2
2
2
2

First
First
First
First

Award in Health and Social Care

Certificate in Health and Social Care
Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care
Diploma in Health and Social Care

Units covered

Unit 2: Health and Social Care Values

Learning aims
covered

Learning aim A: Explore the care values that underpin current practice in
health and social care

Scenario

You are a volunteer in two of the following health and social care settings;
you work Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at one setting and Monday and
Saturday at the other setting.
You must choose from two of the following health and social care settings:

Task

a day centre for older people

a residential centre for young adults with physical disabilities

a training centre for young adults with learning disabilities

a residential setting for older people

your work experience setting, if available.

Valuing People
While participating in either role plays, or work experience, you should
demonstrate your ability to use the care values with two different groups of
service users.
Video evidence of you demonstrating your ability should be provided.
Throughout these activities, the care values should be demonstrated through
your work with and support of each individual.
The care values that you must demonstrate are: confidentiality; dignity and
respect for the individual; safeguarding and duty of care; and a personcentred approach to care delivery.
Following your role plays or work experience, you should produce a reflective
report. This report should assess the potential impact of the effective and
ineffective application of care values service users.
Your report must include:

an assessment of the impact and importance of effective and ineffective

application of care values for the individuals in your chosen groups

a description of how you used the care values in each of the settings,
giving one example for each value in both settings.

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Evidence you
must produce
for this task

Tutor observation record/supervisor witness testimony.

Video recording.
Checklist completed by workplace supervisor, if applicable.
Reflective report.

Criteria covered by this task:

To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to:
Describe how care values support users of services, using
relevant examples.
Demonstrate the use of care values in selected health and social
care contexts.
Discuss the importance of the values that underpin current
practice in health and social care, with reference to selected
examples.
Assess the potential impact on the individual of effective and
ineffective application of the care in values in health and social
care practice, with reference to selected examples.
Sources of
information

Unit

Criterion
reference

2A.P1

2A.P2

2A.M1

2A.D1

Textbooks
Higgins, H. et al. (2013) BTEC Level 2 First Health and Social Care Student
Book, Harlow: Pearson Education, 978 1 44690 135 9
Haworth, E. and Ashton, A. (2009) Edexcel GCSE Health and Social Care:
Student Book, Harlow: Pearson Education, 978 1 84650 373 1
Journals
Community Care Magazine
The Nursing Times
Websites
www.health.org.uk/areas-of-work/topics/person-centred-care
www.autism.org.uk/working-with/social-care-and-support/person-centredplanning.aspx
Note to assessors
We are committed to ensuring that teachers/tutors and learners
have a choice of resources to support their teaching and study.
We would encourage them to use relevant resources for your local
area such as local employers, newspapers and council websites.
Resources from various publishers are available to support
delivery and training for all Pearson and BTEC qualifications so
that learners and teachers/tutors can select those that best suit
their needs.
Above are some suggestions for textbooks and websites. Further
useful resources may be found at:
www.edexcel.com/resources/Pages/default.aspx.

Pearson 2014

If you have not achieved the Level 2 criteria, your work will be assessed to determine if the
following Level 1 criteria have been met.
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to:
Identify how care values are used to support users of services
Demonstrate the use of care values in a selected health and
social care context

Pearson 2014

Unit

Criterion
reference

2
2

1A.1
1A.2