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STUDENT NAME AND ID

NUMBER
Qualification Pearson BTEC Level 4 Higher National Certificate and Level 5
Higher National Diploma in Healthcare Practice for England
ACADEMIC YEAR FEB2020 – JAN 2021
Unit 3 (CORE UNIT) Supporting the Individual Journey through integrated Health and
Social Care
UNIT TUTOR MS GLORY
Assignment Title Investigating Health and Social Care Services for the Individual
Type of Assignment Part 1: Report addressing LO1
and Part 2: Portfolio based activity with a report addressing LO2
to LO4
Weighting 100%
Issue Date 14/04/2020
Formative Submission Date 15/05/2020
Summative Submission Date 19/06/2020
Assessor Ms GLORY
IV Oluwafemi Esan.

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Submission Format
Submission format for Part 1
Submission should be in the form of a report for PART 1

Your report should be submitted as a word-processed document. You are required to use
headings and titles where appropriate. You are encouraged to use other materials to support
your work. The recommended word length is 1500 words, though you will not be penalised for
exceeding this. A reference/bibliography using the Harvard referencing system should be used.

Your report will be a summary of your research into the local health and social care provision in
your area, within which the organisation you are in placement with operates. You will need to
not only detail how your organisation works in partnership with other health and social care
services and providers, but also examine unmet need and how the resources available in your
organisation and in others to support and work with an identified individual with
multidisciplinary care needs. You will be expected to include referenced images, and a map of
your local area to identify the services discussed.

Submission format for Part 2

Submission should be in the form of a portfolio of evidence of practice-based reflection.

Your portfolio of practice-based evidence will consist of three parts: an anonymised care
assessment, two observation reports of your practice and a reflection on your practice and
development.

The anonymised care assessment as a case study of a person-centred care plan, in which you
played a role in providing support to the individual in the identification of their own care needs.
This should be submitted in a word-processed document. The layout should be including the
care plan and an analysis of the care worker and the individual’s role in the development and
review of the care plan. You are encouraged to reference the analysis with reference to research
and should be referenced using the Harvard referencing system. The recommended length for
the case study is 1,500-2,000 words, though you will not be penalised for exceeding this.

Observation records: the observation records should be used by your assessor to record what
tasks you have performed and to what standard. There should be a section for your assessor to
note which Learning Outcomes are covered by this evidence. The assessor will discuss with you
which Assessment Criteria you have successfully achieved and give you feedback. Each
observation report should be on one A4 page.
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Reflections on practice: finally, you will review your care assessment, records of observation and
any feedback gained from your workplace supervisor, assessor and service users and reflect on
the effectiveness of your practice and development.
You will have an opportunity to share the learning from the reports, case study and observations
with an audience throughout the assessment. This will be in the form of a ten-minute digital
presentation with five minutes allocated to questions for each report. You are required to make
effective use of images, headings and bullet points as appropriate.

Learning Outcomes

LO1 Examine the health, care and support services available to an individual requiring
multidisciplinary care
LO2 Assess an individual’s capacity to identify their own needs
LO3 Describe the impact of own relationship with the individual and multidisciplinary team
members involved in the delivery of the care pathway
LO4 Demonstrate the need for person-centred communication in implementing person-centred
plans

ASSIGNMENT BRIEF AND GUIDANCE

Part 1 Scenario (Report)

You are working in a community-based healthcare service. You are designated by the team
manager to research the health and social services available within your area to meet the needs of
an individual who is now requiring multi-disciplinary care.
Part 1 Activity
For the assessment of LO1 you are required to write a report of no more than 1,500 words
containing evidence of your research and findings. Your report should consider the services
available within your local area and how they meet the needs of an individual requiring
multidisciplinary care.
You will need to:
• Outline local community resources and provision that supports integrated care
planning/working
• Describe local unmet need related to healthcare provision in own locale
• Explain the difference between health and social care providers and types of interagency
care provision in relation to meeting the needs of the individual requiring care
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Evaluate local resources/provision in terms of meeting the needs of an identified individual

requiring multidisciplinary care

Part 2 scenario

You are required to complete a work placement in a healthcare setting. Whilst you are working
you will need to develop and complete a case study on an individual who has a person centred
plan to meet their health and social care needs, in addition to this you will need to reflect on your
anonymised care assessment and own practice in supporting different individuals and your team
when providing care support.

Part 2 Activity
For the assessment of LO2 you will be required to produce two elements:
1. An anonymised care assessment which demonstrates the capacity of an individual to make
choices in their care pathway. This will be the start of your case study.
2. A report of no more than 1,500 words regarding the differences in care assessment
processes.
You will need to:
• Outline an individual’s capacity to support the identification of their own care needs
• Describe your role and that of different healthcare professionals in supporting the
individual through person-centred care
• Explain the process of different person-centred assessments in defining the individual’s own
care pathway
• Critically evaluate a capacity assessment of an individual’s care needs to identify areas for
improvement

For the assessment of LO3 and LO4, your portfolio will include reflections on your anonymised
care assessment and work practice, you will include observations of your:

1. Partnership working within a multidisciplinary team

2. Skills required for person-centred communication

In your reflection, you will need to:

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• Identify the relationships and partnership working within multidisciplinary working within
multi-disciplinary teams
• Describe the responsibilities of information sharing between multidisciplinary teams
• Analyse the advantages and disadvantages of information sharing within the
multidisciplinary team and the impact on the individuals care needs
• Provide a detailed analysis of your role in partnership working and coproduction with the
individual for the delivery of the care pathway
• Describe the responsibilities involved in balancing individuals rights and choices with duty
of care
• Explain the differing communication methods used to support an individual in meeting and
reviewing their care needs
• Analyse a balanced approach to positive risk taking in supporting the individual to meet
their ongoing care needs
• Critically evaluate your role in facilitating and empowering the individual to communicate
their changing care needs

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass Merit Distinction
LO1 Examine the health, care and support services available to an
individual requiring multidisciplinary care

P1 Outline local resources and
provision that supports
integrated care working
P2 Describe current local unmet
need related to health, care and
support service provision in
own locale
M1 Explain the difference
between healthcare and social
care providers and types of
interagency care provision in
relation to meeting the needs of
the individual requiring care
D1 Evaluate local resources
and provision in terms of
meeting the needs of an
identified individual
requiring multidisciplinary
care

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass Merit Distinction
LO2 Assess an individual’s capacity to identify their own needs D2 Evaluate the differences in
care assessments across the
P3 Provide support to an M2 Explain own involvement
integrated care pathway
individual in a health, care or in the different person-centred
support service setting assessments used to define an
individual’s care pathway

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towards the identification of
their own care needs
P4 Describe the role of the
health, care or support service
practitioner in supporting
person-centred care
LO3 Describe the impact of own relationship with the
individual and multidisciplinary team members involved in the
delivery of the care pathway
P5 Provide appropriate
leadership within the remit of
own role in a health, care or
support service to promote
effective interprofessional and
multidisciplinary team
working
P6 Describe the
responsibilities of information
sharing between
multidisciplinary teams
LO4 Demonstrate the need for person-centred communication
in implementing person-centred plans
P7 Describe different
communication methods used
to provide appropriate
support to different
individuals to meet and
review their care needs
P8 Apply appropriate
communication strategies in
identifying and responding to
the needs of different service
users in a health, care or
support service
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D3 Provide a detailed analysis
of own personal growth and
development in supporting an
individual to access the
M3 Provide competent and
quality integrated care they
autonomous leadership in
require to meet their needs,
information sharing within a
within parameters of own
multidisciplinary team in own
practice
setting towards meeting
different individuals’ care
needs
D4 Evaluate own role and
M4 Demonstrate safe and practice in facilitating and
clinically effective practice empowering an individual to
within own professional communicate their changing
boundaries when care needs in health, care and
communicating with different support services
service users and staff in
health, care or support
services
M5 Analyse own capacity for
positive and person-centred
risk-taking when supporting
an individual to maintain their
own identity to meet their
ongoing care needs
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